Chords for A Cellist's Nightmare - The Piano Guys "Rockelbel's Canon"
Tempo:
141 bpm
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[G] Use the words Pachelbel and Canon in the same sentence.
really cool.
[A#] You love it, right?
It's the same eight notes over and over and over again.
have this theory that [G] Pachelbel
wonder of the 1600s, okay?
sat down and wrote it, to write it,
to write it,
really cool.
[A#] You love it, right?
It's the same eight notes over and over and over again.
have this theory that [G] Pachelbel
wonder of the 1600s, okay?
sat down and wrote it, to write it,
to write it,
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[G] Use the words Pachelbel and Canon in the same sentence.
I have to explain, okay?
The piano part is really cool.
[F] It's fun, lots of notes.
[A#] You love it, right?
I love [N] it.
Well, the cello part ain't. _
_ _ _ It's the same eight notes over and over and over again.
The whole song is eight notes, repeated.
[D] I have this theory that _ [G] Pachelbel_
Look, it was [D#] the one hit wonder of the 1600s, okay?
_ [N] When Pachelbel sat down and wrote it, to write it,
and he sat down to write it,
and he said, okay, alright. _
_ _ He sits down and _ _ _ writes the first [Dm] violin part, right?
First part is perfect.
He's so [G#] excited about it.
[Dm] The second violin part, [N] yes!
The viola part.
_ _ He gets to the cello part,
writes the first eight notes. _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ He's_
Actually, _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ cellists [D] would clap.
So, _ you see where I'm coming from.
It's just copying [G#] and pasting [F#] it or something.
Exactly.
It's like taking a sneaking look.
[Cm] _ _ I'll [F#] play it because, hey, it's such a [D] great audience, Steve.
Of _ course I'm going to play Pachelbel's Canon [G#] for this audience.
And when they hear [N] it, they'll be_
_ _ I'll _ _
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[D] _ _ [A] memorize it.
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If we [D] _ speed this up a little bit,
it'll [N] be _ 300 BPM. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ Let's rename it, too.
Instead of [A] Pachelbel's Canon, we're going to call [D] it_ Violin.
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_ _ _ _ _ Could all the white male dancers return to their catfish? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ That is called the white dance. _ _ _
In German, it's white dance. _ _ _
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I _ _ _ think whitest dance I've ever seen in mankind.
_ _ [F] That was like [Dm] Vanilla Ice meets Richard Simmons.
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_ _ _ _ That was like falling in silver eyes among Simmons. _ _ She's _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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I have to explain, okay?
The piano part is really cool.
[F] It's fun, lots of notes.
[A#] You love it, right?
I love [N] it.
Well, the cello part ain't. _
_ _ _ It's the same eight notes over and over and over again.
The whole song is eight notes, repeated.
[D] I have this theory that _ [G] Pachelbel_
Look, it was [D#] the one hit wonder of the 1600s, okay?
_ [N] When Pachelbel sat down and wrote it, to write it,
and he sat down to write it,
and he said, okay, alright. _
_ _ He sits down and _ _ _ writes the first [Dm] violin part, right?
First part is perfect.
He's so [G#] excited about it.
[Dm] The second violin part, [N] yes!
The viola part.
_ _ He gets to the cello part,
writes the first eight notes. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ He's_
Actually, _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ cellists [D] would clap.
So, _ you see where I'm coming from.
It's just copying [G#] and pasting [F#] it or something.
Exactly.
It's like taking a sneaking look.
[Cm] _ _ I'll [F#] play it because, hey, it's such a [D] great audience, Steve.
Of _ course I'm going to play Pachelbel's Canon [G#] for this audience.
And when they hear [N] it, they'll be_
_ _ I'll _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] memorize it.
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it.
If we [D] _ speed this up a little bit,
it'll [N] be _ 300 BPM. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ Let's rename it, too.
Instead of [A] Pachelbel's Canon, we're going to call [D] it_ Violin.
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_ _ _ _ us. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Could all the white male dancers return to their catfish? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ That is called the white dance. _ _ _
In German, it's white dance. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I _ _ _ think whitest dance I've ever seen in mankind.
_ _ [F] That was like [Dm] Vanilla Ice meets Richard Simmons.
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_ _ _ _ That was like falling in silver eyes among Simmons. _ _ She's _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
wonderful.
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