Chords for Dead Presidents - Jay-Z (Piano Lesson by that Friendly Elephant Matt McCloskey)

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Before we get going on this lesson, I want to make you guys aware of two things.
First and [Ab] foremost, this lesson goes out to [G] MrAfro17.
Thanks for suggesting this dude.
[N] Really really great hip hop song.
Really excited to teach it.
Second of all, before you get going, if you're playing on an electronic keyboard, you're
going to want to make sure you tune yourself down 27 cents.
That's because this song itself is detuned a little bit, and if you're playing in completely
perfect standard tuning, it might sound a little bit off.
Just throwing it out there.
If you want the exact pitches that are played in this song, 27 cents down.
With that in mind, your left hand for this entire song is going to go as follows.
You're going to start here in the left hand [Eb] with an E flat and then [Bb] two B flats.
_ You're going to [Abm] go from there [C] to a C and then two [G] Gs. _
_ From there you're going to go down to a [D] G and then a D, and [G] then a G [D] and a D again.
_ [B] With all those notes in the left [Abm] hand, your loop that you're playing in the left hand
for the whole [Eb] song goes like this.
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [D] _ [N] That's the left hand for literally the entire song.
Now, on the other hand, your right hand is going to be a little busy during the loop
for this song.
You're going to be playing a [Gm] D first, right here.
You're going to play D, [D] [G] F, G, G, F, D, [Eb] E [G] flat, G, [Cm] G, [Dm] C, A, [A] [Bb] A, B [D] flat, D, [Gm] G, [D] D, [Bb] A, B [G] flat, G.
_ It's important [N] that you really utilize your pedal if you have one because you've got to
sustain some of these notes out so you get the full ethereal, spacey effect that the song has.
It's really important if you want to capture the real feel.
At any rate, your loop for your right hand should sound something [Gm] like this. _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
[G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ That's your right hand for this entire song.
[B] Putting together those two parts that I just showed you, this is literally all you need
to know for this song.
This is what you should get.
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Eb] So, Mr.
Afro17 and everyone else watching, that is all you need to know to learn how
to play Dead Presidents by Jay-Z.
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_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] Be on the lookout for Promise [Eb] You'll Find Us, Thomas Aquinas, brand [B] new album coming
out in 2013.
Actor Morgan Freeman said, ever [G] since I [B] was a little boy, I've enjoyed two things, talking
in my wise, weathered old voice, and the [F] music of Matt McCloskey.
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