Chords for Gospel Piano Patterns (For Keyboard Beginners)

[F] _ Do me like [E] [A] Jesus.
[D] Ain't [F] [Cm] nobody [F] do [C] me like the [G] Lord.
[C] [A] Ain't [Dm] _ _
[C] _ [E] [Am] nobody do me [F] like Jesus.
[F#] He [A#] is my [C] [E] friend.
[C#] Oh, [A#m] yeah.
[Am] He [G] is my [Dm] [Gm] friend.
[C] Nice, Al.
So what's going on here?
_ [C#] One song, this one pattern fits many, many, many songs.
So in other words, you're saying when we learn_
Yeah, when we teach this one song, Al, the students are about to discover something, man.
They're about to discover that this one pattern fits many songs.
We love to teach patterns.
Yeah, yeah.
Because, you know, sometimes piano teaching or learning can be tedious and trying to learn
every song out there.
Don't try to learn every song.
Just learn patterns and _ you'll find that many songs go with one pattern.
Let's do This Little Light of Mine.
Okay.
One, two, ready, [C] go.
This little light _ _ _ _ of mine.
I'm gonna let it shine.
_ _ [F] Come on, somebody.
This little light of mine.
This big light.
This big light, man.
_ [C] _
_ _ Yeah. _ _ _ _
Big light of mine.
Not medium light.
Not medium light, [E] big light.
I'm gonna let it [Am] shine.
_ [D] And D.
Go to the G chord.
[G] Four, G.
_ _ [C] _ _ _
_ Now, let's _ [B] do the F over here.
Yeah, let's change that C chord to an F chord on the seventh measure.
Okay.
Some people prefer it to sound like that, so let's try [C] it now.
One, two, from the beginning.
Here we go, students. _
_ One, two, three, four.
I'm gonna let it shine.
_ _ [F] _ F [Dm] chord.
[F] _ _ _ _ I'm gonna let [C] it shine.
Yeah, I like it like that, yeah.
Okay.
This little light of mine.
_ _ [E] I'm [Am] gonna let it shine.
A minor, [D] now to the D.
Now [G] up to the G. _
Let [C] it shine.
Nice. _ _ _
Okay.
[B] You want to try that regular speed?
Yeah, sure. _
_ [C] _ _ This little baby, _ I'm gonna let it shine.
[F] This big light.
This big light around. _
[C#] I'm gonna [C] let it shine.
C.
C.
[E] E.
E.
[Am] A minor.
[D] Let it shine.
[G] D.
G.
[C] Let it shine.
Sing something.
Everywhere I go, Aaron.
Oh.
Everywhere I go, I'm gonna let it shine.
Up [F] to the F chord.
Everywhere I go, I'm [C] gonna let it _ shine.
_ _ [E] _
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [C] F chord.
How about praise him?
_ Praise him.
C.
C. C.
[F] Praise him in the morning.
F.
Praise [C] him in the new day.
C. C.
Praise him in the new day.
C.
[E]
[Am] C. E.
Praise him.
A minor.
[D] D.
[G] G.
[C]
C.
You can even slow this song down out, if you want to, to play a slow song.
Want to try it?
Yes, try it.
Every other measure, _ let's see what happens here.
Put my Cs back here.
Let's say if you did an amazing bass.
Okay.
Let's do every other measure.
Okay.
Let's go through the whole song twice.
Let's see.
So you point to the measures while I_
C chord, Z.
Zing, ring.
Yeah.
[C#] Skip a [F] measure.
How sweet.
Yeah.
F [C] chord, back to the C chord.
Wow, look at that.
[E] _ [Am] Oh, so you skip these two?
[E] Yeah.
So I went straight to the E to the A minor.
[Am] That's a saint [D] already _ [G] like me.
Back to the [C] beginning. _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ I'm [C] skipping measures, huh?
E, A [E] minor.
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [A#] _ [C] _
[E] _ [A] _ [D] _ [F] _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ [C] _
[G] _ [C] _ [A] _ [C] _ [Dm] _ [C] _ [E] _ [Am] _
[F] _ [A] _ [A#] He's [Dm] my [C] [E] friend.
[A] Oh yeah.
[Am] _ _ [G] He's my [Gm] _ [C] friend.