Chords for How To Play A Thousand Years - Christina Perri On Piano Tutorial
Tempo:
99.5 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
F
Eb
Gm
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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This is how to play a thousand years all right, I'm gonna first start playing this part
so it goes like this
[Bb]
[Eb]
[Bb] [F]
All right, so it's gonna be F
[D] A D [Bb] so you play that
[F] okay you play this [Bb] three times
so it goes like this
[Bb]
[Eb]
[Bb] [F]
All right, so it's gonna be F
[D] A D [Bb] so you play that
[F] okay you play this [Bb] three times
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Bb
F
Eb
Gm
C
Bb
F
Eb
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
This is how to play a thousand years all right, I'm gonna first start playing this part
What she I don't know the beginning so it goes like this _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ All right, so it's gonna be F
_ _ _ _ [Bb] sharp _
[D] A D [Bb] so you play that _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ okay you play this [Bb] three times
_ _ _ _ Then [Ab] you go down to _ _ F _ [Am] _ _ _
A C
And you [F] play that once play [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[Gb] that all together [Bb] twice _ _ _ _
[F] _ And move up to [G] this and play this four [Eb] times
_ _ _ _ _ So that's gonna be
_ G
_ [E] _ _
A sharp and
D sharp so you play [Eb] that four times go _ _ _ _ back to the [Bb] first chord you played
_ Or that twice then play the [E] second [F] chord once and then you end [A] off with _ _
[F] _ so [Bb] altogether _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ So I don't know the
Notes by heart, but I'm just gonna show you here and have the notes [Gb] like at the bottom right here
so just follow along so the chords for the left hand are gonna [Bb] be _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
then goes down to
[A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ and then it goes [Bb] back to
_ _ _ _ [C] And
That ends off with [F] all _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] right the next part when she starts singing it's like this
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ Then [Bb] it does it again _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ then it goes [Cm] down to
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ And then she's gonna start singing [C] it's the same thing from the first [Bb] part _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ Sounds different because I played with the rhythm
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
This is how to play a thousand years all right, I'm gonna first start playing this part
What she I don't know the beginning so it goes like this _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ All right, so it's gonna be F
_ _ _ _ [Bb] sharp _
[D] A D [Bb] so you play that _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ okay you play this [Bb] three times
_ _ _ _ Then [Ab] you go down to _ _ F _ [Am] _ _ _
A C
And you [F] play that once play [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[Gb] that all together [Bb] twice _ _ _ _
[F] _ And move up to [G] this and play this four [Eb] times
_ _ _ _ _ So that's gonna be
_ G
_ [E] _ _
A sharp and
D sharp so you play [Eb] that four times go _ _ _ _ back to the [Bb] first chord you played
_ Or that twice then play the [E] second [F] chord once and then you end [A] off with _ _
[F] _ so [Bb] altogether _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ So I don't know the
Notes by heart, but I'm just gonna show you here and have the notes [Gb] like at the bottom right here
so just follow along so the chords for the left hand are gonna [Bb] be _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
then goes down to
[A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ and then it goes [Bb] back to
_ _ _ _ [C] And
That ends off with [F] all _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] right the next part when she starts singing it's like this
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ Then [Bb] it does it again _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ then it goes [Cm] down to
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ And then she's gonna start singing [C] it's the same thing from the first [Bb] part _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ Sounds different because I played with the rhythm
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _