Chords for How to play “Always Remember Us This Way” by Lady Gaga [Piano Tutorial/Chords for Singing]

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Nate here from Echo City Music Lab.
The song we're doing today was a [C] request.
It's Always Remember Us This Way by Lady Gaga.
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The chords in this song are pretty easy, [Am] so after we go over them, I'll also spend a little time talking about some of the [G] little tricks [C] that are used in the piano part on this song that you can apply to [F] any piano accompaniment.
Without [G] further ado_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So the song is in the key of C, so the chords are all white notes.
We've [Am] got an A minor, and that's A, C, and E.
_ _ We've [F] got an F major, so F, _ A, and C.
We've [C] also got C major, C, E, and G.
_ _ [G] We've got a G major, G, B, and D.
So then when we get to the bridge, we are going to bust out of the key of C a little bit for a very anthemic and [Bb] satisfying sounding B flat chord.
And that's B flat, D, and F.
_ [Am] And that's all the chords.
I'm just going to be playing quarter note chords with my right hand, and each chord lasts for a measure, so four counts, four quarter notes.
_ _ So_ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ And _ [A] I'm going to do just some simple bass notes with my [Am] left hand. _ _
If I'm playing an A [A] minor here, I'm playing an A here with my third finger.
If I'm playing an F here, I'll play an F [C] here.
[G] And so on. _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ Like California gold. _ _ _
You [C] found a light in me that I [G] couldn't find.
_ _ _ _ [F] Let's check out the chorus.
So when I'm all choked up and I can't find [C] the words. _ _
_ [Am] Every time we say goodbye, baby, it [G] hurts. _ _ _
When [F] the sun goes down [F] and band [C] won't play.
_ I'll always [G] remember us [C] this way.
[F]
So there's that part that breaks out of that quarter note rhythm there.
The sun [Am] goes down.
And the counting on that is [F] one and two [Am] and three, four.
One and [C] two and three, four.
[F] Then after the second chorus, that's where that B flat's going to come in.
I'll always [G] remember us [Bb] this way.
Oh yeah!
_ _ I don't want to be just a memory baby, [C] yeah. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
That _ _ _ part really reminds me of In Hey Jude [C] where it also breaks out of the main key.
And does the na, na, [Bb] na, na, na, na, na, [F] na, na, na, na, na, na, [C] hey Jude.
Really makes you feel good.
[B] So while the piano part is mostly just those simple quarter notes.
There's a lot of little tricks thrown in throughout that I wanted to talk [Am] about.
One of them is instead of just sticking with the quarter notes. _
One, two, three.
You can kind of break apart the chord [C] into the top two notes of it.
With your third and fifth finger.
[A] And the bottom note by itself.
[Am] And go back and forth like that.
In eighth notes.
So one and two and three and four [F] and one and two and three and four [C] and one and.
Oh and also that right there.
If you can stretch an octave, sometimes it's nice to [F] throw the octaves in.
Especially going to that C.
And you can do the top octave followed by the bottom.
Just gives it a little bit more life and movement.
And [Am] _
you don't have to do that pattern the whole time.
I think it just kind of sneaks in here and there whenever you're feeling it.
_ _ [C] They're also making good use of some suspended chords.
So if we look at a C chord.
We've got the root, third and the fifth.
So a suspended chord is when instead of the third you [G] have either a second or [F] a fourth.
And you can just kind of throw those in as [Am] variation.
Like, _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ maybe I'm getting carried away.
But you get the point.
Another cool trick that comes up a couple times in this [G] recording is just stepping up in thirds.
So like, say you're on a G chord.
And you do your first and third finger together.
[Am] Then your second and fourth finger [Bm] together.
And then your third and fifth finger together.
So it could look like [G] this.
_ _ _ _ _ _ Sounds nice.
Alright, I hope that helped you with learning.
Always remember us this way and maybe gave you some tricks that you could use in other songs as well.
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