Chords for How to play " By Design " by Kid Cudi on piano
Tempo:
131.2 bpm
Chords used:
Am
Em
A
Dm
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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Hi, this is rich from new school piano today.
We're just gonna play a song that my daughter Marissa really likes.
It's from Kid Cudi
It's called by design the riff is basically well.
Let me play it first for you, and you'll you'll know what it [Am] is
[Dm] [Am] [Em]
[Am] [Dm] [Am]
[Em] Alright the chords are [Am] an a minor
to a D [Dm] minor
Then back to [Am] an a minor
Then to an E minor [Em] and it does this roll [A] like this it starts on the low a then goes to the high a
C and E like this
[Am]
[A] [C] [B]
D minor [A] chord like this
[Am] [D]
And [G] [A] [Am]
[Dm] [D]
D minor chord is a D in the bass [Dm] with an F a D.
It's an inverted D minor
[A] Again in time it looks like this
[Am] [D]
Okay, and the next riff does that same a minor roll, but then it goes to [Em] an E minor
Like [A] this [Am]
[Em]
[Eb] [A] [C] [Em]
and you see it's an E bass with E G B.
Which is an E minor chord
So the whole riff again
[Am] [Dm]
[Am] [Em]
[Am] [Dm] [Am]
[Em] Notice the D [Dm] minor plays three times
But the E minor only does it twice
[Em] And it's just a repeating [A] phrase.
It's like a loop that goes on throughout the whole song here.
It is again in time
[Am] [Dm]
[Am] [Em] [Am]
[D] [Am] [Em]
[A] slowly
[Am] Okay, [D]
[A] [Am]
[Em]
rewind it as you need and go over [D] it
We're just gonna play a song that my daughter Marissa really likes.
It's from Kid Cudi
It's called by design the riff is basically well.
Let me play it first for you, and you'll you'll know what it [Am] is
[Dm] [Am] [Em]
[Am] [Dm] [Am]
[Em] Alright the chords are [Am] an a minor
to a D [Dm] minor
Then back to [Am] an a minor
Then to an E minor [Em] and it does this roll [A] like this it starts on the low a then goes to the high a
C and E like this
[Am]
[A] [C] [B]
D minor [A] chord like this
[Am] [D]
And [G] [A] [Am]
[Dm] [D]
D minor chord is a D in the bass [Dm] with an F a D.
It's an inverted D minor
[A] Again in time it looks like this
[Am] [D]
Okay, and the next riff does that same a minor roll, but then it goes to [Em] an E minor
Like [A] this [Am]
[Em]
[Eb] [A] [C] [Em]
and you see it's an E bass with E G B.
Which is an E minor chord
So the whole riff again
[Am] [Dm]
[Am] [Em]
[Am] [Dm] [Am]
[Em] Notice the D [Dm] minor plays three times
But the E minor only does it twice
[Em] And it's just a repeating [A] phrase.
It's like a loop that goes on throughout the whole song here.
It is again in time
[Am] [Dm]
[Am] [Em] [Am]
[D] [Am] [Em]
[A] slowly
[Am] Okay, [D]
[A] [Am]
[Em]
rewind it as you need and go over [D] it
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Am
Em
A
Dm
D
Am
Em
A
_ _ Hi, this is rich from new school piano today.
We're just gonna play a song that my daughter Marissa really likes.
It's from Kid Cudi
It's called by design the riff is basically well.
Let me play it first for you, and you'll you'll know what it [Am] is
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [Em] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[Em] _ _ _ Alright the chords are [Am] an a minor
to a D [Dm] minor _
Then _ back to [Am] an a minor _ _
Then to an E minor [Em] _ and it does this roll [A] like this it starts on the low a then goes to the high a
C and E like this
_ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [B]
D minor [A] chord like this
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _
_ And _ [G] _ [A] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _
D minor chord is a D in the bass [Dm] with an F a D.
It's an inverted D minor
_ [A] Again in time it looks like this
[Am] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
Okay, and the next riff does that same a minor roll, but then it goes to [Em] an E minor
Like [A] this [Am] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ and you see it's an E bass with E G B.
Which is an E minor chord _
So the whole riff again
[Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ Notice the D [Dm] minor plays three times
_ _ But the E minor only does it twice
[Em] And _ _ it's just a repeating [A] phrase.
It's like a loop that goes on throughout the whole song here.
It is again in time
_ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [A] slowly
_ [Am] Okay, [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ rewind it as you need and go over [D] it
We're just gonna play a song that my daughter Marissa really likes.
It's from Kid Cudi
It's called by design the riff is basically well.
Let me play it first for you, and you'll you'll know what it [Am] is
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [Em] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[Em] _ _ _ Alright the chords are [Am] an a minor
to a D [Dm] minor _
Then _ back to [Am] an a minor _ _
Then to an E minor [Em] _ and it does this roll [A] like this it starts on the low a then goes to the high a
C and E like this
_ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [B]
D minor [A] chord like this
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _
_ And _ [G] _ [A] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _
D minor chord is a D in the bass [Dm] with an F a D.
It's an inverted D minor
_ [A] Again in time it looks like this
[Am] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
Okay, and the next riff does that same a minor roll, but then it goes to [Em] an E minor
Like [A] this [Am] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ and you see it's an E bass with E G B.
Which is an E minor chord _
So the whole riff again
[Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ Notice the D [Dm] minor plays three times
_ _ But the E minor only does it twice
[Em] And _ _ it's just a repeating [A] phrase.
It's like a loop that goes on throughout the whole song here.
It is again in time
_ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [A] slowly
_ [Am] Okay, [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ rewind it as you need and go over [D] it