Chords for How to Play The Entertainer on Piano by Scott Joplin (with free piano sheet)

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_ _ Hi guys, welcome [Ab] back to another free piano tutorial by PianoPlayer.com
and today we're gonna play the [D] Entertainer
I'm gonna start by [Ab] playing the melody
and then I'm gonna [G] show you what to do with the chords
and how exactly [Fm] to play them with the left hand
finally we're gonna combine them both together
it's gonna be a blast, it's a really nice song
ok?
[N] so let's go, the Entertainer _
ok, so we'll start with the melody right away
and I will sing the note names as well
_ sometimes I won't have enough time to sing F sharp
so I will say Fis instead
and instead of singing _ Bb I will sing Bb
so we start with the intro, it's pretty easy
you play D E C A B G, same, an octave lower
[Am] D E C [G] A B G, and an octave lower
[Gb] D E C A, and [E] this time B A b [G] G
and you'll end up with a G7 chord
G and F in the left hand
and B D G in the right hand BAM!
_ and then we [N] go to the verse
_ what I'm gonna do first is sing the melody and the melody notes of the right hand
before we go to the left hand
_ so it goes like this
[Eb]
D [Am] sharp E C E C E [Ab] C _ 2 3
C D sharp E [G] C D E B D [Fm] C 2 [Eb] 3
D [C] sharp E C break E C E C _ 2 3
A G [Am] Fis A C E D C [D] A D _ 2 3
[Ebm] D [Am] sharp E C E C E [Ab] C 2 3
C D sharp E C D [G] E B D [C] C 2 3
C D E C D E C D C E C D [D] E C D C E C [E] D E [D] B D C that's all
[N] that's basically the melody, now let's talk about fingerings for a moment
we start with D of course, with the first finger
_ 1 2 [C] cross over _
E C first 5
first 5 2 3
first 2 3 4
[E] 2 3 4 _ 1 3 [Cm] 2 _ _ [Eb] again
1 [C] 2 1 5th
1 5th 1 [G] 5th
I perform here the cross over
and then [A] I go to _ 3 [Cm]
first
so I can perform a cross over with the fist
to go to the second finger _
[Bm] _ second _ first again
so [Am] I go back to the first
3 _ 5 4 3 [D] 1 4 2 again
_ [Eb] 1 2 cross over [Am] first 5th first 5th first [Ab] 5th 2 3
1 2 [D] 3 4
2 3 4 [E] 1 3 [C] 2 2 3 _
and then I do
1 2 3 1 2 3
1 2 3 4 1 2 3
[D] 1 2 3 4 1 2 [N] 3 1 3 2
and that's the fingerings, ok?
now I'm gonna do the left hand
I'm gonna _ play and sing the note names as [Ab] well
and I'm gonna count
1 2 3 [E] 4
_ 1 [C] 2 3 [B] 4
so I'm gonna play on the 1 on the 3
on the 1 I'm gonna play the bass
on the 3 the rest of the chord
it goes [C] as follows
C _ _ G and [E] C E
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Bb C F _ _ A and [E] C E
_ [Fm] G [D] and C D
[Gb] _ [C] F sharp C G and C F [E] _ E _
[C] G and C C _ and wait
_ C _ G and [E] C E
_ [F] Bb C F _ A and [E] C E
_ [C] G and [D] C E
[Am] _
F sharp C A _
F sharp [Em] C G and [G] C G [A] _ _ [B] A
_ G [C] _
_ _ _ _ [E] and C E
[C] _ Bb [F] C D _ A [E] and C E
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_ [D] _ _ D [G] F sharp D G [F] and C F [E] _
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[C] _ G and C C _ _ _ _ C
_ G and [E] C E
_ [F] Bb C F A and [Gbm] C F sharp
A and [C] C G _ C [G] and E G
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B [C] and F C and [G] E G
and [C] we're done with C
now we play [Abm] both hands together
here is how it goes
1 [D] 2 3 [Cm] [C] 4
together right left right
together _ together [F] right left
_ _ left [E] _ [Ab] left right
[Cm] together right [D] together right
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_ [C] _ together _ left _ _ left
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together right [E] left right
together _ together [F] right left _ _ left [E] _ left
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Eb [D] F [Gb] sharp C E [Dm] A
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[G] G _ G _ [A] _
A _ [Bm] D [B] [C] sharp C we are getting a C chord _ _ _ [E] here we go again to C slash E B flat E
_ [F] F and C _ D [E] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ sharp 7 _ [Gb] _ _ [G] G _ _
[Dm] _ C [E] _ _ _ [C] slash E and C [F] _ _ _
_ [C] C _ _ _ _ [E] _
C7 _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ F sharp _ [A] A and B flat _
_ [C] C slash E _ _
_ [Em] _ G7 _ [B] _ [C] C
_ _ _ _ _ C G C
_ [Em] Ok guys so I'm gonna quit this piano tutorial in here
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plus a free extra piano sheet of the Entertainer handy, huh?
So I'll see you in the next piano [G] tutorial I hope you'll visit my website
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