Chords for Learn to Play "Lost Boy" by Ruth B [just 4 chords!]

[Eb] _ _ Hello everyone and welcome to HD piano.
My name is [B] Dan.
In this lesson we'll learn how
to play [Eb] Lost Boy by Ruth B.
We'll [Cm] take a look at the main [Em] progression.
Sounds like this.
Three.
_ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [E] Alright, so this chord progression accounts for most of the song.
There are obviously
some variations on it, but it accounts for intro, verse, post-chorus, chorus.
We only
need to learn, aside from this, the pre-chorus in addition to the whole song run-through.
Those are at HDpiano.com when you're finished here.
A question before I break this down.
Ruth is 20 years old.
My question is, who's your favorite, or who do you think is the
best singer 20 years old or younger?
Comment below.
Alright, so we start on an E [Em] minor
chord.
E in the left, B, E, G, B in the right.
[E] These two Es drop.
Everything else stays the
[G] same.
This gives us a G over D chord. _
Now the next chord is a C major.
[C] Left hand goes
down to C.
This is the right hand chord.
G, C, E. _
We finish the [G] progression by going down
even further.
G in the left, D, G, B in the right.
So let's check those out again.
[Em] _ E minor,
_ [G] G over D, _ _ [C] C, _ _ _
[G] G, which is our home key.
This is middle C by the way.
So we start [Em] above
middle C, we're kind of hovering over middle C, [G] and we end below middle C.
Just so you
know the range.
[Em] _
So there's nothing too complicated about this.
When we start the song, the intro
and the verse, we're just holding the chords.
So 1, 2, 3, 4.
[G] 1, 2, 3, [C] 4.
1, 2, 3, [G] 4.
1,
2, 3, 4.
[Em] I am using the sustain pedal to [G] make these transitions nice and smooth.
I lift
and I put down the pedal during every chord [Em] change.
Pedals down, pedals [G] up, back down.
_ [C] _ _ [Em] But this is our whole verse [G] structure right here.
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] When we use this progression in the
chorus, it's double that rhythm.
So we play, the right hand is double that rhythm I should
say.
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ [Em] Alright, let's slow this all down.
If you weren't able to play that, we're going
to slow it down here and see if we can make those chord transitions at a slow tempo.
2, 3, and 1, [G] 2, 3, 4.
[C] 1, 2, [G] 3, 4.
Repeat.
[Em] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [Em] Alright.
This is one of those songs that you
can definitely memorize because it's just four simple chords.
[G] And then practice it at
your own speed.
Okay, so get it up to that tempo, recorded tempo, which is 62 beats per
minute right here.
[Em] 3 and 4 and.
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] Okay, [Em] I'd like to make one note about the form here
of the chords.
Sometimes when she plays this, she doesn't include this top note.
Sometimes
you'll [G] hear this.
_ [C] _
[G] But most of the time, you [Em] hear it with that B on top.
[G] It's a very subtle
difference.
[C] _ _
[G] I wanted to mention [Eb] that color change.
But that's it guys.
I mean, fairly
simple here.
We're talking about four chords [Am] and again, 90% of the song is that chord progression
[Eb] in those two forms.
Either held or played twice per measure.
The only other [Dm] section
is the pre-chorus and again, that happens at [G] HDpiano [Eb].com. That's where I'll teach it.
And then we get to play the whole song and you can sing along, [F] whatever.
I would love
to hear it.
But before we move that direction, let's [Eb] connect on Twitter.
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