Chords for Riders on the storm piano tutorial - Part 1

_ [E] OK, this is a tutorial for Riders of the Storm.
I'm going to do it probably in three, four, five parts, I'm not sure yet. _
Let's start with the bass line because that's all the way through the song and it's the easiest part of the whole song.
_ _ _ It starts on the second E up the top here.
There's the first, there's the second.
But I'm going to play it on this E [Am] to show you how it's played.
[Em] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [Em] _ [Gbm] _ _ Right, so we start with E minor.
[Em] So it goes E, B, G, B.
Then it goes E, [A] A, _ C sharp, [Bb] A, then [Em] back to the very beginning of it.
_ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ If you're an advanced player you would know that the second part of that bass line is actually an A major _ inversion. _
_ [N] _ So this [Em] is where it's played here.
_ [A] _
_ [B] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] So that goes all the way through [A] the song.
[N] _ Later on in the videos I'll tell you when [A] to change to this bass line.
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _
[Am] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
[Em] _ _ [Fm] _ Right, so [Em] the [A] bass line and then [Em] you do that four [A] times [Em] and _ [C] then we come in with this.
_ And that is E, exactly where I'm playing it.
E, [Bb] [Em] A, B, _ and then E, and then back to B.
Really fast. _
_ _ _ So roll your hands. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Roll.
_ _ _ And then the next part after that [N] goes, _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] so that's G, A, G, [Ab] F sharp, E, F sharp, G, F sharp, D, [Bb] and then slide from this D sharp to E.
[C] _ _
_ [Fm] And you have to do that fast as well.
I suggest [N] starting with your middle finger.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] So _ [Bb] _
_ [Am] _ [Db] that and that [Em] together sounds like this.
_ [A] _
[Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _
[Em] _ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [N] And then we have this crazy run that Ray does.
It starts all the way down at the end of the _ _ piano but I'm going to show you the pattern in one octave form.
And then it just repeats.
So it [E] starts on the very, very highest B.
_ Very high.
[Gbm] And then it ends on this F sharp here.
Which is one, two, three, the fourth F sharp of the piano.
_ [N] So I'm just going to play it.
And you have to hold the pedal for this.
_ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em]
And _ _ the pattern for that [Bb] goes, _
_ _ _ _ [B] B, [C] G, [Bb] A, F sharp, [Gm] G, [E] E, [Bb] F sharp, _ D, _ [Em] E, [Bbm] C [Bm] sharp, D, _ B, _
[Gb] C sharp, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] oh sorry and A.
_ [D] A after that.
[C] So it goes [D] and [Em] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
then repeat.
But obviously [Am] you start at the higher end and [Gbm] then you end here.
And then once you've gone all the way up the piano, [C] sorry down the piano, [Gb] _ you get to this [Em] key, finish on E minor, which is the same keys as the bass line.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _
And [D] then D major, [Em] E minor.
But we [N] get to that. _ _
So one more time, really slowly.
_ _ Remember to start at the very highest end, _ _ which is that _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ key.
_ _ And it goes.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
[C] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [D] And then we're back to the beginning [Em] part.
[A] _
And then don't [Gb] forget when you get to this F sharp, _ after you've hit the F sharp, [Em] hit E minor.
Then go [D] D [Em] major, E minor.
I'll show you that now.
_ And the bass, of course, goes all the way through.
_ [A] _ _
[Em] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _
_ [D] _ [Em] _ _ So when you start the [E] bass, you hit the E's together.
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ [A]
And then when you hit the [D] D, sorry when [A] you hit the C sharp in the bass line, you [Gbm] hit the D major together.
[A] And then back.
_ _ [Em] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ [Em]
But you also have to roll these keys.
[D] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
[C] _ _ _ And that's it for part one.
In [G] part two we'll be going.
[Am] And _ [D] _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ [Em]
[B] then in part three we'll be doing the solo.
Okay.
Thank you.