Chords for Boogie Woogie Piano - Essential Blues Lick

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_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ We'll do a little boogie-woogie.
Now, boogie-woogie _ _ _ _ is just a faster version _ _ of a blues.
_ _ _ It's really dominant with the left hand.
_ _ _ Some people get very busy with the left hand, they do the boogie-woogie.
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_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ Now, that works good if you're the only person up there playing the boogie-woogie.
Now, if people that play in bands, _ I suggest that you keep it pretty simple and let the bass player move, so you can do something like this.
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_ [G] I'll slow it down a bit.
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[Eb] _ [C] _ _ _ _ And you can do variations of that same thing.
So, you do something like this. _ _
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_ _ _ _ Now, the whole thing in boogie-woogie is making sure you keep the left hand steady.
And you can do whatever you want with the right hand.
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_ And I wrote a [Cm] song that, uh, _ _ _ _ _ _ your left [C] hand is steady while the right plays [Cm] whatever it wants to play.
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_ _ _ _ _ of course, boogie-woogie is a [Am] little bit of a flash.
So, you keep the left hand steady, _ and you can let the right hand [Fm] go.
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Or you can play a melody.
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