Chords for Jaheim - Put That Woman First - Piano Lesson

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_ [F] _ _ _ So, that was Jaheem, Put That Woman First.
It is an F minor, _ so we'll get started by breaking down the chords.
The chord progression is not too difficult and it's pretty simple.
So the first chord, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ it's a pretty large F minor chord.
We'll go [G] _ F minor 9th.
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ So you can play that as your initial chord, which is going to be F, Ab, C, Eb, _ _ _ [Ab] Ab, C,
[Cm] Eb, and then G, [Fm] which makes the [F] 9th, but that's optional.
[B] _ _ _ So the first notes that are being played in the right hand are going to be F, _ _ [C] Eb, C.
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[Fm] _ _ _ _ So it's F, Eb, C.
And I'm rolling the left hand chord.
This F minor, I'm rolling it. _ _
_ So [B] it's [Fm] F, Ab, C, [Abm] Eb, but not all at once.
[Fm] As a standard _ _ block pattern, [Eb] you're not playing it that way.
You're _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ kind of a glide. _ _ _ _
That's pretty common in gospel, _ jazz, and R&B piano.
[Fm] _ _ _ So you're rolling that left hand chord. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Okay, so you have tension built up.
F, Eb, C. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And then you're going to play a Bb minor 7th.
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ _
This is a big chord, but [Em] very simple to play, which is [Bbm] going to be Bb, Db, [Db] F, Ab, _ [Gb] _
Bb, Db, [Db] F, Ab. _ _ _
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Okay, you're playing that.
_ _ _ So again.
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ _ And then you're [E] going to play a C minor 7th chord.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _
It's very pretty.
_ C, Eb, G, Bb, Eb, G. _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Db] That's _ pretty much _ _ it for the chords.
So I'll play it one more time.
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_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Okay, so once again.
C, Eb, G, Bb, _ Eb, G.
_ _ And I'm playing this chord at root position 7th. _ _
_ _ _ Very, very easy to understand.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] Now after that, what they do, or what's in the song, is a small 16th note. _ _ _
_ _ _ Which is going to be G, [Db]
Ab, _ [G] G, _ _ [E] _
Ab.
[G] _ _ It ends on G. _ _
_ So you're going to play this whole section twice.
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_ So you play that very quickly.
_ G, Ab, G, G, Ab, G. _ _
_ [Em] You play that again. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Db] And then you play the same notes as you played before.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
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[Db] You play it up here.
The same notes I played down here, the G, Ab, 16th.
You play it up here, an octave higher. _
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_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [E] _ [Gm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
Okay, and then you get that [Abm] real big bass line.
That gospel sound.
_ [Dbm] _ [Fm] _ Which _ is going to be [Bb] Ab, _ [C] Bb, C, [Bbm] _
F.
_ And I just play that, I play it _ _ _ as an [Ab] octave, _ basically.
With both hands.
[Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _ [F] _
_ Or you [G] can play it down here even [Ab] more.
[Bb] _
[F] _ _ It's up to you.
But basically that whole melody section is going to be Ab, _ Bb, C, F.
[Bb] _ _
And then that little [E] turnaround, [Eb] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ which is going to be [Ebm] [Db] Eb, [Dbm] F, Ab, [C]
C.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ And it resolves on Ab major.
[Ab] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Dbm] _
_ _ Ab right there. _ _
So from the top of that, it's going to _ _ _ [F] _
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_ _ _ _ be_
_ [Em]
And then you can drop down to an Ab major down here. _ _
_ [B] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Ab, Eb, Ab, [Eb] C, Ab, or Eb, Ab.
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So one more time, slow motion. _ _ _
[Fm] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ So _ I'm playing a Db down here in my pinky.
I'm playing it_
_ I'll go up here.
Db and a C.
_ _ _ [F] But I'm playing it an octave lower since you can't see it [C] all up in front of the camera. _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ So trust me, I'm playing a Db in this bass down here.
_ _ _ [Eb]
And then I resolve on [G] Ab major. _ _
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_ [C] So one more time without _ any more explanation.
_ _ _ _ [F] One _
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more time.
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_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ And that's it for this tutorial.
And thank you for watching.
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