Foo Fighter and Nirvana Drummer Dave Grohl must be pinching himself. He will be performing some Beatle’s classics on the Grammy’s live Sunday February 8th on CBS. Set your DVRs.
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Part1 Yesterday… | C | Bm E | Am C/g | F G | F C | Am D | F C |
Part2 Why She… | E | Am C/g F | G | C | E | Am C/g F | G | C |
Part3 Slow End… | C D | F C |
Here’s a fun one. Elvis singing the Beatles Yesterday with a 1960s Country Gospel Piano arrangement. Play along if you’re a musician, or just enjoy as a fan.
The intro hangs on the C for a bit before starting the Part1 chord sequence so Elvis can get his sun glasses adjusted. Elvis comes in late singing Part1 about half way in. Hmm, Elvis are you with us today?
You probably already know the song and can feel out the arrangement, but it is…
Part1 Part1 Part2 Part1 Part2 Part1 Part3
In case you don’t know, C/g means you play a C chord in the right hand and a G note in the left hand bass. Or you can just play a C chord and it will sound OK.
A funny blooper where Barbara Walters points to Paul McCartneys pants and asks him to take out his instrument (wink wink). See more of the interview here… http://www.BeatlesPiano.com
Part1 Imagine… | C Em/c | F | C Em/c | F | C Em/c | F | C Em/c | F |
Part2 Imagine All The People… | F Am/e | Dm F/c | G | G7 |
Part3 You May Say… | F G | C E | F G | C E | F G | C E | F G | C |
Beatles Piano Sheet Music
Part 1 When I find… | C G | Am F | C G | F C/E Dm C |
Part 2 Let it be… | Am G | F C | C G | F C/e Dm C |
Part 3 Chord Desend | F Em Dm C | Bb Am G F | C…
Play Part 1 for Intro and Solo
Beatles Piano Sheet Music
Part 1 Hey Jude… | F | C | C | F | Bb | F | C | F |
Part 2 And Anytime… | Bb Dm/A | Gm F | C | F | (Piano Fill… F - F/E - F/Eb - F)
For well you know… | Bb Dm/A | Gm F | C | F |
Na Na… | F | C | (Piano Fill… C - C6 - C7 - C7)
Part 3 End Part Na Na Na… | F | Eb | Bb | F |
Beatles Piano Sheet Music
The Beatles Piano used to record Hey Jude as well as many other Beatle songs went up for auction last month (November 2008) and, according to Pianoworld.com, sold for $353,000. The same piano was also used on classic George Harrison (All Things Must Pass), David Bowie, Elton John, Queen, Carly Simon, Supertramp, Genesis, and Peter Gabriel recordings. Sounds like a reasonable price to me.
Beatle Engineer Ken Scott raved of the famed instrument, “THE piano sound. It was an amazing piano”. Of course anyone today would be buying the piano for it’s place in rock history, not it’s sound.
The piano remained at the Trident Studio in London for many years, but was later sold and moved to the United States. The recent auction didn’t indicate if the new buyer would be moving it out of the US.
Want to buy it? FameBureau.com still has a notice to “Email Enquiries”. However, it’s unclear if that was a pre-auction web page that wasn’t updated or a current offer. But if you buy it, you have to let me play Hey Jude on it just once since you heard it hear first.
Hey, who put that dirty ashtray on my $353,000 Beatles Piano?!
John Lennon wrote his peace-inspiring classic “Imagine” on a humble upright piano. The Beatles Piano was recently photographed in front of the motel where Martin Luther King was shot dead. King was assassinated in April of 1968 while the Beatles were transitioning from their soul-searching India trip to their commercially ambitious London-based “Apple” corporation.
Ironically, the peace-promoting Lennon himself would be assassinated just 12 years later. And, the Apple company name would be robbed from the ex Beatle and used to sell his music on Apple iPods worldwide.
Buy John Lennon’s Remastered “Imagine” on AmazonMP3.com
John Lennon and Martin Luther King “Imagine The Dream” Duet…
Next time you’re looking at Beatles piano sheet music and notice the publishing credit, ponder this one…
According to the ANI Newswire, the now seriously ill Michael Jackson wrote Paul McCartney into his will. Jackson is said to be giving his share of Beatles publishing to McCartney hoping to end a long standing feud between the two pop superstars.
24 years ago, after recording the corny McCartney / Jackson duet Say, Say, Say, McCartney had given Jackson advice to invest his relatively new fortune back into something he loved… music publishing. McCartney himself had purchased the publishing rights to his own boyhood pop hero Buddy Holly.
While retelling the story, McCartney mocks Jackson’s feminine voice saying “I’m gonna buy your music Paul”. McCartney thought it was a joke until the Beatles’ publishing went on the market. Jackson outbid his one-time friend and collaborator in a heated bidding war.
Flash forward 24 years, sources close to Jackson say that he always regretted having a falling out with McCartney. Jackson, who is reportedly struggling with a serious genetic lung disease, now wants to make things right. Cynics might wonder if this is another Jackson publicity stunt the magnitude that would make the Elephant Man’s remains blush.
McCartney, who never owned the publishing share of the Beatles Music, was unreachable for comment. OK, so I don’t have his number, but you were impressed for a second weren’t ya? Come on, one second even?
McCartney and Jackson Back When They Were Buds
Buy McCartney/Jacksons “Say Say Say” on AmazonMP3
In an unrelated story, Stevie Wonder isn’t giving McCartney squat when he dies. But, here they are side-by-side on the Beatle piano keyboard…
Buy McCartney/Stevie Wonder “Ebony and Ivory” on AmazonMP3
Discover and download Beatles Piano MP3s from Amazon.com. Great for a relaxing Sunday afternoon or your next dinner party with friends. Have a listen now.
