Corey Kilgannon – Soft Gentle Brilliant Chord Progression on Piano, Ukulele

Corey Kilgannon – Soft Gentle Brilliant Chord Progression on Piano, Ukulele

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This is the chord progression of Soft Gentle Brilliant by Corey Kilgannon on Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard.

[Intro]
C G Am

[Verse 1]
C                G                             Am
It’s the quiet wind on the water
C                             G                             Am
And the thundering stars in the sky
C               G               Am
The scorching forest fire
C               G               Am
And the complex human eye
C               G                             Am
The sound of waves collapsing
C                             G               Am
Or a newborn’s waking cry
C                             G                             Am
The way new seeds float to the ground
F               G                             C
Right where the old flowers die

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[Chorus]
F
I know You’re there
C
I know You’re watching
G
Though I don’t feel You
Am
And I don’t live like I want to
F
You still care
C
Though Lord I’m prone to wander
G
I’m hardly listening
C
You’re always calling

G Am
C G Am

[Verse 2]
C               G                             Am
It’s the red birds stunning feathers
C                             G               Am
And a horses unmatched strength
C               G                             Am
It’s the ways the Rockies tower
C                             G               Am
And the canyons looming lay
C               G               Am
It’s hundred tiny feet
C               G                             Am
Under a hundred centipede legs
C                             G               Am
The sun and the moon twirl in a dance
F               G               C
Determining the days

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[Chorus]
F
I know You’re there
C
I know You’re watching
G
Though I don’t feel You
Am
And I don’t live like I want to
F
You still care
C
Though Lord I’m prone to wander
G
I’m hardly listening
C
You’re always calling

G Am
C G Am

[Verse 3]
C               G                             Am
It’s the way we’re warned of winter
C                             G               Am
By the bloody autumn leaves
C               G                             Am
How all the ground is connected
C                             G               Am
By the roots under the trees
C                             G               Am
Though the violence of human nature
C               G               Am
The Earth is whispering
F               G               C
Soft, gentle, and brilliant
F               G               C
Is my Maker’s love for me

[Chorus]
F
I know You’re there
C
I know You’re watching
G
Though I don’t feel You
Am
And I don’t live like I want to
F
You still care
C
Though Lord I’m prone to wander
G
I’m hardly listening
C
You’re always calling

G Am
C G Am

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How to play Soft Gentle Brilliant: key, chords and progression

Soft Gentle Brilliant by Corey Kilgannon is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 4 chords: C, G, Am and F.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C – G – Am – C (I – V – vi – I in C major). In solfa, that is doh – soh – lah – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, D, Em, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
Am chord on guitar (x02210)
AmA C E
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C

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Soft Gentle Brilliant chords: questions

What key is Soft Gentle Brilliant in?

Soft Gentle Brilliant by Corey Kilgannon is centred on C major (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in Soft Gentle Brilliant?

Soft Gentle Brilliant uses 4 chords: C, G, Am, F.

What is the chord progression of Soft Gentle Brilliant?

The main progression is C – G – Am – C (I – V – vi – I).

Is Soft Gentle Brilliant easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, D, Em, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo).

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