Sep172024

Keshi – Requiem Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsEm7 Bb7 D CC+5Am/C C7 F Fm Dm7C7/EAmD7

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[Intro]
Em7 Bb7 Em7 Bb7
D   D   D   D


[Verse 1]
    C
The sun and the
 C+5
 moon, they
Am/C
just won’t stop
    C7
for you,
F        Fm
dancing around
like
        C       C
nothing changed.
  C          C+5
I try not to move, a
Am/C           C7
fight I always lose,
F           Bb7
time always seems
to find a
C       Dm7  C7/E
way.    Oh,



[Chorus]
     F       Bb7
It’s not the same, I
Am            D7
miss you everyday,
F
still some things I
Bb7         C   Dm7 C7/E
wish I told ya.
F         Bb7   Am
Can’t you stay, why’d
        D7
you go away,
  F
I hope that we can
Bb7      (C)
do it o - ver.

[Intro]
Em7 Bb7 Em7 Bb7
D D D D

[Verse 1]
C
The sun and the
C+5
moon, they
Am/C
just won’t stop
C7
for you,
F Fm
dancing around
like
C C
nothing changed.
C C+5
I try not to move, a
Am/C C7
fight I always lose,
F Bb7
time always seems
to find a
C Dm7 C7/E
way. Oh,

[Chorus]
F Bb7
It’s not the same, I
Am D7
miss you everyday,
F
still some things I
Bb7 C Dm7 C7/E
wish I told ya.
F Bb7 Am
Can’t you stay, why’d
D7
you go away,
F
I hope that we can
Bb7 (C)
do it o – ver.

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[Interlude]
Em7 Bb7   Em7  Bb7



[Verse 2]
  C           C+5
I cried and I begged:
     Am/C
take someone else
  C7
instead,
F           Fm
not that he listens
   C         C
anyway.
C              C+5
Stairs I can’t   tread,
    Am/C       C7
so, you go on ahead,
F          Bb7
oh, I know you won’t
mind
    C       Dm7 C7/E
the wait.   Oh,



[End-Chorus]
     F       Bb7
It’s not the same, I
Am            D7
miss you everyday,
F
still some things I
Bb7         C   Dm7 C7/E
wish I told ya.
F         Bb7
Can’t you stay,
Am            D7
why’d you go away,
  F*
I hope that we can
 Bb7      (C)
 do it o - ver.

[Outro]
C    C+5    Am/C   C+5

Watch: Requiem

From keshi - Topic on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play Requiem: key, chords and progression

Requiem by Keshi keeps coming home to C major (no sharps or flats). You need 12 chords: Em7, Bb7, D, C, Am/C, C7, F, Fm, Dm7, C7/E, Am and D7.

Listen for F – Bb7 – C – Dm7 (IV – ♭VII7 – I – ii7 in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: Bb7, F and Fm are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.