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           C+5
The sun and the 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
  Bb7
I wish
       C      Dm7 C7/E
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.

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[Interlude]
Em7 Bb7  Em7   Bb7

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



[End-Chorus]
     F       Bb7
It’s not the same, I
 Am            D7
 miss you everyday,
F
still some things
   Bb7
 I wish
       C     Dm7 C7/E
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, Am/C, C7, F, Fm, C, Dm7, C7/E, Am and D7.

The backbone of the song is F – Bb7 – C – Dm7 (IV – ♭VII7 – I – ii7 in C major). Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Good to know: on guitar, Bb7, F and Fm need a barre or movable shape. Take the change into them slowly at first; piano and ukulele players have it easier.