Harvey Watkins Jr - Grateful

[DarylWise]

Powerful song. Can someone give me the chords please?

Harvey Watkins, Jr. - Grateful

[basicgospelpiano]

Have you tried to pick this up by ear at all? If so what chords do you have out of it?

[berbie]

Can't give you the chords, but he seems to be singing in A minor. The bass notes are A-C-D-C-A.  Then A-C-D-F-E-A.  Listen and you will hear one progression, then the other.  Hope that helps until someone posts the chords.

[berbie]

A good way to remember the diatonic chords in a minor scale is to remember that the minor starts on the sixth note of its relative major's scale.  So the one in the minor scale is minor because the 6 is minor.  Then it follows the pattern of the major scale on--starting from the 6 which is minor, you have MINOR-diminished-major-minor-minor-major-major.  When you remember that, it is easier to match chords to the bass in a minor key.  The chords of the major scale(which in this case is C) are;  major minor minor major major MINOR diminished.  See the relationship?  The chords are not always used as listed, but most of the time, they are.

[DarylWise]

Can't give you the chords, but he seems to be singing in A minor. The bass notes are A-C-D-C-A.  Then A-C-D-F-E-A.  Listen and you will hear one progression, then the other.  Hope that helps until someone posts the chords.

Well, I have found it is in A Minor. I can't really pick out the chords, I'm not too good in A.

[berbie]

This is A minor, now.  All white keys.   A-B-C-D-E-F-G-A.    A minor---B diminished----C Major----D Minor-----E Minor------- F Major-------G Major------A minor.                                                B is sometimes major 

 Those are the diatonic chords of A minor.

[basicgospelpiano]

Am is C Major if that helps at all Daryl

[DarylWise]

Thanks josh. I'll get the song down sometime.

[berbie]

Your first chord would probably be some sort of A Minor.  Your second chord would be some sort of C Major, your third chord would probably be some sort of D minor.  On the other progression, likely some sort of F Major and E Minor.  That is all there is to the song really.  It sounds complicated because of all the instruments and what they are playing.  If a chord seems out of place, try the major if its minor or vice versa.

[basicgospelpiano]

Here's the intro


A/GBCE
C/CDEG
D/DEF#A
C/CDEG


In some parts you'll hear


A/GBCE
C/CDEG
D/DEF#A
F/EbGAC
E/DGbAbB or E/AbCDG


Hope this helps