This song is really not that hard. Just get the pattern down and it will be a piece of cake to play in any key.
"I Told The Storm" by: Greg O'Quin
Key Eb LH/RH
Intro (play chords with freedom):
/ F-Bb-Eb *high on keyboard
/ Eb-F-Bb
/ F, G-Bb
F-Bb-D / F-Bb
Ab-Eb / G, Ab
Bb-F / Bb, Eb
C / F-G-Bb-Eb
G-D / Bb-F, G, Eb
F-C / Ab-Bb-C-Eb
D / Gb-Bb-C-F
Db / Ab-C-Eb *arpeggiate RH chord up the keyboard
/ G, Ab, Bb, Eb
C / F-Bb-D
D / D-F-Bb
Eb / Eb-G-Bb
Part 1:
F / Ab-Bb-C-Eb Even
Ab / Gb-Bb-C-F though your winds
G / F-G-Bb-Eb blow, I
C / F-G-Bb-Eb want you to
F / Ab-Bb-C-Eb know, you
Ab / Gb-Bb-C-F cause me no
G / F-G-Bb-Eb alarm, cuz I'm
C / F-G-Bb-Eb safe
Ab / Cb-D-F-Ab in
G / Bb-Db-E-G His...
(repeat)
F / Ab-Bb-C-Eb call, let
Ab / Gb-Bb-C-F there be
G / F-G-Bb-Eb peace, now
C / G-C-E I
D / Ab-B-D-F can
E / Bb-Db-E-G say,
F / Ab-Bb-C-Eb go
Ab / Gb-Bb-C-F away, I
G / F-G-Bb-Eb command
C / F-G-Bb-Eb you to
Ab / B-D-F-Ab move to-
G / Bb-Db-E-G day,
F / Ab-Bb-C-Eb because
Ab / Gb-Bb-C-F of faith
G / F-G-Bb-Eb I have a
C / F-G-Bb-Eb brand
C / C, D new
B / Eb, F, G day,
A / G-A-C-F the sun will
Ab / Ab-Cb-Eb-F shine, and I
G / F-G-Bb-Eb will
C / F-G-Bb-Eb be
Ab / B-D-F-Ab o.-
G / Bb-Db-E-G k.,
F / Ab-Bb-C-Eb that's what I
G / F-G-Bb-Eb told the
Bb / Bb-C-Eb-Ab storm,
Part 2:
C / F-G-Bb-Eb I
D / Ab-B-D-F or G / Ab-B-D-F told
E / Bb-Db-E-G or C / Bb-Db-E-G the
F / Ab-Bb-C-Eb storm to
Ab / Gb-Bb-C-F pass,
G / F-G-Bb-Eb storm you can't
C / F-G-Bb-Eb last,
Ab / B-D-F-Ab
G / Bb-Db-E-G *go to Part 3 from here
(repeat 2x)
F / Ab-Bb-C-Eb that's what I
G / F-G-Bb-Eb told the
Bb / Bb-C-Eb-Ab storm,
Part 3:
F / Ab-Bb-C-Eb winds
Eb / G-Bb-D-F stop blowing,
D / Gb-Bb-C-F floods
Db / Ab-Bb-C-Eb stop flowing,
C / Bb-D-F lightning
Bb / C-F-A stop flashing,
Ab / B-D-F-Ab breakers *stop here on the repeat
G / Bb-Db-E-G stop dashing,
(repeat)
modulation chord to Gb: Eb / Ab-Db-F
Part 4 (in Gb):
Ab / Cb-Db-Eb-Gb death can't shake me,
Bb / Ab-D-Gb job can't make me,
Cb / Bb-Eb-Gb bills can't break me,
Eb / Ab-Db-F disease can't take me,
Ab / Cb-Db-Eb-Gb you can't drown,
Bb / Ab-D-Gb my
Db / Cb-Fb-Ab God sur-
C / Bb-(D)-Fb-Ab rounds me,
Cb / Bb-Eb-Gb that's what I
Eb / Ab-Db-F told the storm.
(modulate to G, then Ab)
I'm sure you can handle taking it up to the other keys. I had to play this song in the key of B cuz the group I was playing for couldn't sing this high.
