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Grateful Dead piano songs
26 songs by Grateful Dead, each opened like a recipe: the chords, what each hand plays and how it ends. Mostly played as pop piano, rock piano and ballad piano.
Every Grateful Dead song
- Alabama GetawayA major · 4/4 · V–IV–bIII5–I
- Bird SongD major · 2/2 · I7–bVII–I7–bVII
- Brown-Eyed WomenD minor · 4/4 · bVI–bIII–bVII–bVI
- Casey JonesC major · 4/4 · IV–I–IV–IVsus
- Cold Rain And SnowE major · 4/4 · bVII–I–bVII–I
- Cumberland BluesG major · 2/2 · I–VII–bIII–III
- Dark HollowA major · 2/2 · I–V–I–IV
- Dark StarA major · 2/2 · I–bVII–I–bVII
- Dire WolfA major · 2/2 · V–IV–I–IV
- Easy WindE major · 4/4 · I7–IV7–I7–IV7
- Estimated ProphetF# minor · 3/4 · IV–I–bVII–IV
- High TimeE major · 3/4 · IV–I–bVII–IV
- I Know You RiderD major · 2/2 · I–bVII–IV–I
- Looks Like RainE major · 4/4 · I–bVII–IV–ii
- Me & My UncleE minor · 2/2 · i–bIII–i–bIII
- Mississippi Half-Step Uptown ToodelooC major · 4/4 · vi–IV–I–V
- Playing In The BandD major · 4/4 · I–V–I–V
- RippleG major · 4/4 · IV–I–IV–I
- RosemaryE major · 3/4 · I–bVII–IV–v
- Scarlet BegoniasE major · 2/2 · I–V–IV–I
- Shakedown StreetC major · 4/4 · ii–I–ii–I
- Stella BlueE major · 2/2 · I–IVsus–IV–i
- Sugar MagnoliaA major · 4/4 · V–IV–I–V
- The Golden RoadD major · 4/4 · I–bVII–IV–I
- Uncle John's BandG major · 4/4 · I–V–IV–V
- Victim Or The CrimeB minor · 4/4 · vi–ii–vi–IV
How Grateful Dead is played
Questions about Grateful Dead on piano
What are the easiest Grateful Dead songs to play on piano?
Start with Bird Song, Brown-Eyed Women and Cold Rain And Snow: their left hands are easy patterns, and the chords repeat.
What keys are Grateful Dead songs in?
Most often E major, A major and D major.
Which chord progressions do Grateful Dead songs use?
IV–I–bVII–IV, I–bVII–IV–I and bVII–I–bVII–I come up most: learn them and many of these songs are within reach.