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The Byrds piano songs

3 songs by The Byrds, each opened like a recipe: the chords, what each hand plays and how it ends. Mostly played as ballad piano and pop piano.

Every The Byrds song

How The Byrds is played

Questions about The Byrds on piano

What are the easiest The Byrds songs to play on piano?

Start with Eight Miles High, So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star and Turn! Turn! Turn!: their left hands are easy patterns, and the chords repeat.

What keys are The Byrds songs in?

Most often E minor, A major and C major.

Which chord progressions do The Byrds songs use?

i–bIII–bVII–bVI, bVII–I–bVII–I and I–IV–iii–ii come up most: learn them and many of these songs are within reach.