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The Color Purple (Musical) piano songs

6 songs by The Color Purple (Musical), each opened like a recipe: the chords, what each hand plays and how it ends. Mostly played as pop piano, rock piano and blues and boogie-woogie piano.

Big DogThe Color Purple (Musical)

I’m HereThe Color Purple (Musical)

Mysterious WaysThe Color Purple (Musical)

Every The Color Purple (Musical) song

Big DogE minor · 4/4 · i–IV7–i–V7
I’m HereG major · 4/4 · I–IV–I–IV
Mysterious WaysC major · 4/4 · IV–I–IV–I
Mysterious WaysBb major · 4/4 · bVII–IV–bIII–bVII
Our PrayerG major · 4/4 · I–V–I–V
Too Beautiful For WordsD major · 4/4 · vi–II7–V7–I

How The Color Purple (Musical) is played

Pop pianoThe bounce under a thousand radio hits.
Rock pianoEighth notes that push like an engine.
Blues and boogie-woogie pianoSwinging left hands from the 1950s.
The I–IV–I–IV loop782 songs use it
The IV–I–IV–I loop384 songs use it
The I–V–I–V loop144 songs use it

Questions about The Color Purple (Musical) on piano

What are the easiest The Color Purple (Musical) songs to play on piano?

Start with Our Prayer: their left hands are easy patterns, and the chords repeat.

What keys are The Color Purple (Musical) songs in?

Most often G major, E minor and C major.

Which chord progressions do The Color Purple (Musical) songs use?

I–IV–I–IV, IV–I–IV–I and I–V–I–V come up most: learn them and many of these songs are within reach.