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Tom Kitt piano songs

4 songs by Tom Kitt, each opened like a recipe: the chords, what each hand plays and how it ends. Mostly played as lullaby piano in 6/8, stride piano and pop piano.

You Learn To Live WithoutWritten by Tom Kitt

Always Starting OverWritten by Tom Kitt

I’m AliveWritten by Tom Kitt

One Perfect MomentWritten by Tom Kitt

Every Tom Kitt song

You Learn To Live WithoutG major · 2/2 · I5–IVsus–Vsus–IVsus
Always Starting OverC major · 6/8 · I–v–Vsus–v
I’m AliveG major · 4/4 · I–Isus–I–Isus
One Perfect MomentC major · 4/4 · IV–I–ii–V7

How Tom Kitt is played

Lullaby piano in 6/8Rocking in sixes, like a boat on calm water.
Stride pianoA leaping left hand, ragtime style.
Pop pianoThe bounce under a thousand radio hits.
The I–Isus–I–Isus loop83 songs use it

Questions about Tom Kitt on piano

What are the easiest Tom Kitt songs to play on piano?

Start with You Learn To Live Without and I’m Alive: their left hands are easy patterns, and the chords repeat.

What keys are Tom Kitt songs in?

Most often G major and C major.

Which chord progressions do Tom Kitt songs use?

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