Piano chords · Blues & boogie

How to play Everyone Is Gay on piano

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Learn Everyone Is Gay in 5 steps

The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.

1
Chords: D – A – D – A
How it goes
Everyone Is Gay sits in A major: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D is D, F# and A; A is A, C# and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DIVAIDIVAI
- DD · F# · A
- AA · C# · E
384 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Jazz walk
How it goes
One note per beat, strolling like a jazz bassist. Musicians call it walking bass (walking bass), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Jazz walkWalking bass · Blues and boogie-woogieLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Running-late chords
How it goes
Misses beat 1, then hurries in with busy chords around the beats. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Running-late chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handMedium
4
Both hands at 150 BPM
How it goes
Put the two hands together over the loop. Start at half speed with the player's speed control, and bring it up once every change is easy.
5
Ending: D – E – A
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DEA
- EE · G# · B

What chords are in Everyone Is Gay?

The loop is D – A – D – A (IV – I – IV – I) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.

What key is Everyone Is Gay in?

A major, at about 150 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Everyone Is Gay?

Jazz walk: walking bass, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Everyone Is Gay easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.