Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play Omigod You Guys on piano
Written by Laurence O’Keefe & Nell Benjamin
- E major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- 2007
- Medium
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Learn Omigod You Guys in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: C#m – D – F#m – A
How it goes
Omigod You Guys sits in E major: E is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C#m is C#, E and G#; D is D, F# and A; F#m is F#, A and C#; A is A, C# and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
C#mviDbVIIF#miiAIV- C#mC# · E · G#
- DD · F# · A
- F#mF# · A · C#
- AA · C# · E
- 2
Left hand: Rolling waves
How it goes
Rolls up to the high third and back down, like a wave on the shore. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-10-5 (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 545 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Pumping chords
How it goes
A chord on every eighth note, driving the song forward. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 120 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: A – B – E
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
ABE- BB · D# · F#
- EE · G# · B
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Questions about Omigod You Guys
What chords are in Omigod You Guys?
The loop is C#m – D – F#m – A (vi – bVII – ii – IV) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.
What key is Omigod You Guys in?
E major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Omigod You Guys?
Rolling waves: open arpeggio 1-5-10-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Omigod You Guys 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.