Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet in 5 steps

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

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Chords: G – A7 – D7 – G
How it goes
Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: G is G, B and D; A7 is A, C#, E and G; D7 is D, F#, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
GIA7II7D7V7GI
- GG · B · D
- A7A · C# · E · G
- D7D · F# · A · C
34 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Ragtime bounce
How it goes
Quick bass-chord-bass-chord: the bouncy left hand of ragtime. Musicians call it boom-chick (2/4) (stride & boom-chick), a medium pattern heard in 137 songs of the library.
Ragtime bounceStride & boom-chick · StrideLeft handMedium
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Right hand: Clockwork chords
How it goes
Four quick, even chords per short bar, ticking like clockwork. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Clockwork chordsSyncopated chords · StrideRight handMedium
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Both hands at 78 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.
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Ending: A7 – D7 – G
How it goes
The last chords are II7 – V7 – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
A7D7G

What chords are in Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet?

The loop is G – A7 – D7 – G (I – II7 – V7 – I) in G major, and the song ends on A7 – D7 – G.

What key is Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet in?

G major, at about 78 beats a minute in 2/4.

What does the left hand play in Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet?

Ragtime bounce: boom-chick (2/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet 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.