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    Calling musicians

    I enjoy experimenting at a (pre-)beginners' level on the keyboard.

    I can rattle off chords and melodies to a few easy songs and this time last year [while messing about on the keyboard with Christmas carols] I stumbled across the chords for 'All I Want for Christmas is You' but in C rather than the 'official' G.

    Unfortunately I can't get the sequence back despite several attempts. I think it starts C F Fm but after that I'm getting nowhere with it.

    Anyone help?
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    Thanks, DG, but that would require me to be able to read music, which is about 100 levels above mine
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    Yep, saw that earlier, DG, but I'm not used to playing in G.

    I think the C equiv goes C F Fm(?) but after that I'm losing it. I think it should be C next but then I totally lose it. (Yet I had it last year, which is annoying me!)
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    OK so I dusted my guitar off, retuned it and came up with this which sounds about right


    C
    I don't want a lot for Christmas
    Am
    There's just one thing I need
    F
    I don't care about the presents
    Fm
    Underneath the Christmas tree
    C F
    I just want you for my own
    C F
    More than you could ever know
    C Am
    Make my wish come true
    C G
    All I want for Christmas is...
    C Am
    Youuuuuuuuu
    C G
    Wooohhh

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    If the guitar's dusted off DG, here's one for you to play "this is kinda intermediate stuff"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBq7XRa6uZM

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    Apologies DO, no use to you at all

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    Quote Originally Posted by Diamond Geezer View Post
    OK so I dusted my guitar off, retuned it and came up with this which sounds about right


    C
    I don't want a lot for Christmas
    Am
    There's just one thing I need
    F
    I don't care about the presents
    Fm
    Underneath the Christmas tree
    C F
    I just want you for my own
    C F
    More than you could ever know
    C Am
    Make my wish come true
    C G
    All I want for Christmas is...
    C Am
    Youuuuuuuuu
    C G
    Wooohhh

    Beautiful. Just beautiful.

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    What do the two chords together mean, DG?
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    Change on each word so eg "I" is chord C, change straight away to chord F for "just etc"

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    Wow. No chance! Who d'you think I am, Mark Knopfler? Bobby Crush??

    Appreciate all you efforts though!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Desert Orchid View Post
    Wow. No chance! Who d'you think I am, Mark Knopfler? Bobby Crush??
    Mrs Mills?
    The older I get the better I was.

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    Great to know that the two most famous pianists in the world remain Bobby Crush and Mrs Mills.

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    Thought Les Dawson was pretty good myself

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    This probably articulates why I like the song so much although all I could say is that I really like it!"

    http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/m...planation.html
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    Disappointing link Mo. I was expecting a link to Mariah's hooters

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