It's All Because of You
An original gospel song, words and music by Henry Q Allen. Here is the chord chart, free, with the numbers under every chord so you can play it in church this Sunday.
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The move to learn
Bbm Gb Db Ab → Db Ab Bbm Gb
The verse and the chorus use the same four chords. The verse starts on the 6 and sounds unsettled. The chorus starts on the 1 and sounds like home. That is the whole trick of the song.
Watch bar 4 of the verse: an F where you expect an Ab. That is the 3 chord standing in for the 5, and it pulls you back to the 6.
Too many black keys? Play it in C: the verse is Am F C E, the chorus is C G Am F. It won't match the recording, but the shape is the same, and the shape is the lesson.
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Who wrote this. I started learning piano at thirty-five, because my pastor asked me to become the church musician. I play by ear, every Sunday at my church in St. Louis since March 2007. I write these songs, and then I chart them the way I would want to learn them.