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Randy Newman's"Short People" uses piano chords with voicing that I really couldn't understand when I began to study it-- and even when I had the chord chart, it took a while. Why? The voicing is peculiar. It starts in A, then the chord chart says F#m but the chart fails to mention there is no 3rd in the F#m. And the Bm7 is actually a B7-- not a minor. There is a descending melody line in the chord comp as you move that's critical. So there are tiny but important harmonic elements like that. Randy Newman knows his music. I'm sure the sheet music notes that-- but sheet music is $5 a song. I work with the lyrics/chords for free. Here's the original song as originally performed by singer-songwriter Randy Newman.
Here are the chords I worked off of obtained freely on Ultimate-Guitar.com
Short People Chords by Randy Newman @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com
Short People - Randy Newman
Randy Newman's"Short People" uses piano chords with voicing that I really couldn't understand when I began to study it-- and even when I had the chord chart, it took a while. Why? The voicing is peculiar. It starts in A, then the chord chart says F#m but the chart fails to mention there is no 3rd in the F#m. And the Bm7 is actually a B7-- not a minor. There is a descending melody line in the chord comp as you move that's critical. So there are tiny but important harmonic elements like that. Randy Newman knows his music. I'm sure the sheet music notes that-- but sheet music is $5 a song. I work with the lyrics/chords for free. Here's the original song as originally performed by singer-songwriter Randy Newman.
Here are the chords I worked off of obtained freely on Ultimate-Guitar.com
Short People Chords by Randy Newman @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com
Short People - Randy Newman
--------------------------- Intro: A | F#m7 | Bm7 | E7sus4 | (x2) A F#m7 Bm7 E7sus4 Short People got no reason. Short people got no reason A F#m7 Bm7 E7sus4 short people got no reason to li - ive. They got A A7/G little hands and little eyes D/F# F7 They walk around tell-in' great big lies. They got A A7/G little noses and tiny little teeth, they wear D/F# F7 platform shoes on their nasty little feet. Well, I ]Chorus] A F#m7 Bm7 E7sus4 Don't want no short people (x2) A F#m7 Bm7 E7sus4 A Don't want no short people 'round here. (Repeat Intro once) and go to Bridge: Dmaj7 A/C# Bm7 D/E Short people are just the same as you and I (A fool such as I) Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7 All men are brothers until the day they die D/E It's a wonderful world. A F#m7 Bm7 E7sus4 Short People got nobody. Short people got nobody A F#m7 Bm7 E7sus4 short people got nobidy to lo - ove. They got A A7/G little baby legs and they stand so low D/F# F7 You got to pick them up just to say hello. They got A A7/G little cars that go beep beep beep. They got D/F# A7/G little voices going peep peep peep. They got A A7/G grubby little fingers and dirty little minds D/F# F7 They're gonna get you every time, well I A F#m7 Bm7 E7sus4 Don't want no short people (x2) A F#m7 Bm7 E7sus4 A Don't want no short people 'round here. (Repeat Intro and fade)_
Here's what I was able to do with it, initially. I find Randy Newman interesting because he showed us what one man/ one piano can do, in pop culture again. He puts the so-called "duelling piano" acts to shame.
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SHORT PEOPLE
