My covers and karaokes

Watermark (Enya)

2011-07-25T15:37:00.000-07:00

Beautiful relaxing song! There are plenty of covers out there. It helped me to practice the left hand movements in the piano track recording.

It also has some chorus and many vocal arrangements that I tried to emulate using voice synthetizers on the CASIO WK 3800. Later on I added reverb effects.

Cool Edit recorded sesion of Watermark

The pictures on the video are some of my holidays shoots around Mendoza, Argentina and Viña del Mar, Chile.

The chords:

F - F

F - Am

F - Am

Bb - Eb

F - F

F - Am

F - Am

Bb - Eb

F - F

Dm - Am

Eb - F

Eb - Db - C

F - F

F - Am

F - Am

Bb - Eb

F - Am

F - Am

Bb - Eb

F - F - F

What do you think?

Total Eclipse of the Heart (Bonnie Tyler)

2011-07-23T09:15:00.000-07:00

"Total Eclipse of the Heart" is a song written and produced by Jim Steinman and recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler for her fifth studio album Faster Than the Speed of Night. Released as a single in 1983, it was the first release from the album and became Tyler's biggest hit.

My girlfriend loves this one a lot, so I decided to lern it and play it to her. I liked to use its original key (I believe Bbm). Downloaded the chords and practiced very much since I have no formal music education.

There are some errors in the middle of the cover, but I was too lazy to correct them at that time. Sorry :) My "live" version is better I guess.

The chords I used:

Intro: Arrangements in Bbm - Bbm

 Bbm                                    Ab
Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit lonely

and you're never coming round  
  Bbm                                 Ab
Turnaround, Every now & then I get a little bit tired of listening

to the sound of my tears


 Db                                     B
Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit nervous that

the best of all the years have gone by
  Db                                    B
Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit terrified

and then I see the look in your eyes


 E          Amaj7  A
Turnaround bright eyes, every now and then I fall apart
 E          Amaj7  A
Turnaround bright eyes, every now and then I fall apart


 Bbm                                    Ab
Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit restless

and I dream of something wild 
  Bbm                                   Ab
Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit helpless

and I'm lying like a child in your arms


 Db                                     B
Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit angry

and I know I've got to get out and cry

 Db                                     B
Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit terrified

but then I see the look in your eyes


 E          Amaj7  A
Turnaround bright eyes, every now and then I fall apart
 E          Amaj7  A                               Ab
Turnaround bright eyes, every now and then I fall apart


       Fm              Db
And I need you now tonight
       Eb                 Ab
And I need you more than ever
               Fm           Db 
And if you'll only hold me tight
          Eb            Ab
We'll be holding on forever
           Fm                Db
And we'll only be making it right
             Eb  
Cause we'll never be wrong 


 Fm                            Eb  
Together we can take it to the end of the line           
      Fm                         Bb
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
   Ab                            Eb 
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
        Fm                        Bb
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks


                      Ab       
I really need you tonight 
     Eb          Cm        Db
Forever's gonna start tonight
      Eb         (Db6)
(Forever's gonna start tonight)


 Ab                     Fm7
Once upon a time I was falling in love
     Cm                    Db
But now I'm only falling apart
 Db Ab       Bbm
   There's nothing I can do 
   Eb                   Ab     Fm     Db     Eb6  Eb 
A total eclipse of the heart


 Ab                         Fm
Once upon a time there was light in my life
     Cm                           Db
But now there's only love in the dark
 Db  Ab  Bbm
       Nothing I can say
   Eb                   Ab     Fm     Db     Eb6  Eb      Ab
A total eclipse of the heart


(Instrumental:) 

 Bbm    Ab     Bbm    Ab 

 Db     B      Db     B


Turnaround bright eyes
Turnaround bright eyes

Turnaround, Every now and then I know you'll never be the boy

you always wanted to be
Turnaround, But every now and then I know you'll always be

the only boy who wanted me the way that I am
 
Turnaround, Every now and then I know there's no-one in the universe

as magical and wondrous as you
Turnaround, Every now and then I know there's nothing any better,

there's nothing I just wouldn't do

Turnaround bright eyes, every now and then I fall apart
Turnaround bright eyes, every now and then I fall apart

And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you'll only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
Cause we'll never be wrong 

Together we can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks

I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight

Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart


Once upon a time there was light in my life
Now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart


Ab     Fm     Db     Eb6   Eb

Waiting for a girl like you (Foreigner)

2011-07-22T13:43:00.000-07:00

"Waiting for a Girl like You" is a song by British-American rock band Foreigner. The distinctive synthesizer theme was performed by the then-unknown Thomas Dolby.
It was the second single released from the album 4 (1981), and was co-written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones. It has become one of the band's most famous songs worldwide, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for ten weeks and #1 on Billboard's Rock Tracks chart for one week.On the Billboard adult contemporary chart, the song topped out at #5. In the UK, the song peaked at #8 on the UK Singles Chart.

Definetely one of the top ballads that the eighties brought to life. I fell in love with the fine combination between tender true heart feeling lyrics and nice melody.

This one is easy to try in piano. Here are the chords I used:

INTRO

Am G/A Am G/A

Am G/A Am G/A
So long I've been looking too hard, I've been waiting too long.

Am G/A Am G/A
Sometimes I don't know what I will find. I only know it's a
matter of time.

Em7 DaddE Em7 D
When you love someone, when you love someone,

Em7 D/E Em7 D/E E7
It feels so right, so warm and true. I need to know if you
feel it too.

Fmaj9 G Fmaj9 G
Maybe I'm wrong. Won't you tell me if I'm coming on too strong?

F G Fmaj9 G
This heart of mine has been hurt before. This time I wanna
be sure.

Dm Bb Dm C/D
I've been waiting for a girl like you to come into my life.

Dm Bb Gm
I've been waiting for a girl like you, a love that will survive.

Dm Bb Dm C/D
I've been waiting for someone new to make me feel alive.

Dm Bb Gm
Yeah, waiting for a girl like you to come into my life.

PLAY INTRO

Am G/A Am G/A
Your'se so good. When we make love it's understood.

Am G/A Am G/A
It's more than a touch or a word we say. Only in dreams could it be

this way.

Em7 DaddE Em7 D/F# E7
When you love someone, yeah, really love someone.

Fmaj9 G Fmaj9 G
Now, I know it's right from the moment I wake up till deep in the
night.

Fmaj9 G Fmaj9 G
There's nowhere on earth that I'd rather be than olding you

tenderly.

Lavender (Marillion)

2011-07-22T13:36:00.000-07:00

"Lavender" is neo-progressive rock band Marillion's second single from their breakthrough album Misplaced Childhood. The follow-up to the big UK number 2 hit "Kayleigh", the song was their second Top 5 UK hit, entering the chart on 7 September 1985, reaching number 5 and staying on the chart for 9 weeks. None of the group's other songs have reached the Top 5 and "Lavender" remains their second highest-charting song.

Great all time classic, and one of my favourites from Marillion. It's easy to play, basically you have to repeat the same chords all the way.

Here are the chords I used:

[Intro]

E* - D* - C#* - A*

      E*                                D*
I was walking in the park dreaming of a spark
                 C#*
When I heard the sprinklers whisper
               A*
Shimmer in the haze of summer lawns
                 E*
Then I heard the children singing
                              D*
They were running through the rainbows
                    C#*
They were singing a song for you
                       A*
Well it seemed to be a song for you
                    E*
The one I wanted to write for you
    D*   C#*  Amaj7
For you, you

E                            E7/D
Lavenders blue, dilly dilly, lavenders green
C#m                          Amaj7
When I am King, dilly dilly, you will be Queen
                 E
A penny for your thoughts my dear
                 E7/D
A penny for your thoughts my dear
    C#m                   Amaj7
I.O.U. for your love, I.O.U. for your love 

E                             E7/D
Lavenders green, dilly dilly, lavenders blue
C#m                            Amaj7
When you love me, dilly dilly, I will love you
                 E
A penny for your thoughts my dear
                 E7/D
A penny for your thoughts my dear
    C#m                   Amaj7
I.O.U. for your love, I.O.U. for your love 

E                              E7/D
Lavenders dreams, dilly dilly, lavenders true
C#m                            Amaj7
When you miss me, dilly dilly, I did miss you
                 E
A penny for your thoughts my dear
                 E7/D
A penny for your thoughts my dear
    C#m                   Amaj7
I.O.U. for your love, I.O.U. for your love 

[Outro]
         E     E7/D          C#m            Amaj7
For your love,      for your love, for your love

E - E7/D - C#m - Amaj7