You may either play the chords I’ve listed. Let us now list all the chords that are employed in the original: More complex than you expect, right? Chords for Uptown Girl This is pretty simple, blue-collar lower middle class boy falls in love with rich girl, not a whole lot of depth to it at all. Interlude – Key: B minor – Progression: VI VII V i and VI VII V I The 'Uptown Girl' that Billy Joel sings about is actually Christie Brinkley, the supermodel who later became his wife.
Pre-Chorus – Key: A major – Progression: I vi ii II Verses – Key: C major – Progression: I vi II V and I vi ii V/vi To sum up, we have the following structure:Ĭhorus – Key: E major – Progression: I ii iii IV and I ii iii IV V The B chord takes you back to the first key, and the first chord progression. This interlude is in the key of B minor but ends with a so-called Picardy’s third. Then there is that “whooh” interlude with the following chord progression (a personal favourite of mine, by the way). Lista de modelos que han protagonizado videos musicales de diferentes cantantes y agrupaciones musicales. Then you’re back in E major, on time for the chorus. Uptown girl She’s been living in her uptown world I bet she’s never had a backstreet guy I bet her momma never told her why. Either way, this chord introduces a modulation to A major, the key of the pre-chorus: It can be seen both as a secondary dominant chord (V7/vi) or as a borrowed chord from the parallel minor key (A minor) or as a chromatic mediant of C major. E G A D F Fm A B C Dm G Bm F Am Chords for Billy Joel - Uptown Girl (Official Video) with song key, BPM, capo transposer, play along with guitar, piano. The E7b9 sounds unexpected in this context, but fits nicely. I – vi – ii – V7/vi – C – Am – Bm7b5 – E7b9 The modulation towards C major is largely done by the bass line.
This progression is played several times, before the verses, which are in the key of C major. I – ii – Iii – IV – V – E – F#m – G#m – A – B At the beginning of the song you hear the chords employed in the chorus: This song is in the Key of E major for the most part, but it features quite a few modulations (key changes), which will have you fretting more chords than in previous songs.