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  • This is Adele - Hello. And I'll try to make this as clear as I can. So, lets get started.

  • There're going to be a few sets of chords that you're going to have to learn for this

  • song. The one you're always going to have to go back to is Fm which is F, G#, C. Fminor.

  • F, G#, C. The next one, and this is for the beginning of the song, before the chorus...

  • so its Fm, and then we're going to go to the G# chord. Now you can play G# like this, but

  • it sounds better if you keep it like this. From Fm, keep your middle finger on G# and

  • move on up so that you're playing D#, G#, C. So you go Fm, G#... And then keep your

  • thumb here on D# and then move your middle finger and your pinky down a little bit so

  • that you're playing the D# chord. This is D#, G, Bb. So we have Fm, G#, D# and now keep

  • the same shape of your hand and just jump it down to the next spot so that we're playing

  • the C# chord which is ... C#major I should say which is C#, F, and G#. So we've got this

  • progression of 4 chords: Fm, G#, D#, C#. (MUSIC) Keep in mind we are going to be playing this

  • with the bass as well down here. (MUSIC) If you're not familiar with this, what this means

  • is that basically the main chord that you're going to be playing up here, you're just going

  • to be playing that down here and you can just hit this one key. So I'm playing Fm, so I'll

  • hit F. Then move up to G#, so I'm on G# down here as I play the G# chord. Then go down

  • to D# and then jump it down to C#. By now it should be sounding very familiar to you

  • because that's the beginning of the song. We've got the main verse down. (MUSIC) This

  • is the part that leads into the chorus, its just one way through and then we're into the

  • chorus. What we're going to do is play Fm, D#, Cm, C#. You will play those chords. So

  • we know Fm and D#. Here's the new one, Cm. This is C, D#, G. Then you can play C in your

  • bass. Then we go up to C#. That is C#, F, D#. Again its: (Plays MUSIC) Then we play

  • (Plays Music) and hold that for the chorus. So this doesn't like repeat or anything. That

  • next part was Fm, D#, C#. Okay? So we will just play it through one more time real quick.

  • Fm, D#, Cm, C#, Fm, D#, C# and hold it. Just to repeat and review the verse was (plays

  • music) and this new part is, at least before the chorus: (plays music). Then we get into

  • the "Hello from the other side!" part. (Laughs) Alright, so for the chorus, for the bass note

  • you can also play the lower octave note which gives it more power. I think it gives it more

  • power for the chorus, people often do that to just give the chorus more power, so. Here

  • we go! These are very similar chords to you by now, it's Fm, C#, G#, D#. (Plays music

  • with bass) Again, its Fm, C#, G#, D#. We will play that through the chorus and go back into

  • the verse (plays music). Now there's really only one more part of this song that you haven't

  • really learned because obviously he's just going to play through that verse part and

  • then he's going to go into the chorus again. What we haven't seen yet is towards the end

  • of the song she goes into a part, I'll just post the lyrics right here, and instead of

  • playing the normal (music) for the chorus, they play Fm, C#, D#, G#, Fm, C#, D#, G#.

  • This is the part where she is like going "oooh", something like that. That is most of the song

  • and then it goes back into the chorus (Music), and then it just ends the song. "Hey dad,"

  • Hey what's going on? You want to say hey? Say hello. "Hello." Then at the end it goes

  • back into the (plays music)

This is Adele - Hello. And I'll try to make this as clear as I can. So, lets get started.

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