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Lean on MeBill Withers
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About this chord transcription
GrooveSheet read the chords of Lean on Me by Bill Withers from the full mix and wrote them out as a chord chart: chord symbols over every bar, in time with the recording, which plays along as you read. It transcribed the drum, piano, guitar and bass parts too, on pages of their own.
The music
Lean on Me by Bill Withers is in C major, at about 75 BPM. It is in 4/4 time and runs 86 bars. Its main chords are C, F, G7 and Em, out of 8 different chords in all. The progression heard most often is G7 → C → F → C. The chord changes 67 times over the song.
- Part
- Chords
- Key
- C major
- Tempo
- 75 BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Bars
- 86
- Main chords
- C, F, G7, Em
- Most common progression
- G7 → C → F → C
- Album
- Still Bill
- Released
- 1972
- Length
- 4:17
- Separated parts
- Piano, Drums, Bass, Vocals, Guitar and Other
- Sheet music
- Piano, Drums, Bass and Guitar
What you can download
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