Best I Ever Had - Gavin DeGraw

Simplified chord chart for Best I Ever Had - Gavin DeGraw (karaoke of Tracks Planet Karaoke), in A at 136 BPM: 4 chords instead of 11, and 15 changes instead of 96. Sevenths became triads (A, D, E, F#m), which cuts down the shapes you have to learn. Good for playing along all the way through without stalling on a change.

KeyA

Tempo 136 BPM

Chord changes15

ChannelTracks Planet Karaoke

In this version the sevenths were reduced to triads, and 81 changes too short for the hand to follow were merged. A diminished chord appears as minor — that is a substitution, not an equivalence: it sounds close when you are playing along, but it is not the same chord. For the harmony as it is, use the full version.

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F#m

Next A

Diatonic chords of A

Degrees of the key
I	ii	iii	IV	V	vi	vii°
A	Bm	C#m	D	E	F#m	G#°

Chord track

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Notes that make up each chord

Useful for one-note-at-a-time instruments — sax, trumpet, flute, violin: they do not play the chord, they play its notes.

Chord	Notes	Functions
A	A C# E	root, major third, fifth
D	D F# A	root, major third, fifth
E	E G# B	root, major third, fifth
F#m	F# A C#	root, minor third, fifth

Full chord chart with timings

The same sequence as a table, for reference or printing.

#	Time	Chord	Length
1	0:03	F#m	10.5s
2	0:14	A	11.1s
3	0:25	D	3.1s
4	0:28	A	12.4s
5	0:41	D	8.9s
6	0:50	A	19.6s
7	1:09	D	16.2s
8	1:25	A	3.1s
9	1:28	F#m	10.9s
10	1:39	A	58.9s
11	2:38	E	3.2s
12	2:41	D	2.2s
13	2:44	A	47.6s
14	3:31	D	4.0s
15	3:35	E	—