Songs from Grease - Beauty School Dropout

Simplified chord chart for Songs from Grease - Beauty School Dropout (karaoke of KaraokeOnVEVO), in A at 78 BPM: 7 chords instead of 14, and 36 changes instead of 58. Sevenths became triads (A, C#m, D, E, F#, F#m, G), which cuts down the shapes you have to learn. Good for playing along all the way through without stalling on a change.

KeyA

Tempo 78 BPM

Chord changes36

ChannelKaraokeOnVEVO

In this version the sevenths were reduced to triads, and 22 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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C#m

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

Full chord chart with timings

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

#	Time	Chord	Length
1	0:00	C#m	7.2s
2	0:07	A	2.3s
3	0:10	F#m	2.4s
4	0:12	D	2.3s
5	0:14	E	2.3s
6	0:17	C#m	2.2s
7	0:19	F#	2.2s
8	0:21	D	2.2s
9	0:23	E	2.2s
10	0:26	C#m	2.2s
11	0:28	F#	2.2s
12	0:30	D	2.3s
13	0:32	G	2.4s
14	0:35	F#m	6.9s
15	0:41	E	4.6s
16	0:46	D	9.2s
17	0:55	A	3.1s
18	0:58	D	3.1s
19	1:01	F#m	6.1s
20	1:08	A	3.1s
21	1:11	D	10.8s
22	1:21	F#m	7.7s
23	1:29	D	4.6s
24	1:34	A	3.1s
25	1:37	D	5.4s
26	1:42	A	5.4s
27	1:48	D	4.6s
28	1:52	F#m	26.2s
29	2:18	D	4.6s
30	2:23	A	3.1s
31	2:26	D	4.2s
32	2:30	A	6.6s
33	2:37	E	5.9s
34	2:43	A	2.3s
35	2:45	D	3.0s
36	2:48	A	—