The Chords for This Song?

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So a little history on this song cause it's f**king awesome. In 2007 singer song writer Sufjan Stevens (if you haven't listen to his music do your self a favor and do immediately) held a contest where in a fan sends him a song. And then he writes a song back to the fan. It was for a charity and a neat little idea.

It's a nice song with a very Christmas-y feel. I would just curious if someone could help me figure out the chords to this song?

Song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZchzJMCipk

Thanks in advance guys
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He has a website. Maybe you could ask him.

https://music.sufjan.com/
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Aloysius wrote: Mon Dec 24, 2018 8:36 pm He has a website. Maybe you could ask him.

https://music.sufjan.com/
I wasn't aware that you could interact with him directly on his site. That's very cool. However, this is not a song he wrote. The song is composed and performed by Alec Duffy. He is the winner of the 2007 Xmas Contest held by Sufjan. In this contest Sufjan releases and promotes this guy's song under his label.
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Has Alec Duffy got a website? Good luck and Happy Christmas. :party:
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kvraudioaccount wrote: Mon Dec 24, 2018 8:21 pm I would just curious if someone could help me figure out the chords to this song?
Helping is OK. What have you got so far? What part you need help with? Because the first few bars really should be easy.
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BertKoor wrote: Tue Dec 25, 2018 10:23 am
kvraudioaccount wrote: Mon Dec 24, 2018 8:21 pm I would just curious if someone could help me figure out the chords to this song?
Helping is OK. What have you got so far? What part you need help with? Because the first few bars really should be easy.
I have the very beginning intro part.

I believe it's I-IV-iii-IV-V-I.
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kvraudioaccount wrote: Tue Dec 25, 2018 7:18 pm I have the very beginning intro part.

I believe it's I-IV-iii-IV-V-I.
That I don't recognise...

Here's what I make of it (excluding the intro bar, just using my ears and no piano or guitar nearby to check it)

I - IV - V - I
vi - IV - I - V
I - IV - V - I
vi - IV - I - V

I - IV - V - I
vi - IV - I - V
I - IV - V - I
vi - IV - I - V

IV - V - vi - V/VII
I - ii - iiimaj7 - IV
I - % - IV - V
I - % - IV - V
V7 - I9 - I/III - IV
IVdim - I - IV - V - I

I - IV - V - I
vi - IV - I - V
I - IV - V - I
vi - IV - I - V

I - IV - V - I
vi - IV - I - V
I - IV - V - I
vi - IV - I - V

I - % - IV - V
I - % - IV - V
V7 - I9 - I/III - IV
IVdim - I - IV - V - Isus - I

IV - V - iii - IV
IV - V - I - V
IV - V - I - IV
IV - % - V - %

I - % - IV - V
I - % - IV - V
V7 - I9 - I/III - IV
IVdim - I - %
IVdim - I - %
IVdim - I - %
IV - V - I
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How reliable would be a chord analyzer plugin?
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Caine123 wrote: Sat Dec 29, 2018 6:14 pm How reliable would be a chord analyzer plugin?
You have one? Go try it and compare ;-)
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You could try Spiral, it was designed to help discern the notes used in playing audio (it's a VST and visualises in real-time with surprisingly little CPU overhead):
http://photosounder.com/spiral/

There is a cut-down CM version, however the full version gives you a lot more control and lets you focus on spectral regions (I guess you could process the audio going in to narrow down on the chord frequencies).

I also like to use it when doing sound design you can visualise things like detune and pitchbend, it's also useful to see where the sidebands for FM are falling etc. or to check which regions are more or less stereo etc.

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Google is your friend

https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/al ... ds_2527914

I'm not going to verify the accuracy so perhaps Bert's version is better. :D

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Riffstation!

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I use this guy, super handy little tool. :tu:
https://www.hornetplugins.com/plugins/h ... ngkey-mk2/

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