Firework
Here are the chords, words, and melody for this great little song from Katy Perry. The video is a live semi-acoustic performance from an American TV show, where the song is played in Ab, as it is on the Teenage Dream album. The chords I've made available here are in the key of G, so to play along with the video/CD/mp3 you need to either transpose up a half-tone or put a capo on the 1st fret if using a guitar.
Concerning the keyboard versions available on this page, and throughout the site: the chord diagrams I use only indicate right hand fingering. In general the left hand can just play the root note of the chord. So for C, I give the right hand fingering, and the left hand can just play the note C; for the Am7 chord, the right hand fingering is the same as for the C chord (in this song) and the difference is heard when the left hand plays the note A (A being the root note of Am7).
- Words and chords - Guitar
- Roadmap, for simplicity - Guitar
- Words and chords - Keyboard
- Roadmap, for simplicity - Keyboard
- Melody, chords and lyrics - in G
- Melody, chords and lyrics - in Ab (original key)
These files are, for the most part, the author's own work, and the author's own interpretation of the song. They were created and worked out in order to encourage others to experience the joy of learning an instrument and playing music. They also serve to explore songwriting skills, wordcraft, chord structures, perfomance ideas, etc. To this end they are therefore only for private study, scholarship, or research.