Chiquitita Piano Notes (ABBA)




Piano Notes for Chiquitita

Key Information for Chiquitita

Key Signature: Three sharps (F#, C#, G#)
Scale: A Major Scale (three black keys)
A Major Scale Notes: A, B, C#, D, E, F#, G#
Tempo: 84 bpm
Time Signature: 4/4
Difficulty Level: Intermediate, Advanced

Same Notes, but on a Different Scale

The relative minor of A major is F# minor (same notes, different order).
F# minor Scale Notes: F#, G#, A, B, C#, D, E

Chiquitita Piano Notes (ABBA)

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Chiquitita Piano Notes

Verse 1

(C# D)  E  F#  (E D)  C#  E ~~~
Chiquitita, tell me what’s wrong

(C# D)  E~  F#~  E  D  C#  (*B~)
You’re enchained by your own sorrow

G#~~  (F# G#)  A~~  F#  E~~  (*B C#)  D~  D~  D  C#  *B  C#~~~
In your eyes, there is no hope for tomorrow


(C# D)  E  F#  (E D)  C#  E~~~
How I hate to see you like this

(C# D)  E~  F#~  G#  (F# E)  G#  E~~~
There is no way you can deny it

G#~~  (F# G#)  A~~  F#  E~~  (*B C#)  D~  D~  D  C#  *B  *A~~~
I can see that you’re oh, so sad, so quiet


Verse 2

(C# D)  E  F#  (E D)  C#  E~~~
Chiquitita, tell me the truth

(C# D)  E~  F#~  E  D  C#~  *B~~
I’m a shoulder you can cry on

G#~~  (F# G#)  A~~  F#  E~~  (*B C#)  D~  D~  D  C#  *B  C#~~~
Your best friend, I’m the one you must rely on


(C# D)  E  F#  (E D)  C#  E~~~
You were always sure of yourself

(C# D)  E~  F#~  G#  (F# E)  G#  E~~~
Now I see you broken and fettered

G#~~  (F# G#)  A~~  F#  E~~
(*B C# )  D~  (D D )  C#  *B  *A~~~
I hope we can patch it up together


Chorus

(F# G#)  A  B  (A G#)  F#  A~~~
Chiquitita, you and I know

(F# G#)  A  B  (A G#)  F#  A
How the heartaches come and they go

G#  A  E  C#  C#~~~
And the scars they’re leaving


C#  (D E )  F#  G#  (A)  G#~~
You’ll be dancing once again

(F# G#)  A~~
And the pain will end

F#  E~~  (*B C#)  D~  D~  D  C#  *B  C#~~~
You will have no time for grieving


(F# G#)  A  B  (A G#)  F#  A~~~
Chiquitita, you and I cry

(F# G#)  A  B  (A G#)  F#  A
But the sun is still in the sky

B  C#*  (B A)  C#*  A~~
And shining above you


C#  (D E )  F#  G#  A  G#~~
Let me hear you sing once more

(F# G#)  A~~  F#  E~~
Like you did before

(*B C#)  D~  D~  D  (C# *B )  *A~~~
Sing a new song, Chiquitita


B~~ A G#~~ (F#) (G#) A~~ F# E~~
Try once more, like you did before

(*B) (C#) D~ D~ D (C#) (*B ) *A~~~
Sing a new song, Chiquitita


Verse 3

(C# D)  E  F#  (E D)  C#  E~~~
So the walls came tumbling down

(C# D)  E~  F#~  E  D  C#  *B~~~
And your love’s a blown-out candle

G#~~  (F# G#)  A~~  F#  E~~  (*B C#)  D~  D~  D  C#  *B  *A~~~
All is gone, and it seems too hard to handle


(C# D)  E  F#  (E D)  C#  E~~~
Chiquitita, tell me the truth

(C# D)  E~  F#~  G#  (F# E)  E  E~~~  
There is no way you can deny it

G#~~  (F# G#)  A~~  F#  E~~  (*B C#)  D~  D~  D~  (C# )  *B  *A~~
I see that you’re oh, so sad, so quiet


Chorus

(F# G#)  A  B  (A G#)  F#  A~~~
Chiquitita, you and I know

(F# G#)  A  B  (A G#)  F#  A
How the heartaches come and they go

G#  A  E  C#  C#~~~
And the scars they’re leaving


C#  (D E )  F#  G#  (A)  G#~~
You’ll be dancing once again

(F# G#)  A~~
And the pain will end

F#  E~~  (*B C#)  D~  D~  D  C#  *B  C#~~~
You will have no time for grieving


(F# G#)  A  B  (A G#)  F#  A~~~
Chiquitita, you and I cry

(F# G#)  A  B  (A G#)  F#  A
But the sun is still in the sky

B  C#*  (B A)  C#*  A~~
And shining above you


C#  (D E )  F#  G#  A  G#~~
Let me hear you sing once more

(F# G#)  A~~  F#  E~~
Like you did before

(*B C#)  D~  D~  D  (C# *B )  *A~~~
Sing a new song, Chiquitita


B~~ A G#~~ (F#) (G#) A~~ F# E~~
Try once more, like you did before

(*B) (C#) D~ D~ D (C#) (*B ) *A~~~
Sing a new song, Chiquitita


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