Transform - Daniel Caesar
Tuning: F, E A D G B E
Built with the help of Jay Rob and his piano tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i4qNSOkIsg
I dissected what the piano plays, transformed that into guitar chords and filled the progression up this way.
So with this version you're able to back the whole song with one single instrument. (However, this isn't just
the "complicated" piano version now.)
[Chords]
Just suggestions; most of them are "standard jazz chords", play them the way you're used to.
Chords used in the intro:
Dm7 x 5 7 5 6 5 Asus2 x x 7 9 10 7
A7sus2 x x 7 9 8 7 Gm7 3 5 3 3 3 3
A/C# x 4 7 6 5 x Gm9 3 5 3 3 3 5
Fmaj7 x 8 10 9 10 8 F7 x 8 10 8 10 8
Bmaj7 6 x 7 7 6 x A7 5 7 5 6 5 5
Ebmaj7 x 6 8 7 8 6 G7 3 5 3 4 3 3
Further chords used afterwards:
Am7 5 7 5 5 5 5 Am9 5 7 5 5 5 7
Abm9 4 6 4 4 4 6 Gbm7 2 4 2 2 2 2
Bm7 7 9 7 7 7 7 D x 5 7 7 7 5
Some of these are in fact only played by piano: A7sus2, Gm9 (in the intro), F7. The D chord is only used as
a synth sound once.
(Click "simplify" down below to play standard chords without extensions.)
[Intro]
If a leopard n
ever changes i
ts spots
How can I cha
nge what I've
got?
Transform, tra
nsform, transf
orm, transform
We don't punis
h the tiger fo
r catching its
prey
So how am I th
e one to blame
If it's in my
nature?
Transform, tra
nsform, transf
orm
And I don't k
now why I figh
t it
The least I co
uld do is try
But ego's in t
he way
I know that y
ou feel mad to
day
But that anger
will fade awa
y
And you'll wis
h she was here
[Chorus]
It's never ov
er until life
ends
Lay down besid
e me, do it ag
ain
It's never ove
r until life e
nds, yeah
Lay down besid
e
[Verse 1]
And don't be
a fool, baby I
know you've c
hanged
It's in my nat
ure and it's o
kay (it's okay
)
And I'll be yo
ur goddess and
you a part of
me, yeah
Lay down your
pride, lay do
wn with me
[Verse 2]
So ugly but yo
u love me, kee
p nobody else
above me
And that's why
I keep you ar
ound
Ain't it funn
y, now you're
money; act lik
e you don't kn
ow nobody
What goes roun
d gon' come ba
ck around
[Chorus]
It's never ov
er until life
ends
Lay down besid
e me, do it ag
ain
It's never ove
r until life e
nds, yeah
Lay down besid
e
[Bridge]
You're my vi-
olet in the su
n
You're the cho
- sen one
You're my vi-
olet in th
e sun (save
d my soul like
Jesus)
You're the cho
- (Can't quit
you, you're li
ke drugs; swea
r I tried to c
lean up) -sen
one
Too much share
d between us;
saved my soul
like Jesus
You're my vi-
(Can't quit yo
u, you're like
drugs; swear
I tried to cle
an up) -let in
the sun
Too much share
d between us;
saved my soul
like Jesus
Can't quit you
, you're like
drugs; swear I
tried to clea
n up
Too much share
d between us;
saved my soul
like Jesus