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How to play No Woman, No Cry on piano

Bob Marley & The Wailers, 1974 · key of C major · 100 beats per minute

C, G/B, A minor, F on a loop: with B in the bass, your left hand walks down C – B – A. The 1974 studio version is in C; the famous 1975 live version sounds a half step higher.

The chords

C · G/B · Am · F · G

Chorus

C G/B | Am F | C F | C G

Verse

C G/B | Am F | C G/B | Am F

Hand positions that barely move

• C: C – E – G
• G/B: B – D – G
• Am: C – E – A
• F: C – F – A
• C: C – E – G
• F: C – F – A
• C: C – E – G
• G: B – D – G

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