Grenade Piano Notes and Chords (Bruno Mars)

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Piano Notes for Grenade

Key Information

This post provides the melody notes (right hand letter notes) and chords (left hand notes) for the song Grenade by Bruno Mars.

Key Information for the Song Grenade by Bruno Mars

Key Signature: One flat (Bb)
Scale: D minor / F Major Scale (one black key)
F Major Scale Notes: F, G, A, Bb, C, D, E

The relative minor of F major is D minor (same notes but arranged in a different order).
D minor Scale Notes: D, E, F, G, A, Bb, C

Tempo: 111 bpm
Time Signature: 4/4
Difficulty Level: Beginner, Intermediate

Grenade Piano Chords

Notes of the C Major Scale:
C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C

Chords of the C Major Scale:
C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am and Bdm
(i.e., C major, D minor, E minor, F major, G major, A minor and B diminished)

Chords used for the song Grenade are:
C, Dm, F, G, A, Am and Bb

How to Play Grenade

Piano Keys Layout

Symbols Used in the Song

Asterisk: star symbol (*): Indicates an octave.
Asterisk after a note (e.g., C*): Indicates a higher octave note.
Asterisk before a note (e.g., *C): Indicates a lower octave note.
Notes in Brackets: (): Play quickly or fast (16th note of sheet music).
Wavy Lines: Tilde (~): Sustained Notes (quarter note, half note, or a whole note of sheet music).
Vertical Bar: Pipe Symbol (|): Indicates a chord change.
Chords: Bold red text inside square brackets [chord]. Play the chords for the song Grenade at this point in the song.

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Grenade Piano Notes and Chords

Verse 1

Easy come, easy go, that’s just how you live, oh
Take, take, take it all, but you never give
Should’ve known you was trouble from the first kiss
Had ya eyes wide open, uh, why were they open?

| [Dm] F* F* D*~ F* F* D*~
| Easy come, easy go,

| [Dm] F* F* F* F* F*~ G*~
| that’s just how you live, oh

| [Am] E*~ E*~ E* D* E*~
| Take, take, take it all,

| [Am] E* D* E* A A~~
| but you never give

| [Dm] F* F* D*~ F* F* D* D*
| Should’ve a known you was trouble

| [Dm] F* F* F*~ F*~
| from the first kiss

G* G* | [Am] E*~ E*~ E* D*~~
Had ya | eyes wide open,

| [A] E* E* F* E* D*~~
| uh, why were they open?

Pre-Chorus

(Woo-ooh) Gave you all I had, and you tossed it in the trash
(Woo-ooh) You tossed it in the trash, you did
(Woo-ooh) To give me all your love is all I ever asked
‘Cause what ya don’t understand is

| [Dm] A A G G F E E
| Gave you all I had, and you

G~ | [Dm] ~ G F F E~
tos | sed it in the trash

D G~ | [Am] ~ G F F E~ D *A~ | [Am] ~~
You to | ssed it in the trash, you did

F A~ | [Dm] ~ A G G F~
To gi | ve me all your love

E G~ | [Dm] ~ G F F E~~
is all I ever asked

D~ | [Bb] ~ G F G G F A
‘Cause | what ya don’t understand is

Chorus

I’d catch a grenade for ya (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Throw my hand on a blade for ya (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
I’d jump in front of a train for ya (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
You know I’d do anything for ya (Yeah, yeah, yeah), oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
I would go through all this pain (Ooh)
Take a bullet straight through my brain (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Yes, I would die for you, baby (Ooh)
But you won’t do the same

| [A] G G G~ G F G A~ | [Dm] ~ | [F] A~
| I’d catch a gren | ade for ya,  (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

G G | [C] G F G A~ | [Dm] ~ F D | [Bb] Bb~~ | [F] A
Throw my | hand on a | blade for ya | (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

F F F | [C] C* Bb A Bb | [Dm] A~ F D | [Bb] Bb~~ | [F] A
I’d jump in | front of a | train for ya | (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

F F F | [C] C* Bb A Bb | [Dm] A~ F D | [Bb] Bb~~ | [F] A F D | [Bb] Bb~~
You know I’d | do any | thing for ya | (Yeah, yeah, yeah),

A (A) (G) F | [C] G~
oh-oh- oh- | oh-oh

F G | [Bb] A~ A~ | [Bb] A G F G~ | [C] ~~ A~ | [C] ~ F F | [F]
I would | go through all this | pain (Ooh)

C* C* C*~ | [Am] D* C* A G~ | [Dm] ~ (F) D~~
Take a | bullet straight | through my brain (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

| [C] F G F A~ | [Bb] ~ G F G~ | [Bb] ~ D~~
| Yes, I would die | for you, baby (Ooh)

| [Am] G G G G F A~
| But you won’t do the same

| [Dm] F* D* A F* D* A F* D*
| [Dm] F* D* A F* D* A F* G*~ | [Am] ~

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Post-Chorus

No, no, no, no-oh-oh-oh
Uh

G* G* F*~ (D*) (C*) | [Am] D*~~
No, no, no, no-oh-oh-oh

F* D* A F* D*
Uh

Verse 2

Black, black, black and blue, beat me ’til I’m numb
Tell the devil I said “hey” when you get back to where you’re from
Mad woman, bad woman, that’s just what you are
Yeah, you’ll smile in my face, then rip the brakes out my car

| [Dm] F~ D~ F F D~
| Black, black, black and blue,

| [Dm] F F F F F~
| beat me ’til I’m numb

F G | [Am] E D E D E D E D | [Am] E D E *A *A~~
Tell the | devil I said “hey” when you get back to where you’re from

| [Dm] F~ (D) D~ F~ (D) D~
| Mad woman, bad woman,

| [Dm] F F F F F~
| that’s just what you are

F G | [Am] E~ E D E D E D | [Am] E~ E *A *A~~
Yeah, you’ll | smile in my face, then rip the | brakes out my car

Pre-Chorus

| [Dm] A A G G F E E
Gave you all I had, and you

G~ | [Dm] ~ G F F E~
tossed it in the trash

D G~ | [Am] ~ G F F E~ D *A~ | [Am] ~~
You tossed it in the trash, you did

F A~ | [Dm] ~ A G G F~
To give me all your love

E G~ | [Dm] ~ G F F E~~
is all I ever asked

D~ | [Bb] ~ G F G G F A
‘Cause what ya don’t understand is

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