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 Tutorial

Asterisk (star symbol): Indicates an octave.
Notes in Bracekt: Play quickly or fast.
Wavy Lines (Tilde): Sustained Notes
Vertical Bar: Pipe Symbol (|): Chord Change

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