Piano Notes and Chords for Die With A Smile – Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga
This post provides the melody notes (right hand letter notes) and chords (left hand notes) for the song Die With A Smile by Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga.
Key Information
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#
The relative minor of A major is F# minor (i.e., the same notes but arranged in a different order).
F# minor Scale Notes: F#, G#, A, B, C#, D, E
Tempo: 76 bpm
Time Signature: 4/4
Difficulty Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Die With A Smile Piano Tutorial
Piano Keys Layout
Symbols Used in the Song
Asterisk: star symbol (*): Indicates an octave.
Notes in Brackets: (): Play quickly or fast.
Wavy Lines: Tilde (~): Sustained Notes.
Vertical Bar: Pipe Symbol (|): Indicates a chord change.
Asterisk after a note (e.g., C*): Indicates a higher octave note.
Asterisk before a note (e.g., *C): Indicates a lower octave note.
Die With A Smile Piano Chords
List of chords, their notes, and frequency, i.e., how many times that chord appeared in the song Die With A Smile:
15 – Bm (B minor) chord: B, D, and F#
14 – E7 (E dominant seventh) chord: E, G#, B, and D
14 – F#m (F-sharp minor) chord: F#, A, and C#
12 – C#m7 (C-sharp minor seventh) chord: C#, E, G#, and B
9 – Amaj7 (A major seventh) chord: A, C#, E, and G#
8 – Dmaj7 (D major seventh) chord: D, F#, A, and C#
4 – F# (F-sharp major) chord: F#, A#, and C#
3 – A (A major) chord: A, C#, and E
Chord details for the song such as structure, formula, note intervals, etc., are given after the full song notations.
Die With A Smile Piano Notes and Chords
Verse 1
I, I just woke up from a dream
Where you and I had to say goodbye
And I don’t know what it all means
But since I survived, I realized
(E*) B C#*~~
| I~~,
| Amaj7
C#* C#* C#* F#*
I just woke up
| Amaj7
G#* F#* C#*~~
from a | dream
|Dmaj7
(B E*) (C#*) C#*~~
Where you and I
|Dmaj7
(E* C#*) C#*~ (C#* B) (C#* D*) C#*~
had to say good| bye
|Amaj7
C#* (C#*) E*(C#*) C#*~
And I don’t know
F#* G#* F#* C#*~~
what it all | means
|Dmaj7
(B) E* C#*~ (B) (E*) (C#*) C#*
But since I survived,
(C#*) (B C#*) (D*) C#*~~~
I rea | lized
|Dmaj7
Pre-Chorus
Wherever you go, that’s where I’ll follow
Nobody’s promised tomorrow
So I’ma love you every night like it’s the last night
Like it’s the last night
(C#* C#*) (B) C#*
Wherever you go,
C#* C#* B A E*~~ C#*~~
that’s where I’ll | follow
|Amaj7
C#* (B) C#*~ C#* B A G#*~~ E~~
Nobody’s promised to| morrow
|C#m7
(F#*) (G#* F#*) (G#* F#*)
So I’ma love you
(G#* F#*) G#*~
every night
G#*~ (G#*) (F#*) A* (G#*) F#*~~
like it’s the | last night
|F#sus4
G#* G#* (F#*) A* (G#*) F#*~
Like it’s the | last night
|F# .
Chorus
If the world was ending
I’d wanna be next to you
If the party was over
And our time on Earth was through
I’d wanna hold you just for a while
And die with a smile
If the world was ending
I’d wanna be next to you
F#* F#* A*~ F#* A*~ F#*
If the | world was ending,
|Bm
G#* (G#* G#*) A* B*~ E* G#*~~
| I’d wanna be next to | you ~~
|E7 |C#m7
C#** G#* F#*~~
|uuu ~~
|F#m
F#* F#* A*~ F#* A*~ F#*
If the | party was over and
|Bm
(F#*) G#* G#* A* B*~ E* G#*~~
| our time on Earth was | through
|E7 |C#m7 |F#m
C#** G#* F#*~~
|uuu ~~
|F#m
F#* (F#*) (E*) F#*~ D*~~
I’d wanna hold| you
|Bm
D* (B) (A) G#~~
just for a whi| le
|E7
A* B*~~ B* C#** A* F#*~~~
| and | die| ~~ with a | smile
|A |E |F#m
A* A* A*~ F#* D* C#* C#*
If the | world was ending,
|Bm
B (B) (A) B C#*~ (G#) G#~~~
| I’d wanna be next to | you,
|E7 N.C. |Amaj7
C#*~~ F#~~
ooh | ooh
|Dmaj7
Will be Updated
Verse 2
Ooh, lost, lost in the words that we scream
I don’t even wanna do this anymore
‘Cause you already know what you mean to me
And our love’s the only war worth fighting for
Die With A Smile Piano Chord Details
Here are the notes, structure, formula, and note intervals for the Die With A Smile Chords:
Notes of the A Major Scale:
A, B, C#, D, E, F#, G#, A
Chords of the A Major Scale:
A, Bm, C#m, D, E, F#m and G#dm
(i.e., A major, B minor, C# minor, D major, E major, F# minor and G# diminished)
Chords used for the song Die With A Smile are:
Bm, E7, F#m, C#m7, Amaj7, Dmaj7, F#, and A
To help you focus on the most frequently used chords in this song, we’ve listed and sorted them by how often they appear, making it easier to practice and understand the overall structure. The numbers in brackets indicate how many times that chord appeared in the song.
Bm Chord (15)
Bm (B minor) chord notes: B, D, F#
Structure: Triad (a three-note chord)
Chord Formula: 1 – b3 – 5
Note intervals: 1 (root note), b3 (minor third), and 5 (perfect fifth)
E7 Chord (14)
E7 (E dominant seventh) chord notes: E, G#, B, D
Structure: Tetrad (a four-note chord)
Chord Formula: 1 – 3 – 5 – b7
Note intervals: 1 (root note), 3 (major third), 5 (perfect fifth), and b7 (minor seventh)
F#m Chord (14)
F#m (F-sharp minor) chord notes: F#, A, C#
Structure: Triad (a three-note chord)
Chord Formula: 1 – b3 – 5
Note intervals: 1 (root note), b3 (minor third), and 5 (perfect fifth)
C#m7 Chord (12)
C#m7 (C-sharp minor seventh) chord notes: C#, E, G#, B
Structure: Tetrad (a four-note chord)
Chord Formula: 1 – b3 – 5 – b7
Note intervals: 1 (root note), b3 (minor third), 5 (perfect fifth), and b7 (minor seventh)
Amaj7 Chord (9)
Amaj7 (A major seventh) chord notes: A, C#, E, G#
Structure: Tetrad (a four-note chord)
Chord Formula: 1 – 3 – 5 – 7
Note intervals: 1 (root note), 3 (major third), 5 (perfect fifth), and 7 (major seventh)
Dmaj7 Chord (8)
Dmaj7 (D major seventh) chord notes: D, F#, A, C#
Structure: Tetrad (a four-note chord)
Chord Formula: 1 – 3 – 5 – 7
Note intervals: 1 (root note), 3 (major third), 5 (perfect fifth), and 7 (major seventh)
F# Chord (4)
F# (F-sharp major) chord notes: F#, A#, C#
Structure: Triad (a three-note chord)
Chord Formula: 1 – 3 – 5
Note intervals: 1 (root note), 3 (major third), and 5 (perfect fifth)
A Chord (3)
A (A major) chord notes: A, C#, E
Structure: Triad (a three-note chord)
Chord Formula: 1 – 3 – 5
Note intervals: 1 (root note), 3 (major third), and 5 (perfect fifth)
