You can learn how to play Finally by CeCe Peniston!
Teenage beauty pageant and backup singer CeCe Peniston wrote a poem in a chemistry class which turned into her first song, the title of her debut album and breakthrough single.
As a worldwide hit in 1991, the song was all of a sudden everywhere and so was CeCe. This became overwhelming for the young singer who never managed to follow up the smash debut.
Based on a four-bar, piano-led chord progression, this is a great song for bands who play weekends for people who want to dance. Let’s have a look at how the chords sync with the lyrics.
Finally chords and lyrics
||: Bm | A | G | Em A :||
| Bm | A |
Meeting Mr. Right, the man of my dreams,
| G | Em A |
the one who shows me true love or at least it seems.
| Bm | A |
With brown cocoa skin and curly black hair,
| G | Em A |
it’s just the way he looks at me that gentle loving stare.
| Bm | A |
Finally, you’ve come along,
| G | Em A |
the way I feel about you, it just can’t be wrong.
| Bm | A |
If you only knew, the way I feel about you,
| G | Em A |
I just can’t describe it, oh no, no.
||: Bm | A | G | Em A :||
||: Finally, it’s happened to me, right in front of my face, my feelings can’t describe it.
Finally, it’s happened to me, right in front of my face, and I just cannot hide it. :||
| Bm | A |
I seems so many times you seemed to be the one,
| G | Em A |
but all he ever wanted was to have a little fun.
| Bm | A |
But now you’ve come along and brightened up my world,
| G | Em A |
in my heart I feel it, I’m that special kinda girl.
| Bm | A |
Finally, you’ve come along,
| G | Em A |
the way I feel about you, it just can’t be wrong.
| Bm | A |
If you only knew the way I feel about you,
| G | Em A |
I just can’t describe it, oh no, no.
||: Bm | A | G | Em A :||
||: Finally, it’s happened to me, right in front of my face, my feelings can’t describe it.
Finally, it’s happened to me, right in front of my face, and I just cannot hide it. :||
||: Bm | A | G | Em A :||
Finally, oh, finally, yeah, yeah. oh, oh, oh. To me, today, yeah yeah, oww.
||: Bm | A | G | Em A :||
||: To me, today, yeah yeah, oww. :||
||: breakdown bass :|| x8
To me
||: Bm | A | G | Em A :||
Finally, it’s happened to me, right in front of my face, my feelings can’t describe it.
Finally, it’s happened to me, right in front of my face, and I just cannot hide it.
||: Bm | A | G | Em A :|| to fade
Finally, oh yeah, yeah, yeah…
Finally chord progression
In the key of Bm we move from chord VI – V – IV, before a II – V takes us back again to VI, like this:
||: Bm | A | G | Em A :||
The best thing about songs with just one simple loop is that you can learn it quickly and then move on to focus on dynamics, breakdown sections, and playing well together.
As a guitarist, the challenge lies in playing something that works with all the keyboard parts.
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