Originally in E, I play in A capo 3
Highest note that matters is the 3 (“why don’t we?”)
Intro, one hit per chord
| F#m/E | E | C#m/E | D/E | Bm/E |
| → | → | → | → |
Vox on the low 3 on “eb”
| A | Bm7 |
| Ebony and | ivory |
| A | Bm7 | |
| Live tog | ether in perfect h | armony |
| E | A | Bm7 |
| Side by s | ide on my piano k | eyboard |
| E | A |
| Oh lord, | why don’t we |
| F#m/E | E | C#m/E | D/E | Bm/E |
| → | → | → | → |
| A | F#m | E | D | A |
| We all know that p | eople are the s | ame where | ver you g | o |
| A | E | |
| There is g | ood and bad in e | veryone |
Vox on the 6 of the chord on “learn”
| G6 | Gdim7 | F#7 | F#7/A# | Bm | |
| When we l | earn to l | ive, we l | earn to g | ive each oth | er |
| D/E | |
| What we need to survive, tog | ether alive |
| A | Bm7 |
| Ebony and | ivory |
| A | Bm7 | |
| Live tog | ether in perfect h | armony |
| E | A | Bm7 |
| Side by s | ide on my piano k | eyboard |
| D/E | A |
| Oh lord, | why don’t we |
| F#sus4 | F# |
Solo
| B | B | C#m7 | F# |
| B | B | C#m7 | F# |
| B | C#m7 | F# |
| Ebony, ivory, l | iving in perfect h | armony |
| B | D/E |
| Ebony, ivory o | oh |
| A | F#m | E | D | A |
| We all know that p | eople are the s | ame where | ver you g | o |
| A | E | |
| There is g | ood and bad in e | veryone |
| G6 | Gdim7 | F#7 | F#7/A# | Bm | |
| We l | earn to l | ive, when we l | earn to g | ive each oth | er |
| D/E | |
| What we need to survive, tog | ether alive |
| A | Bm7 |
| Ebony and | ivory |
| A | Bm7 | |
| Live tog | ether in perfect h | armony |
| E | A | Bm7 |
| Side by s | ide on my piano k | eyboard |
| D/E | A |
| Oh lord, | why don’t we |
| F#sus4 | F# |
| Bm7 | D/E | |
| Side by s | ide on my piano k | eyboard |
| A | |
| Oh lord, | why don’t we |
| A | A | Bm7 | E |
| A | A | Bm7 | E |
| A | A | Bm7 | E |
| A | A | Bm7 | E |
| A | Bm7 | E |
| Ebony, ivory, l | iving in perfect h | armony |
| A | Bm7 | E |
| Ebony, ivory, l | iving in perfect h | armony |
| A | Bm7 | E |
| Ebony, ivory, l | iving in perfect h | armony |
| A | Bm7 | E |
| Ebony, ivory, l | iving in perfect h | armony |
| A |