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How do you play take me out to the ball game on piano?

Here is a simple arrangement of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" for piano:

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C G7 C

Take me out to the ball game, take me out with the crowd.

G7 C

Buy me some peanuts and cracker Jack, I don't care if I never get back.

C

Let me root, root, root for the home team, if they don't win it's a shame.

F C

For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out at the old ball game.

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The song is played in the key of C major, and the chords used are C, G7, F, and Am. The melody is played on the right hand, while the chords are played on the left hand. The bass notes of the chords are played with the left thumb, while the other fingers play the remaining notes of the chords.

To play the melody, you can use the following fingering:

* C: 5, 3, 2, 1

* D: 5, 3, 1

* E: 1, 2, 3

* F: 2, 3, 4

* G: 1, 2, 3

* A: 1, 2, 1

The chords are played as follows:

* C: C, E, G

* G7: G, B, D, F

* F: F, A, C

* Am: A, C, E

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