Wild Horses: Piano/Vocal/Chords

This collection grants pianists and singers direct access to 58 Stones songs at once, eliminating the hunt through multiple songbooks. The breadth here spans early blues covers, psychedelic experiments, and acoustic ballads, so every style of player and singer finds material that fits their voice and approach. For any musician building rock repertoire, these arrangements offer both iconic rock staples and deeper cuts that reveal how the band evolved.

These songs sweep from raw, bluesy grooves to lush orchestral arrangements, capturing the Stones at their most experimental and most straightforward. The keyboard and vocal lines reveal how much sophistication hides beneath what sounds effortless on the radio. You'll feel the band's restless energy, their command of space and silence, and their refusal to repeat the same formula twice.

Pianists and keyboardists who sing, or who accompany singers, and want authentic Stones arrangements without hunting through individual fake books. Musicians performing rock repertoire in recitals, ensembles, or studio contexts will find both chart staples and album deep cuts. This collection serves singers building a rock repertoire and pianists exploring how to comp and voice chords across different rock eras.

• Pay attention to the rhythmic pocket shown in the chord chart. Rock grooves live in how the left hand locks with the bass line, so treat the notated rhythm as essential, not optional.
• Layer the vocal melody with instrumental fills where indicated. Many of these songs thrive on the call-and-response between voice and keyboard lines.
• Adjust dynamics based on what the original recording does. Songs like 'Paint It, Black' and 'Sympathy for the Devil' gain their power from controlled dynamics and texture, not volume alone.
• Experiment with the organ and piano sounds available to you. The Stones recorded some of these with very specific keyboard timbres that shape the arrangement; understand what tone serves the song.

Cherry-pick songs for recital programs that need rock repertoire with substance. Pair these with acoustic numbers for a recital that shows range, or build a full Stones-focused program if your audience demands it. Singers can use the arrangements as a starting point for interpretive choices, adapting tempos and voicings to match their own approach.

• Reading and interpreting chord charts across rock idioms
• Comping and voicing decisions on keyboard in blues-based and rock contexts
• Balancing melody and accompaniment in piano-vocal arrangements
• Understanding how production and era shape harmonic color (organ vs. piano vs. synthesizer)
• Applying stylistic rhythmic feel from written notation