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One Direction piano songs

32 songs by One Direction, each opened like a recipe: the chords, what each hand plays and how it ends. Mostly played as pop piano, rock piano and 50s doo-wop piano in 12/8.

Every One Direction song

How One Direction is played

Questions about One Direction on piano

What are the easiest One Direction songs to play on piano?

Start with Never Enough, Live While We're Young and 18: their left hands are easy patterns, and the chords repeat.

What keys are One Direction songs in?

Most often D major, E major and G major.

Which chord progressions do One Direction songs use?

I–V–vi–IV, IV–V–I–IV and IV–V–vi–IV come up most: learn them and many of these songs are within reach.