Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play Out Of My Heart on piano
By BBMak
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- vi–V–IV–vi loop
- Medium
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Learn Out Of My Heart in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Gm – F – Eb – Gm
How it goes
Out Of My Heart sits in Bb major: Bb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Gm is G, Bb and D; F is F, A and C; Eb is Eb, G and Bb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
GmviFVEbIVGmvi- GmG · Bb · D
- FF · A · C
- EbEb · G · Bb
- 2
Left hand: Hop-skip heartbeat
How it goes
Three steps, then a quick hop that skips right over beat 4. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4& (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 250 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Hurrying chords
How it goes
Calm chords in the first half, then twice as fast to the end. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 100 BPM
How it goes
Put the two hands together over the loop. Start at half speed with the player's speed control, and bring it up once every change is easy.
- 5
Ending: F – Eb – Bb
How it goes
The last chords are V – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FEbBb- BbBb · D · F
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Questions about Out Of My Heart
What chords are in Out Of My Heart?
The loop is Gm – F – Eb – Gm (vi – V – IV – vi) in Bb major, and the song ends on F – Eb – Bb.
What key is Out Of My Heart in?
Bb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Out Of My Heart?
Hop-skip heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Out Of My Heart easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.