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How to play I Hate Myself For Losing You on piano

Written by Jimmy Harry, Sheppard Solomon & others

  • A minor
  • 4/4
  • 90 BPM
  • 2004
  • Medium
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Left hand Power fifthsRight hand Offbeat skankChords the loop the song repeats most

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Learn I Hate Myself For Losing You in 5 steps

The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.

  1. 1

    Chords: C – G – D – C

    How it goes

    I Hate Myself For Losing You sits in A minor: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; G is G, B and D; D is D, F# and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.

    CIIIGVIIDIVCIII
    • CC · E · G
    • GG · B · D
    • DD · F# · A
  2. 2

    Left hand: Power fifths

    How it goes

    Root and fifth together: big and bold. Musicians call it lh power fifths (left-hand chords), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.

    Power fifthsLeft-hand chords · RockLeft handMedium
  3. 3

    Right hand: Offbeat skank

    How it goes

    Chords only on the “and”: reggae and swing. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.

    Offbeat skankOffbeat chords · Blues and boogie-woogieRight handEasy
  4. 4

    Both hands at 90 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. 5

    Ending: F – G – Am

    How it goes

    The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.

    FGAm
    • FF · A · C
    • AmA · C · E

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Questions about I Hate Myself For Losing You

What chords are in I Hate Myself For Losing You?

The loop is C – G – D – C (bIII – bVII – IV – bIII) in A minor, and the song ends on F – G – Am.

What key is I Hate Myself For Losing You in?

A minor, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Hate Myself For Losing You?

Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Hate Myself For Losing You 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.