All The Pretty Girls Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn All The Pretty Girls in 5 steps

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

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Chords: C – G – D – G
How it goes
All The Pretty Girls sits in G major: G 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.
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- CC · E · G
- GG · B · D
- DD · F# · A
66 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Double-skip footsteps
How it goes
Steady steps with two quick skips, one mid-bar and one at the end. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4& (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 397 songs of the library.
Double-skip footstepsRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handMedium
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Right hand: Steady chords
How it goes
A full chord on every beat, steady and simple. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Steady chordsBlock chords · PopRight handEasy
4
Both hands at 120 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.
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Ending: G – D – G
How it goes
The last chords are I – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
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What chords are in All The Pretty Girls?

The loop is C – G – D – G (IV – I – V – I) in G major, and the song ends on G – D – G.

What key is All The Pretty Girls in?

G major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in All The Pretty Girls?

Double-skip footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is All The Pretty Girls 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.