Another Life Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn Another Life in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Fm – C – Fm – C
Another Life sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Fm is F, Ab and C; C is C, E and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FmivCIFmivCI
- FmF · Ab · C
- CC · E · G
14 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Power fifths
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
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Right hand: Pumping chords
A chord on every eighth note, driving the song forward. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Pumping chordsPumping 8ths · RockRight handMedium
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Both hands at 80 BPM
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: F – G – C
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGC
- FF · A · C
- GG · B · D

What chords are in Another Life?

The loop is Fm – C – Fm – C (iv – I – iv – I) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Another Life in?

C major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Another Life?

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

Is Another Life 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.