Baby, It’s Cold Outside Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn Baby, It’s Cold Outside in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Eb – Fm – Bb7 – Fm
Baby, It’s Cold Outside sits in Eb major: Eb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Eb is Eb, G and Bb; Fm is F, Ab and C; Bb7 is Bb, D, F and Ab. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
EbIFmiiBb7V7Fmii
- EbEb · G · Bb
- FmF · Ab · C
- Bb7Bb · D · F · Ab
16 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Pop heartbeat
Long, short, long: the heartbeat under a thousand pop songs. Musicians call it root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3) (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Pop heartbeatRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Hopscotch chords
Chord, chord, skip beat 3, chord: hopping over a square. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Hopscotch chordsBlock chords · StrideRight handEasy
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Both hands at 100 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: Ab – Bb – Eb
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
AbBbEb
- AbAb · C · Eb
- BbBb · D · F

What chords are in Baby, It’s Cold Outside?

The loop is Eb – Fm – Bb7 – Fm (I – ii – V7 – ii) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Baby, It’s Cold Outside in?

Eb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Baby, It’s Cold Outside?

Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Baby, It’s Cold Outside easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.