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How to play Bring Him Home on piano

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Learn Bring Him Home in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: F – Gm – Am – Bb – Am – Am7
How it goes
Bring Him Home sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 6 chords: F is F, A and C; Gm is G, Bb and D; Am is A, C and E; Bb is Bb, D and F; Am7 is A, C, E and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FIGmiiAmiiiBbIVAmiiiAm7iii7
- FF · A · C
- GmG · Bb · D
- AmA · C · E
- BbBb · D · F
- Am7A · C · E · G
782 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Groovy roots
How it goes
Notes jump around the “ands”, giving the bass a funky bounce. Musicians call it root bass · syncopated 8ths (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 363 songs of the library.
Groovy rootsRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handMedium
3
Right hand: Spinning lantern
How it goes
Notes circle up through the chord and widen, like a spinning lantern. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Spinning lanternBroken-chord figure · Film scoreRight handMedium
4
Both hands at 84 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 – Bb – F
How it goes
The last chords are I – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FBbF

What chords are in Bring Him Home?

The loop is F – Gm – Am – Bb – Am – Am7 (I – ii – iii – IV – iii – iii7) in F major, and the song ends on F – Bb – F.

What key is Bring Him Home in?

F major, at about 84 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Bring Him Home?

Groovy roots: root bass · syncopated 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Bring Him Home easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 6 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Can I hear the real melody of Bring Him Home?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 5 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.