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Piano chords · Rock drive

How to play Come To Your Senses on piano

By Jonathan Larson

  • C minor
  • 4/4
  • 96 BPM
  • 2001
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Pop stabsChords the loop the song repeats most

Learn Come To Your Senses in 5 steps

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

  1. 1

    Chords: Ebsus4 – Gm – Ab – Cm

    Come To Your Senses sits in C minor: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Ebsus4 is Eb, Ab and Bb; Gm is G, Bb and D; Ab is Ab, C and Eb; Cm is C, Eb and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.

    Ebsus4IIIsus4GmvAbVICmi
    • Ebsus4Eb · Ab · Bb
    • GmG · Bb · D
    • AbAb · C · Eb
    • CmC · Eb · G
  2. 2

    Left hand: Engine 8ths

    The lowest note on every eighth: the engine of rock. Musicians call it root bass · 8ths (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.

  3. 3

    Right hand: Pop stabs

    Chord stabs in the 3-3-2 pop rhythm. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.

  4. 4

    Both hands at 96 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.

  5. 5

    Ending: Ab – Bb – Cm

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

    AbBbCm
    • BbBb · D · F

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Questions about Come To Your Senses

What chords are in Come To Your Senses?

The loop is Ebsus4 – Gm – Ab – Cm (bIIIsus – v – bVI – i) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.

What key is Come To Your Senses in?

C minor, at about 96 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Come To Your Senses?

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

Is Come To Your Senses 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.