Piano chords · Bossa beach
How to play Crying Out For Me on piano
By Mario
- C major
- 2/2
- 130 BPM
- 2007
- Medium
Learn Crying Out For Me in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: F – G – Em – F
Crying Out For Me sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; G is G, B and D; Em is E, G and B. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FIVGVEmiiiFIV- FF · A · C
- GG · B · D
- EmE · G · B
- 2
Left hand: Bossa sway
Long-short, long-short, leaning ahead: a gentle Brazilian sway. Musicians call it root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&) (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Rising bubbles
Three notes float up again and again, each time starting just off the beat. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 130 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
Ending: F – G – C
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGC- CC · E · G
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Questions about Crying Out For Me
What chords are in Crying Out For Me?
The loop is F – G – Em – F (IV – V – iii – IV) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is Crying Out For Me in?
C major, at about 130 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Crying Out For Me?
Bossa sway: root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Crying Out For Me 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.