Down with Love Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn Down with Love in 5 steps

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

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Chords: F – Gm – F – Bb
Down with Love sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; Gm is G, Bb and D; Bb is Bb, D and F. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FIGmiiFIBbIV
- FF · A · C
- GmG · Bb · D
- BbBb · D · F
57 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Jazz walk
One note per beat, strolling like a jazz bassist. Musicians call it walking bass (walking bass), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Jazz walkWalking bass · Blues and boogie-woogieLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Ticking clock
One high note repeated on every quick beat: tick, tick, tick. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Ticking clockRepeated-note pulse · 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: Bb – C – F
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbCF
- CC · E · G

What chords are in Down with Love?

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

What key is Down with Love in?

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

What does the left hand play in Down with Love?

Jazz walk: walking bass, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Down with Love 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.