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How to play End Game (feat. Ed Sheeran and Future) on piano

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Learn End Game (feat. Ed Sheeran and Future) in 5 steps

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

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Chords: C – Dm – Am – G
End Game (feat. Ed Sheeran and Future) sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; Dm is D, F and A; Am is A, C and E; G is G, B and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CIDmiiAmviGV
- CC · E · G
- DmD · F · A
- AmA · C · E
- GG · B · D
13 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Drowsy heartbeat
Two slow notes, then a late one that slips in before the next bar. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 3 · 4& (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 889 songs of the library.
Drowsy heartbeatRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft 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 160 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: C – G – C
The last chords are I – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CGC

What chords are in End Game (feat. Ed Sheeran and Future)?

The loop is C – Dm – Am – G (I – ii – vi – V) in C major, and the song ends on C – G – C.

What key is End Game (feat. Ed Sheeran and Future) in?

C major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in End Game (feat. Ed Sheeran and Future)?

Drowsy heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is End Game (feat. Ed Sheeran and Future) 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.