Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play Everlasting on piano
Written by Chris Miller
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 102 BPM
- Medium
Learn Everlasting in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Bb – Bb7 – Eb – Bb
Everlasting sits in Bb major: Bb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Bb is Bb, D and F; Bb7 is Bb, D, F and Ab; Eb is Eb, G and Bb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
BbIBb7I7EbIVBbI- BbBb · D · F
- Bb7Bb · D · F · Ab
- EbEb · G · Bb
- 2
Left hand: Double-skip footsteps
Steady steps with two quick skips, one mid-bar and one at the end. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4& (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 397 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: the chords, held
In this song the right hand mostly plays the tune itself. Hold the chords lightly, or play the melody over the left hand.
- 4
Both hands at 102 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: Eb – F – Bb
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
EbFBb- FF · A · C
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Questions about Everlasting
What chords are in Everlasting?
The loop is Bb – Bb7 – Eb – Bb (I5 – I7 – IV – I) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is Everlasting in?
Bb major, at about 102 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Everlasting?
Double-skip footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Everlasting 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.