Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play For No One on piano
By The Beatles
- C major
- 4/4
- 115 BPM
- 1966
- Medium
Learn For No One in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Dm – A7 – Dm – A7
For No One sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Dm is D, F and A; A7 is A, C#, E and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DmiiA7VI7DmiiA7VI7- DmD · F · A
- A7A · C# · E · G
- 2
Left hand: Busy rocking
A low root, then quick notes rocking between two higher keys. Musicians call it broken chord 1-5 (broken chord), a medium pattern heard in 200 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Freeze-tag chords
Chord, chord-and, then freeze for the rest of the bar. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 115 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- FF · A · C
- GG · B · D
- CC · E · G
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Questions about For No One
What chords are in For No One?
The loop is Dm – A7 – Dm – A7 (ii – VI7 – ii – VI7) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is For No One in?
C major, at about 115 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in For No One?
Busy rocking: broken chord 1-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is For No One 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.