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How to play Give Us Clean Hands on piano

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Learn Give Us Clean Hands in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Ab – Eb – Ab – Db
Give Us Clean Hands sits in Ab major: Ab is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Ab is Ab, C and Eb; Eb is Eb, G and Bb; Db is Db, F and Ab. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AbIEbVAbIDbIV
- AbAb · C · Eb
- EbEb · G · Bb
- DbDb · F · Ab
76 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Heartbeat octaves
Low, high, low, high: a bouncing heartbeat. Musicians call it rocking octaves (rocking octaves), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Heartbeat octavesRocking octaves · RockLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Somersault chords
Evenly spaced chords roll across the beats, then flip into the next bar. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Somersault chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handMedium
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Both hands at 72 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: Eb – Db – Ab
The last chords are V – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
EbDbAb

What chords are in Give Us Clean Hands?

The loop is Ab – Eb – Ab – Db (I – V – I – IV) in Ab major, and the song ends on Eb – Db – Ab.

What key is Give Us Clean Hands in?

Ab major, at about 72 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Give Us Clean Hands?

Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Give Us Clean Hands 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.