God Help The Outcasts Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn God Help The Outcasts in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Bb – Eb – Bb – Eb
God Help The Outcasts sits in Bb major: Bb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Bb is Bb, D and F; Eb is Eb, G and Bb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
BbIEbIVBbIEbIV
- BbBb · D · F
- EbEb · G · Bb
782 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Moonlit waves
Rolls up to a high note and back down, slow and wide in three. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-10-5 (3/4) (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 84 songs of the library.
Moonlit wavesOpen arpeggio · WaltzLeft handMedium
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Right hand: Swaying waltz chords
Two waltz chords, then a late top note after beat 3 that leans forward. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Swaying waltz chordsSyncopated chords · WaltzRight handEasy
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Both hands at 85 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 – Eb – Bb
The last chords are I – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbEbBb

What chords are in God Help The Outcasts?

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

What key is God Help The Outcasts in?

Bb major, at about 85 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in God Help The Outcasts?

Moonlit waves: open arpeggio 1-5-10-5 (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is God Help The Outcasts 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.