Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play Gone on piano
- D minor
- 4/4
- 126 BPM
- 2004
- Medium
Learn Gone in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Dm – Gm – C – Dm
Gone sits in D minor: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Dm is D, F and A; Gm is G, Bb and D; C is C, E and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DmiGmivCVIIDmi- DmD · F · A
- GmG · Bb · D
- CC · E · G
- 2
Left hand: Hop-skip heartbeat
Three steps, then a quick hop that skips right over beat 4. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4& (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 250 songs of the library.
- 3
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.
- 4
Both hands at 126 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: Bb – C – Dm
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbCDm- BbBb · D · F
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Questions about Gone
What chords are in Gone?
The loop is Dm – Gm – C – Dm (i – iv – bVII – i) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.
What key is Gone in?
D minor, at about 126 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Gone?
Hop-skip heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Gone 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.