Piano chords · Rock drive

How to play Here Comes The Rain Again on piano

Tuning the piano…

Learn it

Learn Here Comes The Rain Again in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: Am – F – G – Am
Here Comes The Rain Again sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Am is A, C and E; F is F, A and C; G is G, B and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AmviFIVGVAmvi
- AmA · C · E
- FF · A · C
- GG · B · D
39 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Engine 8ths
The lowest note on every eighth: the engine of rock. Musicians call it root bass · 8ths (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Engine 8thsRoot bass rhythm · RockLeft handMedium
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.
Freeze-tag chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handEasy
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: C – F – C
The last chords are I – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CFC
- CC · E · G

What chords are in Here Comes The Rain Again?

The loop is Am – F – G – Am (vi – IV – V – vi) in C major, and the song ends on C – F – C.

What key is Here Comes The Rain Again in?

C major, at about 115 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Here Comes The Rain Again?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Here Comes The Rain Again 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.