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How to play Here’s To Never Growing Up on piano
Written by Avril Lavigne, David Hodges & others
- F major
- 4/4
- 82 BPM
- I–vi–IV–I loop
- 2013
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
Learn Here’s To Never Growing Up in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: F – Dm – Bb – F
How it goes
Here’s To Never Growing Up sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; Dm is D, F and A; Bb is Bb, D and F. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FIDmviBbIVFI- FF · A · C
- DmD · F · A
- BbBb · D · F
- 2
Left hand: Tick-tick-boom pulse
How it goes
Two quick low notes and a high one, twice: ta-ta-DUM, ta-ta-DUM. Musicians call it root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 479 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: the chords, held
How it goes
In this song the right hand mostly plays the tune itself. Hold the chords lightly, or play the melody over the left hand.
- 4
Both hands at 82 BPM
How it goes
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 – F
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbCF- CC · E · G
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Questions about Here’s To Never Growing Up
What chords are in Here’s To Never Growing Up?
The loop is F – Dm – Bb – F (I – vi – IV – I) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.
What key is Here’s To Never Growing Up in?
F major, at about 82 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Here’s To Never Growing Up?
Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Here’s To Never Growing Up 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.