Hot Blooded Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn Hot Blooded in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: G – F – C – G
Hot Blooded sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: G is G, B and D; F is F, A and C; C is C, E and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
GIFbVIICIVGI
- GG · B · D
- FF · A · C
- CC · E · G
102 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: Shy chords
Waits out beat 1, then a chord on 2 and a little double on 3. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Shy chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handEasy
4
Both hands at 110 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: C – D – G
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CDG
- DD · F# · A

What chords are in Hot Blooded?

The loop is G – F – C – G (I – bVII – IV – I) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.

What key is Hot Blooded in?

G major, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Hot Blooded?

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

Is Hot Blooded 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.