Piano chords · Dreamy ballad

How to play I Can’t Quit You Baby on piano

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Learn I Can’t Quit You Baby in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: A – Bb – A – Bb
How it goes
I Can’t Quit You Baby sits in A major: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: A is A, C# and E; Bb is Bb, D and F. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AIBbbIIAIBbbII
- AA · C# · E
- BbBb · D · F
16 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Little-hill climb
How it goes
Up the chord three steps, then a jump back to the starting note. Musicians call it broken chord 1-3-5-1 (broken chord), an easy pattern heard in 159 songs of the library.
Little-hill climbBroken chord · BalladLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Hand-clap chords
How it goes
Rests on beat 1, then clap-clap on 2 and one more clap on 4. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Hand-clap chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handEasy
4
Both hands at 100 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.
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Ending: D – E – A
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DEA
- DD · F# · A
- EE · G# · B

What chords are in I Can’t Quit You Baby?

The loop is A – Bb – A – Bb (I – bII – I – bII) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.

What key is I Can’t Quit You Baby in?

A major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Can’t Quit You Baby?

Little-hill climb: broken chord 1-3-5-1, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Can’t Quit You Baby easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.