Piano chords · Blues & boogie
How to play I Saw The Light on piano
- G major
- 4/4
- 140 BPM
- 1948
- Medium
Learn I Saw The Light in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: C7 – G – G7 – D7
I Saw The Light sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C7 is C, E, G and Bb; G is G, B and D; G7 is G, B, D and F; D7 is D, F#, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
C7IV7GIG7I7D7V7- C7C · E · G · Bb
- GG · B · D
- G7G · B · D · F
- D7D · F# · A · C
- 2
Left hand: Boogie walker
A walking line that climbs and falls through the chord. Musicians call it boogie-woogie line (boogie & shuffle), a medium pattern heard in 807 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Hopscotch chords
Chord, chord, skip beat 3, chord: hopping over a square. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 140 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: G – Am – G
The last chords are I – ii – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
GAmG- AmA · C · E
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Questions about I Saw The Light
What chords are in I Saw The Light?
The loop is C7 – G – G7 – D7 (IV7 – I – I7 – V7) in G major, and the song ends on G – Am – G.
What key is I Saw The Light in?
G major, at about 140 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Saw The Light?
Boogie walker: boogie-woogie line, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Saw The Light 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 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.