Piano chords · Rock drive
How to play If You Leave Me Now on piano
Written by Charlie Puth, Tobias Jesso Jr. & others
- D major
- 4/4
- 76 BPM
- 2018
- Medium
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Learn If You Leave Me Now in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: A7 – D – Em – D
How it goes
If You Leave Me Now sits in D major: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: A7 is A, C#, E and G; D is D, F# and A; Em is E, G and B. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
A7V7DIEmiiDI- A7A · C# · E · G
- DD · F# · A
- EmE · G · B
- 2
Left hand: Power fifths
How it goes
Root and fifth together: big and bold. Musicians call it lh power fifths (left-hand chords), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Wait-a-beat chords
How it goes
Silence on beat 1, then chords on 2, 3 and 4, leaving room for the bass. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 76 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: D – Em – D
How it goes
The last chords are I – ii – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
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Questions about If You Leave Me Now
What chords are in If You Leave Me Now?
The loop is A7 – D – Em – D (V7 – I – ii – I) in D major, and the song ends on D – Em – D.
What key is If You Leave Me Now in?
D major, at about 76 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in If You Leave Me Now?
Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is If You Leave Me Now 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.