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How to play If You Wanna Get To Heaven on piano
By Ozakee Mountain Daredevils
- C major
- 4/4
- 124 BPM
- 1974
- Medium
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Learn If You Wanna Get To Heaven in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: C7 – G – F – C7
How it goes
If You Wanna Get To Heaven sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C7 is C, E, G and Bb; G is G, B and D; F is F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
C7I7GVFIVC7I7- C7C · E · G · Bb
- GG · B · D
- FF · A · C
- 2
Left hand: Upside-down pulse
How it goes
Every note lands between the beats, so it bounces like reggae. Musicians call it root bass · offbeats (&s) (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 176 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Pumping chords
How it goes
A chord on every eighth note, driving the song forward. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 124 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: F – G – C
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGC- CC · E · G
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Questions about If You Wanna Get To Heaven
What chords are in If You Wanna Get To Heaven?
The loop is C7 – G – F – C7 (I7 – V – IV – I7) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is If You Wanna Get To Heaven in?
C major, at about 124 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in If You Wanna Get To Heaven?
Upside-down pulse: root bass · offbeats (&s), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is If You Wanna Get To Heaven 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.