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How to play If You Want To Die In Bed on piano
Written by Claude-Michel Schönberg
- F minor
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- Medium
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Learn If You Want To Die In Bed in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Fm – Ab – Bb7 – Fm
How it goes
If You Want To Die In Bed sits in F minor: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Fm is F, Ab and C; Ab is Ab, C and Eb; Bb7 is Bb, D, F and Ab. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FmiAbIIIBb7IV7Fmi- FmF · Ab · C
- AbAb · C · Eb
- Bb7Bb · D · F · Ab
- 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: Pop stabs
How it goes
Chord stabs in the 3-3-2 pop rhythm. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 120 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: Db – Eb – Fm
How it goes
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DbEbFm- DbDb · F · Ab
- EbEb · G · Bb
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Questions about If You Want To Die In Bed
What chords are in If You Want To Die In Bed?
The loop is Fm – Ab – Bb7 – Fm (i – bIII – IV7 – i) in F minor, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Fm.
What key is If You Want To Die In Bed in?
F minor, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in If You Want To Die In Bed?
Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is If You Want To Die In Bed 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.