Super Simple Chords

Piano chords · Pop heartbeat

How to play In The Navy on piano

Written by Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo & others

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Left hand Pop heartbeatRight hand Ticking clockChords the loop the song repeats most

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Learn In The Navy in 5 steps

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

  1. 1

    Chords: G – Am – D7 – Am

    How it goes

    In The Navy sits in G minor: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: G is G, B and D; Am is A, C and E; D7 is D, F#, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.

    GIAmiiD7V7Amii
    • GG · B · D
    • AmA · C · E
    • D7D · F# · A · C
    16 songs go round the same chords
  2. 2

    Left hand: Pop heartbeat

    How it goes

    Long, short, long: the heartbeat under a thousand pop songs. Musicians call it root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3) (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.

    Pop heartbeatRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
  3. 3

    Right hand: Ticking clock

    How it goes

    One high note repeated on every quick beat: tick, tick, tick. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.

    Ticking clockRepeated-note pulse · RockRight handMedium
  4. 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. 5

    Ending: Eb – F – Gm

    How it goes

    The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.

    EbFGm
    • EbEb · G · Bb
    • FF · A · C
    • GmG · Bb · D

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Questions about In The Navy

What chords are in In The Navy?

The loop is G – Am – D7 – Am (I – ii – V7 – ii) in G minor, and the song ends on Eb – F – Gm.

What key is In The Navy in?

G minor, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in In The Navy?

Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is In The Navy 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.