Piano chords · Pop heartbeat

How to play In Your Eyes on piano

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Learn In Your Eyes in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Bm – D – G – D
In Your Eyes sits in D major: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Bm is B, D and F#; D is D, F# and A; G is G, B and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
BmviDIGIVDI
- BmB · D · F#
- DD · F# · A
- GG · B · D
25 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Galloping heartbeat
Ta-DUM, ta-DUM: quick pickups into beats 2 and 4, like hooves. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 3 · 3a · 4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 115 songs of the library.
Galloping heartbeatRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handMedium
3
Right hand: Soft chords
Soft chords on beats 1, 3 and 4. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Soft chordsBlock chords · BalladRight handEasy
4
Both hands at 88 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.
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Ending: G – A – D
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
GAD
- AA · C# · E

What chords are in In Your Eyes?

The loop is Bm – D – G – D (vi – I – IV – I) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.

What key is In Your Eyes in?

D major, at about 88 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in In Your Eyes?

Galloping heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 3 · 3a · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is In Your Eyes 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.