Piano chords · Pop heartbeat

How to play It Won’t Be Long Now on piano

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Learn It Won’t Be Long Now in 5 steps

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

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Chords: D – G – Bm – A
It Won’t Be Long Now sits in D major: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D is D, F# and A; G is G, B and D; Bm is B, D and F#; A is A, C# and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DIGIVBmviAV
- DD · F# · A
- GG · B · D
- BmB · D · F#
- AA · C# · E
67 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Island pulse
Three, three, two: the island rhythm in so many pop hits. Musicians call it root bass · tresillo 3-3-2 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Island pulseRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Circling light
Three notes circle round and round in a soft, glowing loop. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Circling lightBroken-chord figure · Film scoreRight handMedium
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Both hands at 128 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: Bm – A – D
The last chords are vi – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BmAD

What chords are in It Won’t Be Long Now?

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

What key is It Won’t Be Long Now in?

D major, at about 128 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in It Won’t Be Long Now?

Island pulse: root bass · tresillo 3-3-2, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is It Won’t Be Long 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.