Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play It’s A Blue World on piano
Written by Bob Wright & Chet Forrest
- F major
- 2/2
- 160 BPM
- 1939
- Medium
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Learn It’s A Blue World in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: F – Ab7 – Db7 – C7
How it goes
It’s A Blue World sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; Ab7 is Ab, C, Eb and Gb; Db7 is Db, F, Ab and Cb; C7 is C, E, G and Bb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FIAb7bIII7Db7bVI7C7V7- FF · A · C
- Ab7Ab · C · Eb · Gb
- Db7Db · F · Ab · Cb
- C7C · E · G · Bb
- 2
Left hand: Gentle rocking
How it goes
Root, fifth, octave, fifth: the gentle rocking under countless pop ballads. Musicians call it broken chord 1-5-8-5 (broken chord), an easy pattern heard in 696 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Waterfall
How it goes
Down from the top and splashing between two notes, over and over. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 160 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 – C7 – F
How it goes
The last chords are I – V7 – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FC7F
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Questions about It’s A Blue World
What chords are in It’s A Blue World?
The loop is F – Ab7 – Db7 – C7 (I – bIII7 – bVI7 – V7) in F major, and the song ends on F – C7 – F.
What key is It’s A Blue World in?
F major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in It’s A Blue World?
Gentle rocking: broken chord 1-5-8-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is It’s A Blue World 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.