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How to play It’s All Your Fault on piano
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- G major
- 4/4
- 141 BPM
- I–vi–IV–I loop
- Medium
Learn It’s All Your Fault in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: G – Em – C – G
It’s All Your Fault sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: G is G, B and D; Em is E, G and B; C is C, E and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
GIEmviCIVGI- GG · B · D
- EmE · G · B
- CC · E · G
- 2
Left hand: Fluttering heartbeat
A quick flutter before beat 2, then a push before beat 3. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 152 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Rising light
Three notes climb again and again, starting just after the beat. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 141 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.
- 5
Ending: C – D – G
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CDG- DD · F# · A
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Questions about It’s All Your Fault
What chords are in It’s All Your Fault?
The loop is G – Em – C – G (I – vi – IV – I) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is It’s All Your Fault in?
G major, at about 141 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in It’s All Your Fault?
Fluttering heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is It’s All Your Fault 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.