Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play It’s Just My Skin on piano
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- D minor
- 4/4
- 76 BPM
- 2014
- Medium
Learn It’s Just My Skin in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Gm – Am – Gm – Am
It’s Just My Skin sits in D minor: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Gm is G, Bb and D; Am is A, C and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
GmivAmvGmivAmv- GmG · Bb · D
- AmA · C · E
- 2
Left hand: Busy rocking
A low root, then quick notes rocking between two higher keys. Musicians call it broken chord 1-5 (broken chord), a medium pattern heard in 200 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: the chords, held
In this song the right hand mostly plays the tune itself. Hold the chords lightly, or play the melody over the left hand.
- 4
Both hands at 76 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: Bb – C – Dm
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbCDm- BbBb · D · F
- CC · E · G
- DmD · F · A
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Questions about It’s Just My Skin
What chords are in It’s Just My Skin?
The loop is Gm – Am – Gm – Am (iv – v – iv – v) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.
What key is It’s Just My Skin in?
D minor, at about 76 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in It’s Just My Skin?
Busy rocking: broken chord 1-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is It’s Just My Skin 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.