Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play Let Me Live on piano
By Ali Payami
- Bb minor
- 4/4
- 144 BPM
- 2018
- Medium
Learn Let Me Live in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: G – Ab – D – Eb
Let Me Live sits in Bb minor: Bb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: G is G, B and D; Ab is Ab, C and Eb; D is D, F# and A; Eb is Eb, G and Bb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
GVIAbVIIDIIIEbIV- GG · B · D
- AbAb · C · Eb
- DD · F# · A
- EbEb · G · Bb
- 2
Left hand: Racing heartbeat
One calm beat, then non-stop quick notes racing to the end. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4& (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 431 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Mouse-run chords
Skips beat 1, scurries through four quick chords, then hides. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 144 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: Gb – Ab – Bbm
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
GbAbBbm- GbGb · Bb · Db
- BbmBb · Db · F
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Questions about Let Me Live
What chords are in Let Me Live?
The loop is G – Ab – D – Eb (VI – bVII – III – IV) in Bb minor, and the song ends on Gb – Ab – Bbm.
What key is Let Me Live in?
Bb minor, at about 144 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Let Me Live?
Racing heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Let Me Live 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.