Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play Love Don’t Live Here on piano
By Lady A
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 150 BPM
- Medium
Learn Love Don’t Live Here in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Ab – Dbsus4 – Ab – Dbsus4
Love Don’t Live Here sits in Ab major: Ab is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Ab is Ab, C and Eb; Dbsus4 is Db, Gb and Ab. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AbIDbsus4IVsus4AbIDbsus4IVsus4- AbAb · C · Eb
- Dbsus4Db · Gb · Ab
- 2
Left hand: Pop heartbeat
Long, short, long: the heartbeat under a thousand pop songs. Musicians call it root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3) (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Rising chords
Up the chord and back in quick notes, gently lifting the song. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 150 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 – Db – Ab
The last chords are bVII – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
GbDbAb- GbGb · Bb · Db
- DbDb · F · Ab
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Questions about Love Don’t Live Here
What chords are in Love Don’t Live Here?
The loop is Ab – Dbsus4 – Ab – Dbsus4 (I5 – IVsus – I5 – IVsus) in Ab major, and the song ends on Gb – Db – Ab.
What key is Love Don’t Live Here in?
Ab major, at about 150 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Love Don’t Live Here?
Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Love Don’t Live Here 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.