Piano chords · Pop heartbeat

How to play Love Me Like You Mean It on piano

By Kelsea Ballerini

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Learn Love Me Like You Mean It in 5 steps

The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.

1
Chords: E – B – F#m – Asus4
How it goes
Love Me Like You Mean It sits in E major: E is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: E is E, G# and B; B is B, D# and F#; F#m is F#, A and C#; Asus4 is A, D and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
EIBVF#miiAsus4IVsus4
- EE · G# · B
- BB · D# · F#
- F#mF# · A · C#
- Asus4A · D · E
2
Left hand: Pop heartbeat
How it goes
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.
Pop heartbeatRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Rooftop rain
How it goes
A chord, then one high note pattering again and again like rain. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Rooftop rainTwo-note ostinato · BalladRight handMedium
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: A – B – E
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
ABE
- AA · C# · E

What chords are in Love Me Like You Mean It?

The loop is E – B – F#m – Asus4 (I – V – ii – IVsus) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.

What key is Love Me Like You Mean It in?

E major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Love Me Like You Mean It?

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 Me Like You Mean It 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.