Piano chords · Rock drive
Love The Way You Lie: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Eminem
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 87 BPM
- 2010
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
The accompaniment with every note named, bar by bar: the bar sheet shows each note as a bar on the staff with its letter inside, so you can accompany Love The Way You Lie without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths), and the right hand sings the tune.
The catchy part of Love The Way You Lie in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
Love The Way You Lie accompaniment in letter notes
The Gm – Eb – Bb – F loop with engine 8ths in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
How to read the bar sheet
The player above shows the treble staff (right hand) over the bass staff (left hand). Every note is a bar as long as it sounds, at its place on the staff, with its name inside, and the music scrolls past a line that marks now. The chord names run along the top.
Start with the left hand alone at a slow speed, then the right, then both. When the letters feel easy, try the sheet music.
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Questions about Love The Way You Lie
What are the letter notes for the Love The Way You Lie piano accompaniment?
Bar by bar, both hands: the bar sheet on this page names every note of the accompaniment (C4 is middle C) and plays along. The loop is Gm – Eb – Bb – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Love The Way You Lie?
The loop is Gm – Eb – Bb – F (vi – IV – I – V) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is Love The Way You Lie in?
Bb major, at about 87 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Love The Way You Lie?
Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Love The Way You Lie 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.
Can I hear the real melody of Love The Way You Lie?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.