Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play My Life Is In Your Hands on piano
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- C major
- 4/4
- 84 BPM
- Medium
Learn My Life Is In Your Hands in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: C – Em – F – Fm
My Life Is In Your Hands sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; Em is E, G and B; F is F, A and C; Fm is F, Ab and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CIEmiiiFIVFmiv- CC · E · G
- EmE · G · B
- FF · A · C
- FmF · Ab · C
- 2
Left hand: Open sky
Root, fifth, then a high third: open and airy, the sound of a big sky. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-10 (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 918 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Steady chords
A full chord on every beat, steady and simple. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 84 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: F – G – C
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGC- GG · B · D
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Questions about My Life Is In Your Hands
What chords are in My Life Is In Your Hands?
The loop is C – Em – F – Fm (I – iii – IV – iv) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is My Life Is In Your Hands in?
C major, at about 84 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in My Life Is In Your Hands?
Open sky: open arpeggio 1-5-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is My Life Is In Your Hands 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.