Never Gonna Let You Go Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn Never Gonna Let You Go in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: F#m – Bm – E – A
How it goes
Never Gonna Let You Go sits in F# minor: F# is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F#m is F#, A and C#; Bm is B, D and F#; E is E, G# and B; A is A, C# and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
F#miBmivEVIIAIII
- F#mF# · A · C#
- BmB · D · F#
- EE · G# · B
- AA · C# · E
20 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Dreamy wave
How it goes
Rolls up through a soft extra note: a dreamy, open, modern sound. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-9-10 (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 129 songs of the library.
Dreamy waveOpen arpeggio · BalladLeft handMedium
3
Right hand: Ticking clock
How it goes
One high note repeated on every quick beat: tick, tick, tick. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Ticking clockRepeated-note pulse · RockRight handMedium
4
Both hands at 100 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: B – C# – F#
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BC#F#
- BB · D# · F#
- C#C# · E# · G#
- F#F# · A# · C#

What chords are in Never Gonna Let You Go?

The loop is F#m – Bm – E – A (i – iv – bVII – bIII) in F# minor, and the song ends on B – C# – F#.

What key is Never Gonna Let You Go in?

F# minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Never Gonna Let You Go?

Dreamy wave: open arpeggio 1-5-9-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Never Gonna Let You Go 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.