Piano chords · Rock drive

How to play Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth on piano

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Learn Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth in 5 steps

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

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Chords: A – Bm – A – Bm
How it goes
Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth sits in B minor: B is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: A is A, C# and E; Bm is B, D and F#. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AVIIBmiAVIIBmi
- AA · C# · E
- BmB · D · F#
28 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Marching giant
How it goes
Thick three-note chords on every beat, rocking between two shapes. Musicians call it lh triads (left-hand chords), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Marching giantLeft-hand chords · RockLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Raindrop bounce
How it goes
From a high note down, then bouncing in the middle: raindrops on a pond. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Raindrop bounceFalling arpeggio · Film scoreRight handMedium
4
Both hands at 98 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.
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Ending: G – A – Bm
How it goes
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
GABm
- GG · B · D

What chords are in Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth?

The loop is A – Bm – A – Bm (bVII – i – bVII – i) in B minor, and the song ends on G – A – Bm.

What key is Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth in?

B minor, at about 98 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth?

Marching giant: lh triads, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth 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.