No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Cm – Fm – G7 – Cm
No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Cm is C, Eb and G; Fm is F, Ab and C; G7 is G, B, D and F. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CmiFmivG7V7Cmi
- CmC · Eb · G
- FmF · Ab · C
- G7G · B · D · F
24 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Heartbeat octaves
Low, high, low, high: a bouncing heartbeat. Musicians call it rocking octaves (rocking octaves), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Heartbeat octavesRocking octaves · RockLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Gear-shift chords
Quick even chords that skip beat 3, like an engine changing gear. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Gear-shift chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handMedium
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Both hands at 72 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.
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Ending: F – G – C
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGC
- FF · A · C
- GG · B · D
- CC · E · G

What chords are in No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)?

The loop is Cm – Fm – G7 – Cm (i – iv – V7 – i) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) in?

C major, at about 72 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)?

Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) 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.