Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play One More For Love on piano
Written by John Ondrasik, Curt Schneider & others
- C major
- 4/4
- 90 BPM
- IV–V–I–vi loop
- 2004
- Medium
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Learn One More For Love in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: F – G – C – Am
How it goes
One More For Love sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; G is G, B and D; C is C, E and G; Am is A, C and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FIVGVCIAmvi- FF · A · C
- GG · B · D
- CC · E · G
- AmA · C · E
- 2
Left hand: Tick-tick-boom pulse
How it goes
Two quick low notes and a high one, twice: ta-ta-DUM, ta-ta-DUM. Musicians call it root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 479 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Wait-a-beat chords
How it goes
Silence on beat 1, then chords on 2, 3 and 4, leaving room for the bass. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 90 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: F – G – C
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGC
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Questions about One More For Love
What chords are in One More For Love?
The loop is F – G – C – Am (IV – V – I – vi) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is One More For Love in?
C major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in One More For Love?
Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is One More For Love 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.