Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play Only Happy When It Rains on piano
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- Bb major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- Medium
Learn Only Happy When It Rains in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
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Chords: Gm – F – Eb – Cm
Only Happy When It Rains sits in Bb major: Bb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Gm is G, Bb and D; F is F, A and C; Eb is Eb, G and Bb; Cm is C, Eb and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
GmviFVEbIVCmii- GmG · Bb · D
- FF · A · C
- EbEb · G · Bb
- CmC · Eb · G
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Left hand: Hurrying footsteps
Calm steps in the first half, then twice as fast to the end. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4& (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 642 songs of the library.
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Right hand: Heartbeat chords
Long, short, long: chords on the pop heartbeat, then a rest. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 120 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: Eb – F – Bb
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
EbFBb- BbBb · D · F
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Questions about Only Happy When It Rains
What chords are in Only Happy When It Rains?
The loop is Gm – F – Eb – Cm (vi – V – IV – ii) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is Only Happy When It Rains in?
Bb major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Only Happy When It Rains?
Hurrying footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Only Happy When It Rains 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.