Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play Only In Your Heart on piano
Written by Gerry Beckley
- G major
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- ii–I–ii–I loop
- 1972
- Medium
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Learn Only In Your Heart in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Am – G – Am – G
How it goes
Only In Your Heart sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Am is A, C and E; G is G, B and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AmiiGIAmiiGI- AmA · C · E
- GG · B · D
- 2
Left hand: Ping-pong bounce
How it goes
High, low, high, low on every beat: a ping-pong bounce. Musicians call it broken chord 8-5 (broken chord), an easy pattern heard in 302 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Pumping chords
How it goes
A chord on every eighth note, driving the song forward. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 80 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: G – Am – G
How it goes
The last chords are I – ii – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
GAmG
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Questions about Only In Your Heart
What chords are in Only In Your Heart?
The loop is Am – G – Am – G (ii – I – ii – I) in G major, and the song ends on G – Am – G.
What key is Only In Your Heart in?
G major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Only In Your Heart?
Ping-pong bounce: broken chord 8-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Only In Your Heart 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.