Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play Only Trust Your Heart on piano
By Sammy Cahn
- C major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1964
- Medium
Learn Only Trust Your Heart in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: G7 – C – Gm – C7
Only Trust Your Heart sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: G7 is G, B, D and F; C is C, E and G; Gm is G, Bb and D; C7 is C, E, G and Bb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
G7V7CIGmvC7I7- G7G · B · D · F
- CC · E · G
- GmG · Bb · D
- C7C · E · G · Bb
- 2
Left hand: Rolling waves
Rolls up to the high third and back down, like a wave on the shore. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-10-5 (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 545 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Soft chords
Soft chords on beats 1, 3 and 4. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 100 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.
- 5
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
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Questions about Only Trust Your Heart
What chords are in Only Trust Your Heart?
The loop is G7 – C – Gm – C7 (V7 – I – v – I7) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is Only Trust Your Heart in?
C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Only Trust Your Heart?
Rolling waves: open arpeggio 1-5-10-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Only Trust 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.