Save The People Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn Save The People in 5 steps

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

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Chords: G – C – Am – D
Save The People sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: G is G, B and D; C is C, E and G; Am is A, C and E; D is D, F# and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
GICIVAmiiDV
- GG · B · D
- CC · E · G
- AmA · C · E
- DD · F# · A
19 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Bossa sway
Long-short, long-short, leaning ahead: a gentle Brazilian sway. Musicians call it root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&) (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Bossa swayRoot bass rhythm · Bossa novaLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Deep-breath chords
A breath on beat 1, then quick chords pumping to the end. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Deep-breath chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handMedium
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Both hands at 126 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: C – D – G
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CDG

What chords are in Save The People?

The loop is G – C – Am – D (I – IV – ii – V) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.

What key is Save The People in?

G major, at about 126 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Save The People?

Bossa sway: root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Save The People 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.