Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play Say It Isn't So on piano
- G major
- 4/4
- 145 BPM
- 1932
- Medium
Learn Say It Isn't So in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: A7 – Bm – Cdim – A
Say It Isn't So sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: A7 is A, C#, E and G; Bm is B, D and F#; Cdim is C, Eb and Gb; A is A, C# and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
A7II7BmiiiCdimiv°AII- A7A · C# · E · G
- BmB · D · F#
- CdimC · Eb · Gb
- AA · C# · E
- 2
Left hand: Happy wiggle
Root, fifth, a step up and back: a cheerful bluesy wiggle. Musicians call it broken chord 1-5-6-5 (broken chord), an easy pattern heard in 165 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Pumping chords
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 145 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: G – C7 – G
The last chords are I – IV7 – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
GC7G- GG · B · D
- C7C · E · G · Bb
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Questions about Say It Isn't So
What chords are in Say It Isn't So?
The loop is A7 – Bm – Cdim – A (II7 – iii – ivo – II) in G major, and the song ends on G – C7 – G.
What key is Say It Isn't So in?
G major, at about 145 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Say It Isn't So?
Happy wiggle: broken chord 1-5-6-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Say It Isn't So 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.