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How to play She’s Got A Way on piano
Written by Bryan Adams & Eliot Kennedy
- G major
- 4/4
- 112 BPM
- 2008
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
Learn She’s Got A Way in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: G – D – Am – C
How it goes
She’s Got A Way sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: G is G, B and D; D is D, F# and A; Am is A, C and E; C is C, E and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
GIDVAmiiCIV- GG · B · D
- DD · F# · A
- AmA · C · E
- CC · E · G
- 2
Left hand: Tick-tick-boom pulse
How it goes
Two quick low notes and a high one, twice: ta-ta-DUM, ta-ta-DUM. Musicians call it root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 479 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Offbeat skank
How it goes
Chords only on the “and”: reggae and swing. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 112 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: Am – C – G
How it goes
The last chords are ii – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
AmCG
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Questions about She’s Got A Way
What chords are in She’s Got A Way?
The loop is G – D – Am – C (I5 – V – ii – IV) in G major, and the song ends on Am – C – G.
What key is She’s Got A Way in?
G major, at about 112 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in She’s Got A Way?
Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is She’s Got A Way 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.