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How to play (So) Tired Of Waiting For You on piano

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Learn (So) Tired Of Waiting For You in 5 steps

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

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Chords: F – Eb – F – Eb
How it goes
(So) Tired Of Waiting For You sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; Eb is Eb, G and Bb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FIEbbVIIFIEbbVII
- FF · A · C
- EbEb · G · Bb
90 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Power fifths
How it goes
Root and fifth together: big and bold. Musicians call it lh power fifths (left-hand chords), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Power fifthsLeft-hand chords · RockLeft handMedium
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Right hand: Hand-clap chords
How it goes
Rests on beat 1, then clap-clap on 2 and one more clap on 4. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Hand-clap chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handEasy
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Both hands at 124 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.
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Ending: F – Eb – F
How it goes
The last chords are I – bVII – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FEbF

What chords are in (So) Tired Of Waiting For You?

The loop is F – Eb – F – Eb (I – bVII – I – bVII) in F major, and the song ends on F – Eb – F.

What key is (So) Tired Of Waiting For You in?

F major, at about 124 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in (So) Tired Of Waiting For You?

Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is (So) Tired Of Waiting For You 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.