Something About The Way You Look Tonight Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn Something About The Way You Look Tonight in 5 steps

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

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Chords: C – F – C – F
Something About The Way You Look Tonight sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; F is F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CVFICVFI
- CC · E · G
- FF · A · C
80 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Hopscotch steps
Step, step, skip a beat, step: like hopping over a square. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 4 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 668 songs of the library.
Hopscotch stepsRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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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.
Soft chordsBlock chords · BalladRight handEasy
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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.
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Ending: Bb – C – F
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbCF
- BbBb · D · F

What chords are in Something About The Way You Look Tonight?

The loop is C – F – C – F (V – I – V – I) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is Something About The Way You Look Tonight in?

F major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Something About The Way You Look Tonight?

Hopscotch steps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Something About The Way You Look Tonight easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.