Take That Look Off Your Face Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn Take That Look Off Your Face 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 – D – G – D
Take That Look Off Your Face sits in D major: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: G is G, B and D; D is D, F# and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
GIVDIGIVDI
- GG · B · D
- DD · F# · A
384 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Patient seesaw
Three low notes wait their turn, then one step up on beat 4. Musicians call it root–fifth 1-1-1-5 (root–fifth bass), an easy pattern heard in 195 songs of the library.
Patient seesawRoot–fifth bass · Bossa novaLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Sunrise
Three notes keep climbing in quick loops, bright like the morning sun. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
SunriseRising arpeggio · ClassicalRight handMedium
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Both hands at 104 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: D – G – D
The last chords are I – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DGD

What chords are in Take That Look Off Your Face?

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

What key is Take That Look Off Your Face in?

D major, at about 104 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Take That Look Off Your Face?

Patient seesaw: root–fifth 1-1-1-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Take That Look Off Your Face 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.