Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play Take Your Sweet Time on piano
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 75 BPM
- 2004
- Easy
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Learn Take Your Sweet Time in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Dbsus4 – Ab – Dbsus4 – Eb
How it goes
Take Your Sweet Time sits in Ab major: Ab is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Dbsus4 is Db, Gb and Ab; Ab is Ab, C and Eb; Eb is Eb, G and Bb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
Dbsus4IVsus4AbIDbsus4IVsus4EbV- Dbsus4Db · Gb · Ab
- AbAb · C · Eb
- EbEb · G · Bb
- 2
Left hand: Pop heartbeat
How it goes
Long, short, long: the heartbeat under a thousand pop songs. Musicians call it root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3) (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: the chords, held
How it goes
In this song the right hand mostly plays the tune itself. Hold the chords lightly, or play the melody over the left hand.
- 4
Both hands at 75 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: Db – Eb – Ab
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DbEbAb- DbDb · F · Ab
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Questions about Take Your Sweet Time
What chords are in Take Your Sweet Time?
The loop is Dbsus4 – Ab – Dbsus4 – Eb (IVsus – I – IVsus – V) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.
What key is Take Your Sweet Time in?
Ab major, at about 75 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Take Your Sweet Time?
Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Take Your Sweet Time 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.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.