The Beautiful Game Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn The Beautiful Game in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: G – C – G – C
The Beautiful Game sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: G is G, B and D; C is C, E and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
GVCIGVCI
- GG · B · D
- CC · E · G
80 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Tap-dance footsteps
Busy little taps around beat 2, then two calm steps to finish. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 100 songs of the library.
Tap-dance footstepsRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handMedium
3
Right hand: Ticking clock
One high note repeated on every quick beat: tick, tick, tick. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Ticking clockRepeated-note pulse · RockRight handMedium
4
Both hands at 80 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.
5
Ending: F – G – C
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGC
- FF · A · C

What chords are in The Beautiful Game?

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

What key is The Beautiful Game in?

C major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in The Beautiful Game?

Tap-dance footsteps: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The Beautiful Game 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.