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How to play There Must Be More To Life Than This on piano

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Learn There Must Be More To Life Than This 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 – G7 – G – G7
How it goes
There Must Be More To Life Than This sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: G is G, B and D; G7 is G, B, D and F. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
GIG7I7GIG7I7
- GG · B · D
- G7G · B · D · F
20 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Push and land
How it goes
A push just before beat 3, then two calm landings. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Push and landRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Steady chords
How it goes
A full chord on every beat, steady and simple. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Steady chordsBlock chords · PopRight handEasy
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Both hands at 80 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: C – D – G
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CDG
- CC · E · G
- DD · F# · A

What chords are in There Must Be More To Life Than This?

The loop is G – G7 – G – G7 (I – I7 – I – I7) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.

What key is There Must Be More To Life Than This in?

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

What does the left hand play in There Must Be More To Life Than This?

Push and land: root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is There Must Be More To Life Than This 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.