Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play (There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays on piano
By Perry Como
- C major
- 4/4
- 95 BPM
- 1954
- Medium
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Learn (There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Dm – Gsus4 – G7 – C
How it goes
(There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Dm is D, F and A; Gsus4 is G, C and D; G7 is G, B, D and F; C is C, E and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DmiiGsus4Vsus4G7V7CI- DmD · F · A
- Gsus4G · C · D
- G7G · B · D · F
- CC · E · G
- 2
Left hand: Rolling waves
How it goes
Rolls up to the high third and back down, like a wave on the shore. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-10-5 (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 545 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Soft chords
How it goes
Soft chords on beats 1, 3 and 4. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 95 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: Dm – G7 – C
How it goes
The last chords are ii – V7 – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DmG7C
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Questions about (There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays
What chords are in (There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays?
The loop is Dm – Gsus4 – G7 – C (ii – Vsus – V7 – I) in C major, and the song ends on Dm – G7 – C.
What key is (There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays in?
C major, at about 95 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in (There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays?
Rolling waves: open arpeggio 1-5-10-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is (There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays 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.
Made from 5 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.