Too Much For One Heart Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn Too Much For One Heart in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: C# – G# – A#m – G#
How it goes
Too Much For One Heart sits in C# minor: C# is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C# is C#, E# and G#; G# is G#, B# and D#; A#m is A#, C# and E#. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
C#IG#VA#mviG#V
- C#C# · E# · G#
- G#G# · B# · D#
- A#mA# · C# · E#
64 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Ocean swell
How it goes
Eight notes rise high and fall back down: one big ocean swell per bar. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-12-10-8-5 (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 80 songs of the library.
Ocean swellOpen arpeggio · Film scoreLeft handMedium
3
Right hand: Ticking clock
How it goes
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 72 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: A#m – G# – C#
How it goes
The last chords are vi – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
A#mG#C#

What chords are in Too Much For One Heart?

The loop is C# – G# – A#m – G# (I – V – vi – V) in C# minor, and the song ends on A#m – G# – C#.

What key is Too Much For One Heart in?

C# minor, at about 72 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Too Much For One Heart?

Ocean swell: open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-12-10-8-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Too Much For One Heart 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.