Piano chords · Rock drive

How to play Two More Lonely People on piano

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Learn Two More Lonely People in 5 steps

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

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Chords: C – D – G – C
Two More Lonely People sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; D is D, F# and A; G is G, B and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CIVDVGICIV
- CC · E · G
- DD · F# · A
- GG · B · D
141 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Engine 8ths
The lowest note on every eighth: the engine of rock. Musicians call it root bass · 8ths (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Engine 8thsRoot bass rhythm · RockLeft handMedium
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Right hand: Sleep-in chords
Quiet for half the bar, then three chords wake up near the end. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Sleep-in chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handEasy
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Both hands at 132 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.
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Ending: D – C – G
The last chords are V – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DCG

What chords are in Two More Lonely People?

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

What key is Two More Lonely People in?

G major, at about 132 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Two More Lonely People?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Two More Lonely People 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.