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How to play Until You Come Back To Me on piano
Written by Stevie Wonder, Morris Broadnax & others
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1967
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
Learn Until You Come Back To Me in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Bb – Db – Eb7 – Ab
How it goes
Until You Come Back To Me sits in Eb major: Eb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Bb is Bb, D and F; Db is Db, F and Ab; Eb7 is Eb, G, Bb and Db; Ab is Ab, C and Eb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
BbVDbbVIIEb7I7AbIV- BbBb · D · F
- DbDb · F · Ab
- Eb7Eb · G · Bb · Db
- AbAb · C · Eb
- 2
Left hand: Groovy roots
How it goes
Notes jump around the “ands”, giving the bass a funky bounce. Musicians call it root bass · syncopated 8ths (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 363 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Push chords
How it goes
Two quick chords and a push just before beat 3, then space. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 100 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: Ab – Bb – Eb
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
AbBbEb- EbEb · G · Bb
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Questions about Until You Come Back To Me
What chords are in Until You Come Back To Me?
The loop is Bb – Db – Eb7 – Ab (V – bVII – I7 – IV) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is Until You Come Back To Me in?
Eb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Until You Come Back To Me?
Groovy roots: root bass · syncopated 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Until You Come Back To Me 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.