Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play Watch What Happens on piano
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 132 BPM
- 1964
- Medium
Learn Watch What Happens in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Eb – F7 – Fm – Eb
Watch What Happens sits in Eb major: Eb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Eb is Eb, G and Bb; F7 is F, A, C and Eb; Fm is F, Ab and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
EbIF7II7FmiiEbI- EbEb · G · Bb
- F7F · A · C · Eb
- FmF · Ab · C
- 2
Left hand: Island zigzag
A jump up, then down past the start, in the three-three-two rhythm. Musicians call it broken chord 8-12-5 (broken chord), an easy pattern heard in 302 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Groovy chords
Chords jump around the “ands” for a funky, dancing feel. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
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.
- 5
Ending: Eb – Bb7 – Eb
The last chords are I – V7 – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
EbBb7Eb- Bb7Bb · D · F · Ab
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Questions about Watch What Happens
What chords are in Watch What Happens?
The loop is Eb – F7 – Fm – Eb (I – II7 – ii – I) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Bb7 – Eb.
What key is Watch What Happens in?
Eb major, at about 132 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Watch What Happens?
Island zigzag: broken chord 8-12-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Watch What Happens 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.