Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off on piano
By Ella Eyre
- C minor
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1986
- Medium
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Learn We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Ab – Bb – Cm – Gm
How it goes
We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off sits in C minor: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Ab is Ab, C and Eb; Bb is Bb, D and F; Cm is C, Eb and G; Gm is G, Bb and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AbVIBbVIICmiGmv- AbAb · C · Eb
- BbBb · D · F
- CmC · Eb · G
- GmG · Bb · D
- 2
Left hand: Busy rocking
How it goes
A low root, then quick notes rocking between two higher keys. Musicians call it broken chord 1-5 (broken chord), a medium pattern heard in 200 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: the chords, held
How it goes
In this song the right hand mostly plays the tune itself. Hold the chords lightly, or play the melody over the left hand.
- 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 – Cm
How it goes
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
AbBbCm
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Questions about We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off
What chords are in We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off?
The loop is Ab – Bb – Cm – Gm (bVI – bVII – i – v) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.
What key is We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off in?
C minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off?
Busy rocking: broken chord 1-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off 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.