Piano chords · Rock drive
How to play We Found What We Were Looking For on piano
By Bryan Adams
- D major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- 2008
- Medium
Learn We Found What We Were Looking For in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: D – Bm – G – F#m
We Found What We Were Looking For sits in D major: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D is D, F# and A; Bm is B, D and F#; G is G, B and D; F#m is F#, A and C#. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DIBmviGIVF#miii- DD · F# · A
- BmB · D · F#
- GG · B · D
- F#mF# · A · C#
- 2
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.
- 3
Right hand: Dewdrop twinkle
Two low, close notes twinkling up and back like morning dew. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 120 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: G – A – D
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
GAD- AA · C# · E
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Questions about We Found What We Were Looking For
What chords are in We Found What We Were Looking For?
The loop is D – Bm – G – F#m (I – vi – IV – iii) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.
What key is We Found What We Were Looking For in?
D major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in We Found What We Were Looking For?
Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is We Found What We Were Looking For 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.