When You’re Driving Through The Moonlight Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn When You’re Driving Through The Moonlight in 5 steps

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

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Chords: A7 – D – A7 – D
When You’re Driving Through The Moonlight sits in D major: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: A7 is A, C#, E and G; D is D, F# and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
A7V7DIA7V7DI
- A7A · C# · E · G
- DD · F# · A
414 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Power fifths
Root and fifth together: big and bold. Musicians call it lh power fifths (left-hand chords), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Power fifthsLeft-hand chords · RockLeft handMedium
3
Right hand: Sleigh bells
A high note and two quick chords in a short bar, jingling along. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Sleigh bellsSyncopated chords · StrideRight handMedium
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.
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Ending: G – A – D
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
GAD
- GG · B · D
- AA · C# · E

What chords are in When You’re Driving Through The Moonlight?

The loop is A7 – D – A7 – D (V7 – I – V7 – I) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.

What key is When You’re Driving Through The Moonlight in?

D major, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/4.

What does the left hand play in When You’re Driving Through The Moonlight?

Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is When You’re Driving Through The Moonlight 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.