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How to play Will You Love Me Tomorrow on piano

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Learn Will You Love Me Tomorrow in 5 steps

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

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Chords: C – F – G – C
How it goes
Will You Love Me Tomorrow sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; F is F, A and C; G is G, B and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CIFIVGVCI
- CC · E · G
- FF · A · C
- GG · B · D
215 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Pop heartbeat
How it goes
Long, short, long: the heartbeat under a thousand pop songs. Musicians call it root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3) (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Pop heartbeatRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Wait-a-beat chords
How it goes
Silence on beat 1, then chords on 2, 3 and 4, leaving room for the bass. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Wait-a-beat chordsBlock chords · PopRight handEasy
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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.
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Ending: F – G – C
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGC

What chords are in Will You Love Me Tomorrow?

The loop is C – F – G – C (I – IV – V – I) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Will You Love Me Tomorrow in?

C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Will You Love Me Tomorrow?

Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Will You Love Me Tomorrow easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.