Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play Winners on piano
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 90 BPM
- 1973
- Medium
Learn Winners in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Bb – D7 – Bb – Bb7
Winners sits in Bb major: Bb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Bb is Bb, D and F; D7 is D, F#, A and C; Bb7 is Bb, D, F and Ab. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
BbID7III7BbIBb7I7- BbBb · D · F
- D7D · F# · A · C
- Bb7Bb · D · F · Ab
- 2
Left hand: Drowsy heartbeat
Two slow notes, then a late one that slips in before the next bar. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 3 · 4& (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 889 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Double-skip chords
Steady chords with two quick skips, one mid-bar and one at the end. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 90 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 – F7 – Bb
The last chords are IV – V7 – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
EbF7Bb- EbEb · G · Bb
- F7F · A · C · Eb
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Questions about Winners
What chords are in Winners?
The loop is Bb – D7 – Bb – Bb7 (I – III7 – I – I7) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F7 – Bb.
What key is Winners in?
Bb major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Winners?
Drowsy heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Winners 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.