Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play You Ruin Me on piano
By The Veronicas
- F major
- 4/4
- 105 BPM
- I–vi–ii–V loop
- 2014
- Medium
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Learn You Ruin Me in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: F – Dm – Gm – C
How it goes
You Ruin Me sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; Dm is D, F and A; Gm is G, Bb and D; C is C, E and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FIDmviGmiiCV- FF · A · C
- DmD · F · A
- GmG · Bb · D
- CC · E · G
- 2
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.
- 3
Right hand: Pumping chords
How it goes
A chord on every eighth note, driving the song forward. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 105 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: C – Bb – F
How it goes
The last chords are V – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CBbF- BbBb · D · F
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Questions about You Ruin Me
What chords are in You Ruin Me?
The loop is F – Dm – Gm – C (I – vi – ii – V) in F major, and the song ends on C – Bb – F.
What key is You Ruin Me in?
F major, at about 105 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in You Ruin Me?
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 You Ruin Me 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.