Lost Cause Piano Notes and Chords (Billie Eilish)

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Piano Notes for Lost Cause

This post provides the melody notes (right hand letter notes) and chords (left hand notes) for the song Lost Cause by Billie Eilish.

Key Information for the Song Lost Cause by Billie Eilish

Key Signature: Five flats (Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb)
Scale: Bb minor / Db Major Scale (five black keys)
Db Major Scale Notes: Db, Eb, F, Gb, Ab, Bb, C

The relative minor of Db major is Bb minor (same notes but arranged in a different order).
Bb minor Scale Notes: Bb, C, Db, Eb, F, Gb, Ab

The enharmonic equivalent of Db major is C# major (same notes but written or notated differently).
C# major Scale Notes: C#, D#, E# (F), F#, G#, A#, B# (C), C#

Tempo: 75 bpm
Time Signature: 4/4
Difficulty Level: Beginner, Intermediate

Lost Cause Piano Chords

Notes of the Bb (B Flat) Minor Scale:
Bb, C, Db, Eb, F, Gb, Ab, Bb

Chords of the Bb (B Flat) Minor Scale:
Bbm, Cdm, Db, Ebm, Fm, Gb, and Ab
(i.e., Bb minor, C diminished, Db major, Eb minor, F minor, Gb major, and Ab major)

Chords used for the song Lost Cause are:
Bbm, F, Gb, and Ab

How to Play Lost Cause

Piano Keys Layout

Symbols Used in the Song

Asterisk: star symbol (*): Indicates an octave.
Asterisk after a note (e.g., C*): Indicates a higher octave note.
Asterisk before a note (e.g., *C): Indicates a lower octave note.
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Wavy Lines: Tilde (~): Sustained Notes (quarter note, half note, or a whole note of sheet music).
Vertical Bar: Pipe Symbol (|): Indicates a chord change.
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Lost Cause Piano Notes and Chords

Verse 1 (1)

Something’s in the air right now
Like I’m losin’ track of time (Time, time)
Like I don’t really care right now
But maybe that’s fine

| [F] F (Eb F Eb) | [Bbm] F *Bb *Bb~~~
| Something’s in the | air right now

*Bb (Db) F (Eb) F (Eb) | [Ab] F~~~
Like I’m losin’ track of | time

*Bb (Db) F (Eb) F (Eb) | [Gb] F *Bb *Bb~~~
Like I don’t really | care right now

*Bb (Db) F (Eb) Eb | [F] Eb~~~
But maybe that’s | fine

Verse 1 (2)

You weren’t even there that day
I was waitin’ on you (You, you)
I wonder if you were aware that day
Was the last straw for me and I knew

F (Eb) F (Eb) | [Bbm] F *Bb *Bb~~~
You weren’t even | there that day

*Bb (Db) F (Eb) F (Eb) | [Ab] F~~~
I was waitin’ on | you

F (Eb) F (Eb) F (Eb) | [Gb] F *Bb Db~~
I wonder if you were | aware that day

F (Eb) Eb | [F] Eb~ (Db) C~ (Db) C~ *Bb~~ | [Bbm] ~
Was the | last straw for me and I knew

Pre-Chorus

I sent you flowers
Did you even care?
You ran the shower
And left them by the stairs
Ooh-ooh-ooh, a-a-a-ayy
Thought you had your shit together, but damn, I was wrong (Wrong)

Db C Db | [Ab] C *Bb~~
I sent you | flowers

C *Ab (C) *Ab *Bb~ | [Gb] ~
Did you even care? |

Db *Bb (Db) C~ | [F] ~ *A~~
You ran the sho | wer

C Db (Eb) F *Bb~ | [Bbm] ~
And left them by the stairs |

F~~~ Ab Bb | [Ab] F (Eb) F~~ Eb~~~
F Eb | [Gb] Eb~ (Db) *Bb C Db~ Eb (Db Eb)
Ooh-ooh-ooh, a-a-a-ayy

| [F] F (Eb) F (Eb) F (Eb) F (Eb) F F F F~ | [Bbm] ~
Thought you had your sh together,
but damn, I was wrong (Wrong)

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Chorus

F (Eb) F (Eb) F (Eb) F F~ | [Ab] ~
You ain’t nothin’ but a lost cause

F (Eb) F (Eb) F (Eb) F F~ | [Gb] ~ *Bb~~ (*Bb)
And this ain’t nothin’ like it oncе was (Was, was)

F (Eb) F (Eb) F (Eb) F F~ | [F] ~ Eb Db~~~
I know you think you’re such an outlaw

F (Eb) F F~ | [Bbm] ~ *Bb~
But you got no job (Job)

F (Eb) F (Eb) F (Eb) F F~ | [Ab] ~ *Bb~
You ain’t nothin’ but a lost cause (Cause)

F (Eb) F (Eb) F (Eb) F F~ | [Gb] ~ *Bb~~ (*Bb)
And this ain’t nothin’ likе it once was (Was)

F (Eb) F (Eb) F (Eb) F F
I know you think you’re such an outlaw

| [F] (Eb (Db Eb (Db) C~~~
But you got no job

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