This arrangement is a great way to develop expressive ballad playing at a gentle 67 BPM — slow enough that every note choice matters emotionally.

Your left hand uses block bass patterns, so focus on smooth, quiet weight transfer between chords rather than speed.

The eight chords here live mostly in G major territory, but watch the move to B♭ — that's your biggest hand shift and the moment most students stumble, so isolate that transition and loop it slowly until the reach feels natural.

Also pay attention to the difference between Em and Em6: it's just one note changing, but voicing it cleanly gives the melody its melancholic pull.

Practice hands separately first, especially through sections where D7 resolves to G and G7 moves to C, because those seventh-chord transitions need to feel inevitable, not rushed.

Once you're comfortable, add sustain pedal on each chord change — lift and press right as the new chord lands to keep things warm without blurring.

This is the song that will teach your hands to sit inside a slow tempo with confidence instead of racing to fill silence.