Love the Way You Lie - Piano Notes and Chords - Eminem and Rihanna

Piano Notes and Chords for Love the Way You Lie – Eminem and Rihanna

This post provides the melody notes (right hand letter notes) and chords (left hand notes) for the song Love the Way You Lie by Eminem ft. Rihanna.

Key Information

Key Signature: Two flats (Bb, Eb)
Scale: Bb Major Scale (two black keys)
G minor Scale Notes: G, A, Bb, C, D, Eb, F

The relative minor of Bb major is G minor (i.e., the same notes but arranged in a different order).
Bb Major Scale Notes: Bb, C, D, Eb, F, G, A

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

Tempo: 80 bpm
Time Signature: 4/4
Difficulty Level: Beginner, Intermediate

Love the Way You Lie Piano Tutorial

Asterisk (star symbol): Indicates an octave.
Notes in Bracekt: Play quickly or fast.
Wavy Lines (Tilde): Sustained Notes
Vertical Bar: Pipe Symbol (|): Chord Change

Love the Way You Lie Piano Chords

List of chords and their notes for the song Love the Way You Lie:

Gm (G minor) chord: G, Bb, and D
A# (A-sharp major) chord: A#, D, and F

D# (D-sharp major) chord: D#, G, and A#
Or
D#add9 (D-sharp added ninth) chord: D#, G, A#, and F

Fsus4 (F suspended fourth) chord: F, Bb, and C
Or
A (A major) chord: A, C#, and E

Chord details for the song such as structure, formula, note intervals, etc., are given after the full song notations.

Love the Way You Lie Piano Notes and Chords

Chorus – Rihanna (Part 1)

Just gonna stand there and watch me burn?
Well, that’s all right because I like the way it hurts

    G     G F     D*~   G
|   Just gonna |stand there
|Gm               |Gm

F     D*~    G    F~~~
and  watch  me  burn|
                                |D#

(Bb) Eb Eb~ Eb~~
Well, that’s alright,

(D) D (Eb) Eb
| because I like
|A#

(D)  D     C  C~~
the  way  it  hurts |
                          |Fsus4/A

Chorus – Rihanna (Part 2)

Just gonna stand there and hear me cry?
Well, that’s all right because I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie

G      G F      D*~    G
Just  gonna |stand  there
                  |Gm

F      D*~  G    F~~~
and  hear me  cry|
                            |D#

(Bb) Eb Eb~ Eb~~
But that’s alright,

(D) D (Eb) Eb
| because I love
|A#

(D)  D     C   C~~
the way you  lie |
                         |Fsus4

*Bb   *Bb~~~
you   lie|
            |Gm

Verse 1 – Eminem (Part 1)

I can’t tell you what it really is, I can only tell you what it feels like
And right now, there’s a steel knife in my windpipe
I can’t breathe, but I still fight while I can fight
As long as the wrong feels right, it’s like I’m in flight
High off her love, drunk from her hate
It’s like I’m huffin’ paint and I love her, the more I suffer, I suffocate
And right before I’m about to drown, she resuscitates me
She fuckin’ hates me, and I love it — “Wait!

Chords for rap part are given with notes

|Gm (G, Bb, D) |Gm
I can’t tell you what it |really is I can only tell you what it feels like

|D#add9 (D#, G, A#, F)
| And right now there’s a steel knife, in my windpipe

|A# (A#, D, E# F)
|I can’t breathe, but I still fight, while I can fight

|Fsus4 (F, Bb, C)
|As long as the wrong feels right, it’s like I’m in flight

|Gm (G, Bb, D)
| High off of love drunk from my hate

|D#add9 (D#, G, A#, F)
It’s like I’m huffing |paint and I love it the more that I suffer

|A# (A#, D, E# F)
I suffocate| and right before I’m about to drown

|Fsus4 (F, Bb, C)
She resuscitates| me, she fucking hates me,

And I love it, wait

Verse 1 – Eminem (Part 2)

Where you going?” — “I’m leaving you!” — “No, you ain’t!
Come back!” — We’re runnin’ right back, here we go again
It’s so insane, ’cause when it’s goin’ good, it’s goin’ great
I’m Superman with the wind at his back, she’s Lois Lane
But when it’s bad, it’s awful, I feel so ashamed
I snapped, “Who’s that dude?”, I don’t even know his name
I laid hands on her, I’ll never stoop so low again
I guess I don’t know my own strength

Chords for rap part are given with notes

|Gm (G, Bb, D)
| Where you going, I’m leaving you

|D#add9 (D#, G, A#, F)
No you ain’t, |come back We’re running right back, here we go again

|A# (A#, D, E# F)
It’s |so insane ’cause when it’s going good, it’s going great

|Fsus4 (F, Bb, C)
| I’m Superman, with the wind at his back, she’s Lois Lane

| But when it’s bad, it’s awful I feel so ashamed,
|Gm

|D#add9 (D#, G, A#, F)
|I snapped, who’s that dude I don’t even know his name,

|A# (A#, D, E# F)
I |laid hands on her I’ll never stoop so low again,

|Fsus4 (F, Bb, C)
|I guess I don’t know my own strength

Chorus (Rihanna)

Just gonna stand there and watch me burn?
Well, that’s all right because I like the way it hurts
Just gonna stand there and hear me cry?
Well, that’s all right because I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie

    G     G F     D*~   G
|   Just gonna |stand there
|Gm               |Gm

F     D*~    G    F~~~
and  watch  me  burn|
                                |D#

(Bb) Eb Eb~ Eb~~
Well, that’s alright,

(D) D (Eb) Eb
| because I like
|A#

(D)  D     C  C~~
the  way  it  hurts |
                          |Fsus4/A

G      G F      D*~    G
Just  gonna |stand  there
                  |Gm

F      D*~  G    F~~~
and  hear me  cry|
                            |D#

(Bb) Eb Eb~ Eb~~
But that’s alright,

(D) D (Eb) Eb
| because I love
|A#

(D)  D     C   C~~
the way you  lie |
                         |Fsus4

*Bb   *Bb~~~
you   lie|
            |Gm

Verse 2 (Eminem)

You ever love somebody so much you can barely breathe when you’re with ’em?
You meet, and neither one of you even know what hit ’em
Got that warm fuzzy feelin’, yeah, them chills, used to get ’em
Now you’re gettin’ fuckin’ sick of lookin’ at ’em?
You swore you’d never hit ’em, never do nothin’ to hurt ’em
Now you’re in each other’s face

Love the Way You Lie Piano Chord Details

Here are the notes, structure, formula, and note intervals for the Love the Way You Lie Chords:

Notes of the G Minor Scale:
G, A, Bb, C, D, Eb, F, G

Chords of the G Minor Scale:
Gm, Adm, Bb, Cm, Dm, Eb, and F
(i.e., G minor, A diminished, Bb major, C minor, D minor, Eb major, and F major)

Chords used for the song _ are:
Gm, D# or D#add9, A#, Fsus4 or A

Gm Chord

Gm (G minor) chord notes: G, Bb, D
Structure: Triad (a three-note chord)
Chord Formula: 1 – b3 – 5
Note intervals: 1 (root note), b3 (minor third), and 5 (perfect fifth)

D# Chord

D# (D-sharp major) chord notes: D#, F## (G), A#
D# chord simplified notes: D#, G, A#
Structure: Triad (a three-note chord)
Chord Formula: 1 – 3 – 5
Note intervals: 1 (root note), 3 (major third), and 5 (perfect fifth)

D#add9 Chord

D#add9 (D-sharp added ninth) chord notes: D#, F## (G), A#, E# (F)
D#add9 chord simplified notes: D#, G, A#, F
Structure: Tetrad (a four-note chord)
Chord Formula: 1 – 3 – 5 – 9
Note intervals: 1 (root note), 3 (major third), 5 (perfect fifth), and 9 (major ninth)

A# Chord

A# (A-sharp major) chord notes: A#, C## (D), E# (F)
A# chord simplified notes: A#, D, F
Structure: Triad (a three-note chord)
Chord Formula: 1 – 3 – 5
Note intervals: 1 (root note), 3 (major third), and 5 (perfect fifth)

Fsus4 Chord

Fsus4 (F suspended fourth) chord notes: F, Bb, C
Structure: Triad (a three-note chord)
Chord Formula: 1 – 4 – 5
Note intervals: 1 (root note), 4 (perfect fourth), and 5 (perfect fifth)

A Chord

A (A major) chord notes: A, C#, E
Structure: Triad (a three-note chord)
Chord Formula: 1 – 3 – 5
Note intervals: 1 (root note), 3 (major third), and 5 (perfect fifth)

Love the Way You Lie – Piano Notes and Chords – Eminem and Rihanna