How to read this loopsheet
- Learn the loops first. Each card below is a short repeating bar with its own colour. Practise them alone until the timing feels comfortable.
- Read the song bar by bar. Each box is one bar of music. The coloured stripes along the top show which loops should be running; the line underneath is the lyric sung over that bar.
- Stack and drop on the down-beat. When a new colour appears, punch that loop in. When a colour disappears, mute it.
- Hit play below to follow along — the active bar lights up so you don't lose your place.
The loop library
Six loops, key of C♯ minor (capo 4 if you're using Am shapes), around 96 BPM. The first three are essential for the famous live build. Bass, guitar mutes, and claps add the polish.
96 BPM
The song
Each box is one bar. Coloured stripes along the top show which loops are running; the line underneath is the lyric sung over that bar. Lyrics are kept as structural placeholders — the melodic vocal hook in the chorus is the thing the whole song hangs on, marked but not transcribed.