Piano chords · Pop heartbeat

How to play Alone With You on piano

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Learn Alone With You in 5 steps

The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.

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Chords: G – Em – C – G
Alone With You sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: G is G, B and D; Em is E, G and B; C is C, E and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
GIEmviCIVGI
- GG · B · D
- EmE · G · B
- CC · E · G
121 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Dawdling footsteps
Two steps, then a lazy late note after beat 3 that catches up on 4. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 3& · 4 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 222 songs of the library.
Dawdling footstepsRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Offbeat skank
Chords only on the “and”: reggae and swing. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Offbeat skankOffbeat chords · Blues and boogie-woogieRight handEasy
4
Both hands at 110 BPM
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.
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Ending: Em – C – G
The last chords are vi – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
EmCG

What chords are in Alone With You?

The loop is G – Em – C – G (I – vi – IV – I) in G major, and the song ends on Em – C – G.

What key is Alone With You in?

G major, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Alone With You?

Dawdling footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Alone With You easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.