Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play I Need You on piano
By The Beatles
- A major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1965
- Medium
Learn I Need You in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: D – A – Asus4 – A
I Need You sits in A major: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D is D, F# and A; A is A, C# and E; Asus4 is A, D and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DIVAIAsus4Isus4AI- DD · F# · A
- AA · C# · E
- Asus4A · D · E
- 2
Left hand: Double-tap drop
The same note twice, long then short, then a drop to a lower note. Musicians call it broken chord 8-8-5 (broken chord), an easy pattern heard in 336 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Pumping chords
A chord on every eighth note, driving the song forward. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 100 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.
- 5
Ending: A – Asus4 – A
The last chords are I – Isus – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
AAsus4A
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Questions about I Need You
What chords are in I Need You?
The loop is D – A – Asus4 – A (IV – I – Isus – I) in A major, and the song ends on A – Asus4 – A.
What key is I Need You in?
A major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Need You?
Double-tap drop: broken chord 8-8-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Need You easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.