Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play I Will Wait For You on piano
- E minor
- 2/2
- 100 BPM
- Medium
Learn I Will Wait For You in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Em – Bm – Em – C
I Will Wait For You sits in E minor: E is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Em is E, G and B; Bm is B, D and F#; C is C, E and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
EmiBmvEmiCVI- EmE · G · B
- BmB · D · F#
- CC · E · G
- 2
Left hand: Tumble down
Three notes falling down the chord, one per beat, then a rest. Musicians call it broken chord 8-5-1 (broken chord), an easy pattern heard in 635 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: C – D – Em
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CDEm- DD · F# · A
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Questions about I Will Wait For You
What chords are in I Will Wait For You?
The loop is Em – Bm – Em – C (i – v – i – bVI) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.
What key is I Will Wait For You in?
E minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in I Will Wait For You?
Tumble down: broken chord 8-5-1, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Will Wait For 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.