It's Easy For You Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn It's Easy For 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: D – A – E7 – A
It's Easy For 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; E7 is E, G#, B and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DIVAIE7V7AI
- DD · F# · A
- AA · C# · E
- E7E · G# · B · D
72 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Bossa sway
Long-short, long-short, leaning ahead: a gentle Brazilian sway. Musicians call it root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&) (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Bossa swayRoot bass rhythm · Bossa novaLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Lighthouse blink
A note and the one above flash in turn, steady as a lighthouse. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Lighthouse blinkTwo-note ostinato · BalladRight handMedium
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Both hands at 80 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: A – E7 – A
The last chords are I – V7 – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
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What chords are in It's Easy For You?

The loop is D – A – E7 – A (IV – I – V7 – I) in A major, and the song ends on A – E7 – A.

What key is It's Easy For You in?

A major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in It's Easy For You?

Bossa sway: root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is It's Easy 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.