Let Yourself Go Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn Let Yourself Go in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: Am – D7 – Am – D7
Let Yourself Go sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Am is A, C and E; D7 is D, F#, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AmviD7II7AmviD7II7
- AmA · C · E
- D7D · F# · A · C
15 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Stair steps
Three notes climb up the chord in the island rhythm. Musicians call it broken chord 1-3-5 (broken chord), an easy pattern heard in 438 songs of the library.
Stair stepsBroken chord · PopLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Hurrying chords
Calm chords in the first half, then twice as fast to the end. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Hurrying chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handMedium
4
Both hands at 138 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: F – G – C
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGC
- FF · A · C
- GG · B · D
- CC · E · G

What chords are in Let Yourself Go?

The loop is Am – D7 – Am – D7 (vi – II7 – vi – II7) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Let Yourself Go in?

C major, at about 138 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Let Yourself Go?

Stair steps: broken chord 1-3-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Let Yourself Go 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.