Meet Me In The Dark Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn Meet Me In The Dark in 5 steps

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

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Chords: F – C – F – C
Meet Me In The Dark sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; C is C, E and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FIVCIFIVCI
- FF · A · C
- CC · E · G
384 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Double-skip footsteps
Steady steps with two quick skips, one mid-bar and one at the end. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4& (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 397 songs of the library.
Double-skip footstepsRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handMedium
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Right hand: Steady chords
A full chord on every beat, steady and simple. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Steady chordsBlock chords · PopRight handEasy
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Both hands at 72 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: C – F – C
The last chords are I – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CFC

What chords are in Meet Me In The Dark?

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

What key is Meet Me In The Dark in?

C major, at about 72 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Meet Me In The Dark?

Double-skip footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Meet Me In The Dark 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.