Piano chords · Bossa beach
How to play Only Wanna Be With You on piano
By Hootie & The Blowfish
- F major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- 1994
- Medium
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Learn Only Wanna Be With You in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: F – Csus4 – F – Csus4
How it goes
Only Wanna Be With You sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; Csus4 is C, F and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FICsus4Vsus4FICsus4Vsus4- FF · A · C
- Csus4C · F · G
- 2
Left hand: Bossa sway
How it goes
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.
- 3
Right hand: Zigzag chords
How it goes
Steady at first, then a quick zigzag of chords around beat 3. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 120 BPM
How it goes
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: Bb – C – F
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbCF- BbBb · D · F
- CC · E · G
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Questions about Only Wanna Be With You
What chords are in Only Wanna Be With You?
The loop is F – Csus4 – F – Csus4 (I – Vsus – I – Vsus) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.
What key is Only Wanna Be With You in?
F major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Only Wanna Be With 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 Only Wanna Be With 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.