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Only You (And You Alone): piano accompaniment sheet music
By The Platters
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 81 BPM
- 1955
- Medium
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Only You (And You Alone) written out as piano music: the I – III7 – vi – I7 loop in Ab major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays hurrying footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4&) and the right hand bouncy-ball chords.
Only You (And You Alone) chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in Ab major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ab | I | Ab C Eb |
| 2 | C7 | III7 | C E G Bb |
| 3 | Fm | vi | F Ab C |
| 4 | Ab7 | I7 | Ab C Eb Gb |
What the sheet music shows
The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: hurrying footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4&) in the left hand and bouncy-ball chords in the right, over the Ab – C7 – Fm – Ab7 chords.
Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.
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Questions about Only You (And You Alone)
Does the sheet music for Only You (And You Alone) have finger numbers?
Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.
What chords are in Only You (And You Alone)?
The loop is Ab – C7 – Fm – Ab7 (I – III7 – vi – I7) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.
What key is Only You (And You Alone) in?
Ab major, at about 81 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Only You (And You Alone)?
Hurrying footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Only You (And You Alone) 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.