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How to play Somewhere With You on piano

By Kenny Chesney

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Left hand Island pulseRight hand Ticking clockChords the loop the song repeats most

Learn Somewhere With You in 5 steps

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

  1. 1

    Chords: C#m – B – A – B

    Somewhere With You sits in C# minor: C# is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C#m is C#, E and G#; B is B, D# and F#; A is A, C# and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.

    C#miBVIIAVIBVII
    • C#mC# · E · G#
    • BB · D# · F#
    • AA · C# · E
    17 songs go round the same chords
  2. 2

    Left hand: Island pulse

    Three, three, two: the island rhythm in so many pop hits. Musicians call it root bass · tresillo 3-3-2 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.

  3. 3

    Right hand: Ticking clock

    One high note repeated on every quick beat: tick, tick, tick. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.

  4. 4

    Both hands at 110 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. 5

    Ending: A – B – C#m

    The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.

    ABC#m

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Questions about Somewhere With You

What chords are in Somewhere With You?

The loop is C#m – B – A – B (i – bVII – bVI – bVII) in C# minor, and the song ends on A – B – C#m.

What key is Somewhere With You in?

C# minor, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Somewhere With You?

Island pulse: root bass · tresillo 3-3-2, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Somewhere 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.