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How to play The City's Yours on piano

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Learn The City's Yours in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Am – G – Am – G
The City's Yours sits in A minor: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Am is A, C and E; G is G, B and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AmiGVIIAmiGVII
- AmA · C · E
- GG · B · D
50 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Walking roots
One low note on every beat, steady as walking feet. Musicians call it root bass · quarters (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Walking rootsRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Pumping chords
A chord on every eighth note, driving the song forward. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Pumping chordsPumping 8ths · RockRight handMedium
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Both hands at 85 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: F – G – Am
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGAm
- FF · A · C

What chords are in The City's Yours?

The loop is Am – G – Am – G (i – bVII – i – bVII) in A minor, and the song ends on F – G – Am.

What key is The City's Yours in?

A minor, at about 85 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in The City's Yours?

Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The City's Yours 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.