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How to play There You Go on piano

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Learn There You Go in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: Am – E7 – Am – E7
How it goes
There You Go sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Am is A, C and E; E7 is E, G#, B and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AmviE7III7AmviE7III7
- AmA · C · E
- E7E · G# · B · D
24 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Marching giant
How it goes
Thick three-note chords on every beat, rocking between two shapes. Musicians call it lh triads (left-hand chords), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Marching giantLeft-hand chords · RockLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Ticking clock
How it goes
One high note repeated on every quick beat: tick, tick, tick. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Ticking clockRepeated-note pulse · RockRight handMedium
4
Both hands at 100 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: F – G – C
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGC
- FF · A · C
- GG · B · D
- CC · E · G

What chords are in There You Go?

The loop is Am – E7 – Am – E7 (vi – III7 – vi – III7) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is There You Go in?

C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in There You Go?

Marching giant: lh triads, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is There You Go 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.