This Is What You Came For Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn This Is What You Came For in 5 steps

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

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Chords: F – G – Am – F
This Is What You Came For sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; G is G, B and D; Am is A, C and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FIVGVAmviFIV
- FF · A · C
- GG · B · D
- AmA · C · E
55 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Cartwheel heartbeat
Five evenly spaced notes roll across the beats, then land on 4. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 1a · 2& · 3e · 4 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 89 songs of the library.
Cartwheel heartbeatRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Drip-drop slide
Taps on the top note just off the beat, then a slide one step down. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Drip-drop slideTwo-note ostinato · BalladRight handMedium
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Both hands at 120 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 – C
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGC
- CC · E · G

What chords are in This Is What You Came For?

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

What key is This Is What You Came For in?

C major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in This Is What You Came For?

Cartwheel heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2& · 3e · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is This Is What You Came For 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.