Trying To Get To You Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn Trying To Get To You in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: C – Bb – C – F
How it goes
Trying To Get To You sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; Bb is Bb, D and F; F is F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CVBbIVCVFI
- CC · E · G
- BbBb · D · F
- FF · A · C
25 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Lazy footsteps
How it goes
One long low note, then two calm steps to finish the bar. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 3 · 4 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Lazy footstepsRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Trotting-sleigh chords
How it goes
Three quick chords on every beat: a rolling, joyful gallop. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Trotting-sleigh chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handTricky
4
Both hands at 95 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 – C – F
How it goes
The last chords are I – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FCF

What chords are in Trying To Get To You?

The loop is C – Bb – C – F (V – IV – V – I) in F major, and the song ends on F – C – F.

What key is Trying To Get To You in?

F major, at about 95 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Trying To Get To You?

Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Trying To Get To You easy to play on piano?

It is a tricky one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.