Super Simple Chords

Piano chords · Rock drive

U Get Me High: piano accompaniment sheet music

By Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

  • F# minor
  • 4/4
  • 120 BPM
  • 2013
  • Medium
Tuning the piano…
Learn it
Learn it
Style

Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Pumping chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

Play the full song with sheet music

U Get Me High written out as piano music: the I5 – bVII5 – bIII5 – bVI5 loop in F# minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand pumping chords.

U Get Me High chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in F# minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1F#IF# A# C#
2EVIIE G# B
3AIIIA C# E
4DVID F# A

What the sheet music shows

The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) in the left hand and pumping chords in the right, over the F# – E – A – D chords.

Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.

Play next

Questions about U Get Me High

Does the sheet music for U Get Me High have finger numbers?

Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.

What chords are in U Get Me High?

The loop is F# – E – A – D (I5 – bVII5 – bIII5 – bVI5) in F# minor, and the song ends on D – E – F#m.

What key is U Get Me High in?

F# minor, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in U Get Me High?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is U Get Me High 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.