You Are I Am Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn You Are I Am in 5 steps

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

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Chords: C – G – Am – F
You Are I Am sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; G is G, B and D; Am is A, C and E; F is F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CIGVAmviFIV
- CC · E · G
- GG · B · D
- AmA · C · E
- FF · A · C
266 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Tap-dance footsteps
Busy little taps around beat 2, then two calm steps to finish. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 100 songs of the library.
Tap-dance footstepsRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handMedium
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Right hand: Swing push
Three chords tumble out early with a swing, then the bar breathes. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Swing pushSyncopated chords · Blues and boogie-woogieRight handEasy
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Both hands at 88 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: Am – F – C
The last chords are vi – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
AmFC

What chords are in You Are I Am?

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

What key is You Are I Am in?

C major, at about 88 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in You Are I Am?

Tap-dance footsteps: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is You Are I Am 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.