Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play You Are The Woman on piano
Written by Rick Roberts
- D major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- 1976
- Medium
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Learn You Are The Woman in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: D – F#m – Em – A
How it goes
You Are The Woman sits in D major: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D is D, F# and A; F#m is F#, A and C#; Em is E, G and B; A is A, C# and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DIF#miiiEmiiAV- DD · F# · A
- F#mF# · A · C#
- EmE · G · B
- AA · C# · E
- 2
Left hand: Island pulse
How it goes
Three, three, two: the island rhythm in so many pop hits. Musicians call it root bass · tresillo 3-3-2 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Deep-breath chords
How it goes
A breath on beat 1, then quick chords pumping to the end. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 120 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: Em – A – D
How it goes
The last chords are ii – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
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Questions about You Are The Woman
What chords are in You Are The Woman?
The loop is D – F#m – Em – A (I – iii – ii – V) in D major, and the song ends on Em – A – D.
What key is You Are The Woman in?
D major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in You Are The Woman?
Island pulse: root bass · tresillo 3-3-2, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is You Are The Woman 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.