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How to play You Are Too Beautiful on piano

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Learn You Are Too Beautiful in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Em – A7 – Dm – G7
You Are Too Beautiful sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Em is E, G and B; A7 is A, C#, E and G; Dm is D, F and A; G7 is G, B, D and F. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
EmiiiA7VI7DmiiG7V7
- EmE · G · B
- A7A · C# · E · G
- DmD · F · A
- G7G · B · D · F
22 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Marching giant
Thick three-note chords on every beat, rocking between two shapes. Musicians call it lh triads (left-hand chords), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Marching giantLeft-hand chords · RockLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Push chords
Two quick chords and a push just before beat 3, then space. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Push chordsSyncopated chords · RockRight handEasy
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Both hands at 87 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
- FF · A · C
- GG · B · D
- CC · E · G

What chords are in You Are Too Beautiful?

The loop is Em – A7 – Dm – G7 (iii – VI7 – ii – V7) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is You Are Too Beautiful in?

C major, at about 87 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in You Are Too Beautiful?

Marching giant: lh triads, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is You Are Too Beautiful easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.