You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly! Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly! in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Bb7 – Eb – Bb7 – Eb
How it goes
You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly! sits in Eb major: Eb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Bb7 is Bb, D, F and Ab; Eb is Eb, G and Bb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
Bb7V7EbIBb7V7EbI
- Bb7Bb · D · F · Ab
- EbEb · G · Bb
414 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Three-step climb
How it goes
Root, fifth, octave, then let it ring. Musicians call it broken chord 1-5-8 (broken chord), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Three-step climbBroken chord · BalladLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Hopscotch bells
How it goes
A high bell note, a chord, a skipped beat, and one more chord. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Hopscotch bellsBlock chords · PopRight handEasy
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.
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Ending: Eb – Fm – Eb
How it goes
The last chords are I – ii – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
EbFmEb
- FmF · Ab · C

What chords are in You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!?

The loop is Bb7 – Eb – Bb7 – Eb (V7 – I – V7 – I) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Fm – Eb.

What key is You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly! in?

Eb major, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!?

Three-step climb: broken chord 1-5-8, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly! 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.