You Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn You in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: A – F#m – Bm – D
You sits in A major: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: A is A, C# and E; F#m is F#, A and C#; Bm is B, D and F#; D is D, F# and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AIF#mviBmiiDIV
- AA · C# · E
- F#mF# · A · C#
- BmB · D · F#
- DD · F# · A
12 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Busy-bee pulse
Busy and bouncy, with pushes before beat 3 and at the very end. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4 · 4& (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 176 songs of the library.
Busy-bee pulseRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handMedium
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Right hand: Pumping chords
A chord on every eighth note, driving the song forward. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Pumping chordsPumping 8ths · RockRight handMedium
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Both hands at 96 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: Bm – D – A
The last chords are ii – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BmDA

What chords are in You?

The loop is A – F#m – Bm – D (I – vi – ii – IV) in A major, and the song ends on Bm – D – A.

What key is You in?

A major, at about 96 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in You?

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

Is You 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.