Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play You Make Me on piano
By Avicii
- F# major
- 4/4
- 125 BPM
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
Learn You Make Me in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: D#m – C#7 – B – G#m
How it goes
You Make Me sits in F# major: F# is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D#m is D#, F# and A#; C#7 is C#, E#, G# and B; B is B, D# and F#; G#m is G#, B and D#. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
D#mviC#7V7BIVG#mii- D#mD# · F# · A#
- C#7C# · E# · G# · B
- BB · D# · F#
- G#mG# · B · D#
- 2
Left hand: Lub-dub heartbeat
How it goes
Two quick beats, a pause, two quick beats: just like a real heart. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 1& · 3 · 3& (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 294 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Dewdrop twinkle
How it goes
Two low, close notes twinkling up and back like morning dew. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 125 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: B – C# – F#
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BC#F#- C#C# · E# · G#
- F#F# · A# · C#
Play next
Questions about You Make Me
What chords are in You Make Me?
The loop is D#m – C#7 – B – G#m (vi – V7 – IV5 – ii) in F# major, and the song ends on B – C# – F#.
What key is You Make Me in?
F# major, at about 125 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in You Make Me?
Lub-dub heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 1& · 3 · 3&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is You Make Me 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.