You Make Me Feel So Young Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn You Make Me Feel So Young in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Bb – Bdim – Cm7 – F7 – Bb – Bdim – Fm7 – F7
You Make Me Feel So Young sits in Bb major: Bb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 8 chords: Bb is Bb, D and F; Bdim is B, D and F; Cm7 is C, Eb, G and Bb; F7 is F, A, C and Eb; Fm7 is F, Ab, C and Eb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
BbIBdimbii°Cm7ii7F7V7BbIBdimbii°Fm7v7F7V7
- BbBb · D · F
- BdimB · D · F
- Cm7C · Eb · G · Bb
- F7F · A · C · Eb
- Fm7F · Ab · C · Eb
32 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Stride jumps
Deep bass, then a chord in the middle: the left hand leaps. Musicians call it stride (stride & boom-chick), an easy pattern heard in 961 songs of the library.
Stride jumpsStride & boom-chick · StrideLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Freeze-tag chords
Chord, chord-and, then freeze for the rest of the bar. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Freeze-tag chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handEasy
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Both hands at 92 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: Eb – F – Bb
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
EbFBb
- EbEb · G · Bb
- FF · A · C

What chords are in You Make Me Feel So Young?

The loop is Bb – Bdim – Cm7 – F7 – Bb – Bdim – Fm7 – F7 (I – bii° – ii7 – V7 – I – bii° – v7 – V7) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.

What key is You Make Me Feel So Young in?

Bb major, at about 92 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in You Make Me Feel So Young?

Stride jumps: stride, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is You Make Me Feel So Young easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 8 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Can I hear the real melody of You Make Me Feel So Young?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part of the song from a score, with both hands.