Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play You Move Me on piano
By Garth Brooks
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 90 BPM
- I–V–IV–I loop
- 1996
- Medium
Learn You Move Me in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Bb – F – Eb – Bb
You Move Me sits in Bb major: Bb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Bb is Bb, D and F; F is F, A and C; Eb is Eb, G and Bb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
BbIFVEbIVBbI- BbBb · D · F
- FF · A · C
- EbEb · G · Bb
- 2
Left hand: Galloping heartbeat
Ta-DUM, ta-DUM: quick pickups into beats 2 and 4, like hooves. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 3 · 3a · 4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 115 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: the chords, held
In this song the right hand mostly plays the tune itself. Hold the chords lightly, or play the melody over the left hand.
- 4
Both hands at 90 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.
- 5
Ending: F – Eb – Bb
The last chords are V – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FEbBb
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Questions about You Move Me
What chords are in You Move Me?
The loop is Bb – F – Eb – Bb (I – V – IV – I) in Bb major, and the song ends on F – Eb – Bb.
What key is You Move Me in?
Bb major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in You Move Me?
Galloping heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 3 · 3a · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is You Move 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.