You Never Let Go Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn You Never Let Go in 5 steps

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

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Chords: C – Am – G – F
You Never Let Go sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; Am is A, C and E; G is G, B and D; F is F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CIAmviGVFIV
- CC · E · G
- AmA · C · E
- GG · B · D
- FF · A · C
42 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Tick-tick-boom pulse
Two quick low notes and a high one, twice: ta-ta-DUM, ta-ta-DUM. Musicians call it root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 479 songs of the library.
Tick-tick-boom 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 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.
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Ending: F – G – C
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGC

What chords are in You Never Let Go?

The loop is C – Am – G – F (I – vi – V – IV) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is You Never Let Go in?

C major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in You Never Let Go?

Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is You Never Let Go 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.