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How to play You'll Be In My Heart (Pop Version) (from Tarzan) on piano

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Learn You'll Be In My Heart (Pop Version) (from Tarzan) in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Db – Eb – Eb7 – Cm – Cm7 – Fm
How it goes
You'll Be In My Heart (Pop Version) (from Tarzan) sits in Ab major: Ab is home, where the song ends. It goes round 6 chords: Db is Db, F and Ab; Eb is Eb, G and Bb; Eb7 is Eb, G, Bb and Db; Cm is C, Eb and G; Cm7 is C, Eb, G and Bb; Fm is F, Ab and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DbIVEbVEb7V7CmiiiCm7iii7Fmvi
- DbDb · F · Ab
- EbEb · G · Bb
- Eb7Eb · G · Bb · Db
- CmC · Eb · G
- Cm7C · Eb · G · Bb
- FmF · Ab · C
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Left hand: River roll
How it goes
Flows up five notes with a little step near the top, like a river. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-8-9-10 (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 242 songs of the library.
River rollOpen arpeggio · BalladLeft handMedium
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Right hand: Pumping chords
How it goes
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 88 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.
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Ending: Db – Eb – Ab
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DbEbAb
- AbAb · C · Eb

What chords are in You'll Be In My Heart (Pop Version) (from Tarzan)?

The loop is Db – Eb – Eb7 – Cm – Cm7 – Fm (IV – V – V7 – iii – iii7 – vi) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.

What key is You'll Be In My Heart (Pop Version) (from Tarzan) in?

Ab major, at about 88 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in You'll Be In My Heart (Pop Version) (from Tarzan)?

River roll: open arpeggio 1-5-8-9-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is You'll Be In My Heart (Pop Version) (from Tarzan) easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 6 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Can I hear the real melody of You'll Be In My Heart (Pop Version) (from Tarzan)?

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

Made from 10 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.