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How to play You’re Welcome on piano
- C major
- 4/4
- 135 BPM
- 2016
- Medium
Learn You’re Welcome in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Am – F – C – E
You’re Welcome sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Am is A, C and E; F is F, A and C; C is C, E and G; E is E, G# and B. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AmviFIVCIEIII- AmA · C · E
- FF · A · C
- CC · E · G
- EE · G# · B
- 2
Left hand: Late-hop footsteps
Steady low-high steps with one quick extra hop after beat 3. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 659 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Swinging lantern
Two notes far apart swing back and forth like a lantern in the wind. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 135 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: C – F – C
The last chords are I – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CFC
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Questions about You’re Welcome
What chords are in You’re Welcome?
The loop is Am – F – C – E (vi – IV – I – III) in C major, and the song ends on C – F – C.
What key is You’re Welcome in?
C major, at about 135 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in You’re Welcome?
Late-hop footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is You’re Welcome 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.