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A Change Would Do You Good: piano accompaniment sheet music

By Sheryl Crow

  • F major
  • 4/4
  • 112 BPM
  • 1996
  • Medium
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Left hand Dancing heartbeatRight hand Double-skip chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

A Change Would Do You Good written out as piano music: the I7 – v – I7 – v loop in F major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays dancing heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4&) and the right hand double-skip chords.

A Change Would Do You Good chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in F major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1F7I7F A C Eb
2CmvC Eb G
3F7I7F A C Eb
4CmvC Eb G

What the sheet music shows

The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: dancing heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4&) in the left hand and double-skip chords in the right, over the F7 – Cm – F7 – Cm chords.

Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.

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Questions about A Change Would Do You Good

Does the sheet music for A Change Would Do You Good have finger numbers?

Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.

What chords are in A Change Would Do You Good?

The loop is F7 – Cm – F7 – Cm (I7 – v – I7 – v) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is A Change Would Do You Good in?

F major, at about 112 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in A Change Would Do You Good?

Dancing heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is A Change Would Do You Good 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.