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A Girl Like You: piano accompaniment sheet music
By Edwyn Collins
- C minor
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- i–bVI–bVII–i loop
- 1995
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
A Girl Like You written out as piano music: the i – bVI – bVII – i loop in C minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays double-skip footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&) and the right hand eager chords.
A Girl Like You chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in C minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cm | i | C Eb G |
| 2 | Ab | VI | Ab C Eb |
| 3 | Bb | VII | Bb D F |
| 4 | Cm | i | C 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: double-skip footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&) in the left hand and eager chords in the right, over the Cm – Ab – Bb – 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 Girl Like You
Does the sheet music for A Girl Like You 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 Girl Like You?
The loop is Cm – Ab – Bb – Cm (i – bVI – bVII – i) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.
What key is A Girl Like You in?
C minor, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in A Girl Like You?
Double-skip footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is A Girl Like You 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.