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A Guy Like You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Ping-pong bounceRight hand Hopscotch bellsChords the loop the song repeats most

The accompaniment with every note named, bar by bar: the bar sheet shows each note as a bar on the staff with its letter inside, so you can accompany A Guy Like You without reading music. The left hand plays ping-pong bounce (broken chord 8-5) and the right hand hopscotch bells.

A Guy Like You accompaniment in letter notes

The Am – D7 – G – Em loop with ping-pong bounce in the left hand and hopscotch bells in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Am
RA4 C4+E4 C4+E4
LA3 E3 A3 E3
Bar 2
D7
RD5 F#4+A4 F#4+A4
LD3 A2 D3 A2
Bar 3
G
RG5 B4+D5 B4+D5
LG3 D3 G3 D3
Bar 4
Em
RE5 G4+B4 E4 G4 B4 E5 G5 B5 E6 G6
LE3 B2 E3 B2
Bar 5
Am
RA4 C4+E4 C4+E4
LA3 E3 A3 E3
Bar 6
D7
RD5 F#4+A4 F#4+A4
LD3 A2 D3 A2
Bar 7
G
RG5 B4+D5 B4+D5
LG3 D3 G3 D3
Bar 8
Em
RE5 G4+B4 G4+B4
LE3 B2 E3 B2

How to read the bar sheet

The player above shows the treble staff (right hand) over the bass staff (left hand). Every note is a bar as long as it sounds, at its place on the staff, with its name inside, and the music scrolls past a line that marks now. The chord names run along the top.

Start with the left hand alone at a slow speed, then the right, then both. When the letters feel easy, try the sheet music.

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Questions about A Guy Like You

What are the letter notes for the A Guy Like You piano accompaniment?

Bar by bar, both hands: the bar sheet on this page names every note of the accompaniment (C4 is middle C) and plays along. The loop is Am – D7 – G – Em, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in A Guy Like You?

The loop is Am – D7 – G – Em (ii – V7 – I – vi) in G major, and the song ends on G – D7 – G.

What key is A Guy Like You in?

G major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in A Guy Like You?

Ping-pong bounce: broken chord 8-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is A Guy Like You easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

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