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A Little Too Late: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Toby Keith, Scotty Emerick & others

  • C major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 2006
  • Easy
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Left hand Take-off climbRight hand Hopscotch chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 Little Too Late without reading music. The left hand plays take-off climb (broken chord 1-1-3-5) and the right hand hopscotch chords.

A Little Too Late accompaniment in letter notes

The Am – C7 – F – G loop with take-off climb in the left hand and hopscotch chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4 C4+E4
LA2 A2 C3 E3
Bar 2
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC3 C3 E3 G3
Bar 3
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5 A4+C5
LF2 F2 A2 C3
Bar 4
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5 G4 B4 D5 G5 B5 D6 G6 B6
LG2 G2 B2 D3
Bar 5
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4 C4+E4
LA2 A2 C3 E3
Bar 6
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC3 C3 E3 G3
Bar 7
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5 A4+C5
LF2 F2 A2 C3
Bar 8
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5 B4+D5
LG2 G2 B2 D3

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 Little Too Late

What are the letter notes for the A Little Too Late 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 – C7 – F – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in A Little Too Late?

The loop is Am – C7 – F – G (vi – I7 – IV – V) in C major, and the song ends on C – G7 – C.

What key is A Little Too Late in?

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

What does the left hand play in A Little Too Late?

Take-off climb: broken chord 1-1-3-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is A Little Too Late 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.