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A Thousand Kisses Deep: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Leonard Cohen & Sharon Robinson

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Left hand Pop heartbeatRight hand Late-knock chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

Play the full song with sheet music

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 Thousand Kisses Deep without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand late-knock chords.

A Thousand Kisses Deep accompaniment in letter notes

The Fm – C – Fm – C loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and late-knock chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Fm
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 2
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C3
Bar 3
Fm
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 4
C
RE4+G4+C5 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 Db5 Eb5
LC3 C3 C3
Bar 5
Fm
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 6
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C3
Bar 7
Fm
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 8
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C3

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 Thousand Kisses Deep

What are the letter notes for the A Thousand Kisses Deep 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 Fm – C – Fm – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in A Thousand Kisses Deep?

The loop is Fm – C – Fm – C (i – V – i – V) in F minor, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Fm.

What key is A Thousand Kisses Deep in?

F minor, at about 78 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in A Thousand Kisses Deep?

Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is A Thousand Kisses Deep 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.