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Ain’t Nobody Home: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Jerry Ragavoy
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 92 BPM
- I–IV–V–I loop
- 1966
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
Ain’t Nobody Home written out as piano music: the I – IV – V – I loop in Ab major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays tick-tick-boom pulse (root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4) and the right hand sleep-in chords.
Ain’t Nobody Home chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in Ab major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ab | I | Ab C Eb |
| 2 | Db | IV | Db F Ab |
| 3 | Eb | V | Eb G Bb |
| 4 | Ab | I | Ab C Eb |
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: tick-tick-boom pulse (root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4) in the left hand and sleep-in chords in the right, over the Ab – Db – Eb – Ab 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 Ain’t Nobody Home
Does the sheet music for Ain’t Nobody Home 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 Ain’t Nobody Home?
The loop is Ab – Db – Eb – Ab (I – IV – V – I) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.
What key is Ain’t Nobody Home in?
Ab major, at about 92 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Ain’t Nobody Home?
Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Ain’t Nobody Home 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.