Piano chords · Rock drive
Before They Make Me Run: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
- G major
- 4/4
- 150 BPM
- V–I–vi–V loop
- 1978
- Medium
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 Before They Make Me Run without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand deep-breath chords.
Before They Make Me Run accompaniment in letter notes
The D – G – Em – D loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and deep-breath chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
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 Before They Make Me Run
What are the letter notes for the Before They Make Me Run 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 D – G – Em – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Before They Make Me Run?
The loop is D – G – Em – D (V – I – vi – V) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is Before They Make Me Run in?
G major, at about 150 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Before They Make Me Run?
Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Before They Make Me Run 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.