Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Hughie Cannon
- F major
- 2/2
- 160 BPM
- 1994
- Easy
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 Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home without reading music. The left hand plays trampoline bounce (broken chord 8-12-5-12) and the right hand hopscotch chords.
Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home accompaniment in letter notes
The G7 – C7 – F – D7 loop with trampoline bounce in the left hand and hopscotch 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 Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home
What are the letter notes for the Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home 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 G7 – C7 – F – D7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?
The loop is G7 – C7 – F – D7 (II7 – V7 – I – VI7) in F major, and the song ends on G7 – C7 – F.
What key is Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home in?
F major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?
Trampoline bounce: broken chord 8-12-5-12, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.