Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Can't Buy Me Love: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By The Beatles
- C major
- 4/4
- 160 BPM
- IV7–I7–V7–IV7 loop
- 1964
- Easy
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 Can't Buy Me Love without reading music. The left hand plays happy wiggle (broken chord 1-5-6-5) and the right hand steady chords.
Can't Buy Me Love accompaniment in letter notes
The F7 – C7 – G7 – F7 loop with happy wiggle in the left hand and steady 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 Can't Buy Me Love
What are the letter notes for the Can't Buy Me Love 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 F7 – C7 – G7 – F7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Can't Buy Me Love?
The loop is F7 – C7 – G7 – F7 (IV7 – I7 – V7 – IV7) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is Can't Buy Me Love in?
C major, at about 160 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Can't Buy Me Love?
Happy wiggle: broken chord 1-5-6-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Can't Buy Me Love 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 5 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.