Piano chords · Bossa beach
Can’t Fight This Feeling: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Kevin Cronin
- A major
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- I–V–vi–V loop
- 1984
- Medium
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Can’t Fight This Feeling written out as piano music: the I – V – vi – V loop in A major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays tiptoe seesaw (root–fifth 1-5-5-5) and the right hand ticking clock.
Can’t Fight This Feeling chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in A 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 | A | I | A C# E |
| 2 | E | V | E G# B |
| 3 | F#m | vi | F# A C# |
| 4 | E | V | E G# B |
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: tiptoe seesaw (root–fifth 1-5-5-5) in the left hand and ticking clock in the right, over the A – E – F#m – E 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 Can’t Fight This Feeling
Does the sheet music for Can’t Fight This Feeling 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 Can’t Fight This Feeling?
The loop is A – E – F#m – E (I – V – vi – V) in A major, and the song ends on Esus4 – E – A.
What key is Can’t Fight This Feeling in?
A major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Can’t Fight This Feeling?
Tiptoe seesaw: root–fifth 1-5-5-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Can’t Fight This Feeling 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.