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Can't Stop Thinking About You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By George Harrison

  • E major
  • 4/4
  • 73 BPM
  • 1975
  • Easy
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Left hand Lazy footstepsRight hand Wait-a-beat chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Stop Thinking About You without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.

Can't Stop Thinking About You accompaniment in letter notes

The E – G#m – E7 – A loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and wait-a-beat chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
E
RG#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5
LE2 E3 E2
Bar 2
G#m
RB4+D#5+G#5 B4+D#5+G#5 B4+D#5+G#5
LG#2 G#3 G#2
Bar 3
E7
RG#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5
LE2 E3 E2
Bar 4
A
RC#4+E4+A4 D#4 E4 F#4 G#4 A4 B4 C#5 D#5
LA2 A3 A2
Bar 5
E
RG#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5
LE2 E3 E2
Bar 6
G#m
RB4+D#5+G#5 B4+D#5+G#5 B4+D#5+G#5
LG#2 G#3 G#2
Bar 7
E7
RG#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5
LE2 E3 E2
Bar 8
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 A3 A2

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 Stop Thinking About You

What are the letter notes for the Can't Stop Thinking About You 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 E – G#m – E7 – A, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Can't Stop Thinking About You?

The loop is E – G#m – E7 – A (I – iii – I7 – IV) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.

What key is Can't Stop Thinking About You in?

E major, at about 73 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Can't Stop Thinking About You?

Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Can't Stop Thinking About You 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.