Piano chords · Rock drive

Come to the Water: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Kristian Stanfill & Brett Younker

C major
4/4
78 BPM
I–Isus–I–Isus loop
2012
Medium

Tuning the piano…

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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 Come to the Water without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand ticking clock.

Come to the Water accompaniment in letter notes

The C – Csus4 – C – Csus4 loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
CRC4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3

Bar 2
Csus4RC4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3

Bar 3
CRC4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3

Bar 4
Csus4RC4 C4 C4 C4 C7 G6 F6 C6 Ab5 G5 F#5 F5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3

Bar 5
CRC4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3

Bar 6
Csus4RC4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3

Bar 7
CRC4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3

Bar 8
Csus4RC4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3

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.

Play next

The same I–Isus–I–Isus loop

About this progression

The same left hand: Engine 8ths

About this pattern

Questions about Come to the Water

What are the letter notes for the Come to the Water 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 C – Csus4 – C – Csus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Come to the Water?

The loop is C – Csus4 – C – Csus4 (I – Isus – I – Isus) in C major, and the song ends on C – F – C.

What key is Come to the Water in?

C major, at about 78 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Come to the Water?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Come to the Water 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.