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Days Of Wine And Roses: piano accompaniment sheet music

By Johnny Mercer

  • F major
  • 4/4
  • 110 BPM
  • 1962
  • Medium
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Left hand Open skyRight hand Freeze-tag chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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Days Of Wine And Roses written out as piano music: the I – bVII – bVI – bVII loop in F major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays open sky (open arpeggio 1-5-10) and the right hand freeze-tag chords.

Days Of Wine And Roses chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in F major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1FIF A C
2EbbVIIEb G Bb
3DbbVIDb F Ab
4EbbVIIEb G Bb

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: open sky (open arpeggio 1-5-10) in the left hand and freeze-tag chords in the right, over the F – Eb – Db – Eb 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 Days Of Wine And Roses

Does the sheet music for Days Of Wine And Roses 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 Days Of Wine And Roses?

The loop is F – Eb – Db – Eb (I – bVII – bVI – bVII) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is Days Of Wine And Roses in?

F major, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Days Of Wine And Roses?

Open sky: open arpeggio 1-5-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Days Of Wine And Roses 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.