Piano chords · Rock drive
Don’t Close Your Eyes: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Bob McDill
- G major
- 4/4
- 84 BPM
- V–I–V–vi loop
- 1988
- Medium
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 Don’t Close Your Eyes without reading music. The left hand plays rock hop (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4) and the right hand telegraph taps.
Don’t Close Your Eyes accompaniment in letter notes
The D – G – D – Em loop with rock hop in the left hand and telegraph taps 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 Don’t Close Your Eyes
What are the letter notes for the Don’t Close Your Eyes 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 D – G – D – Em, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Don’t Close Your Eyes?
The loop is D – G – D – Em (V – I – V – vi) in G major, and the song ends on G – Am – G.
What key is Don’t Close Your Eyes in?
G major, at about 84 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Don’t Close Your Eyes?
Rock hop: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Don’t Close Your Eyes 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.