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Don’t Leave Me Alone: piano accompaniment sheet music

Written by David Guetta, Linus Wiklund & others

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Left hand Lub-dub heartbeatRight hand Ticking clockChords the loop the song repeats most

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Don’t Leave Me Alone written out as piano music: the I – ii – vi – IV loop in G major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays lub-dub heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 1& · 3 · 3&) and the right hand ticking clock.

Don’t Leave Me Alone chord chart

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

BarChordNumeralNotes
1GIG B D
2AmiiA C E
3EmviE G B
4CIVC E G

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: lub-dub heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 1& · 3 · 3&) in the left hand and ticking clock in the right, over the G – Am – Em – C 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 Don’t Leave Me Alone

Does the sheet music for Don’t Leave Me Alone 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 Don’t Leave Me Alone?

The loop is G – Am – Em – C (I – ii – vi – IV) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.

What key is Don’t Leave Me Alone in?

G major, at about 130 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Don’t Leave Me Alone?

Lub-dub heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 1& · 3 · 3&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Don’t Leave Me Alone 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.