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Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Willie Nelson

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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 Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me) without reading music. The left hand plays little steps (broken chord 1-3-5-3) and the right hand soft chords.

Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me) accompaniment in letter notes

The F – Bb – C – F loop with little steps in the left hand and soft chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 A2 C3 A2
Bar 2
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 D3 F3 D3
Bar 3
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 E3 G3 E3
Bar 4
F
RC5+F5+A5 Bb4 A4 G4 A4 D5 C5 Bb4 C5
LF2 A2 C3 A2
Bar 5
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 A2 C3 A2
Bar 6
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 D3 F3 D3
Bar 7
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 E3 G3 E3
Bar 8
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 A2 C3 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 Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)

What are the letter notes for the Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me) 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 F – Bb – C – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)?

The loop is F – Bb – C – F (I – IV – V – I) in F major, and the song ends on F – Gm – F.

What key is Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me) in?

F major, at about 148 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)?

Little steps: broken chord 1-3-5-3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me) 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.