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Drink In My Hand: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Eric Church, Michael Heeney & others

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Left hand Rock’n’roll rockerRight hand Steady chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

Play the full song with sheet music

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 Drink In My Hand without reading music. The left hand plays rock’n’roll rocker (rock’n’roll 5–6 shuffle) and the right hand steady chords.

Drink In My Hand accompaniment in letter notes

The F – C – Am – F loop with rock’n’roll rocker in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RA4+C5+Eb5+F5 A4+C5+Eb5+F5 A4+C5+Eb5+F5 A4+C5+Eb5+F5
LF2+C3 F2+C3 F2+D3 F2+D3 F2+C3 F2+C3 F2+D3 F2+D3
Bar 2
C
RE4+G4+Bb4+C5 E4+G4+Bb4+C5 E4+G4+Bb4+C5 E4+G4+Bb4+C5
LC3+G3 C3+G3 C3+A3 C3+A3 C3+G3 C3+G3 C3+A3 C3+A3
Bar 3
Am
RC4+E4+G4+A4 C4+E4+G4+A4 C4+E4+G4+A4 C4+E4+G4+A4
LA2+E3 A2+E3 A2+F#3 A2+F#3 A2+E3 A2+E3 A2+F#3 A2+F#3
Bar 4
F
RA4+C5+Eb5+F5 A4+C5+Eb5+F5 Ab4 A4 C5 D5 C5 A4 Ab4 F4
LF2+C3 F2+C3 F2+D3 F2+D3 F2+C3 F2+C3 F2+D3 F2+D3
Bar 5
F
RA4+C5+Eb5+F5 A4+C5+Eb5+F5 A4+C5+Eb5+F5 A4+C5+Eb5+F5
LF2+C3 F2+C3 F2+D3 F2+D3 F2+C3 F2+C3 F2+D3 F2+D3
Bar 6
C
RE4+G4+Bb4+C5 E4+G4+Bb4+C5 E4+G4+Bb4+C5 E4+G4+Bb4+C5
LC3+G3 C3+G3 C3+A3 C3+A3 C3+G3 C3+G3 C3+A3 C3+A3
Bar 7
Am
RC4+E4+G4+A4 C4+E4+G4+A4 C4+E4+G4+A4 C4+E4+G4+A4
LA2+E3 A2+E3 A2+F#3 A2+F#3 A2+E3 A2+E3 A2+F#3 A2+F#3
Bar 8
F
RA4+C5+Eb5+F5 A4+C5+Eb5+F5 A4+C5+Eb5+F5 A4+C5+Eb5+F5
LF2+C3 F2+C3 F2+D3 F2+D3 F2+C3 F2+C3 F2+D3 F2+D3

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 Drink In My Hand

What are the letter notes for the Drink In My Hand 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 – C – Am – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Drink In My Hand?

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

What key is Drink In My Hand in?

C major, at about 112 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Drink In My Hand?

Rock’n’roll rocker: rock’n’roll 5–6 shuffle, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Drink In My Hand 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.