Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Everybody Knows: piano accompaniment sheet music
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 84 BPM
- Medium
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Everybody Knows written out as piano music: the VII – I – iii – biii loop in Ab major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays busy rocking (broken chord 1-5) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.
Everybody Knows chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in Ab major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | G | VII | G B D |
| 2 | Ab | I | Ab C Eb |
| 3 | Cm | iii | C Eb G |
| 4 | Cbm | biii | Cb Ebb Gb |
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: busy rocking (broken chord 1-5) in the left hand and wait-a-beat chords in the right, over the G – Ab – Cm – Cbm 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 Everybody Knows
Does the sheet music for Everybody Knows 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 Everybody Knows?
The loop is G – Ab – Cm – Cbm (VII – I – iii – biii) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.
What key is Everybody Knows in?
Ab major, at about 84 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Everybody Knows?
Busy rocking: broken chord 1-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Everybody Knows 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.