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Everyday I Have The Blues: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Peter Chatman

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Left hand Little stepsRight hand Sprint-and-stop chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Everyday I Have The Blues without reading music. The left hand plays little steps (broken chord 1-3-5-3) and the right hand sprint-and-stop chords.

Everyday I Have The Blues accompaniment in letter notes

The G – G7 – C7 – G loop with little steps in the left hand and sprint-and-stop chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 B2 D3 B2
Bar 2
G7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 B2 D3 B2
Bar 3
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 E3 G3 E3
Bar 4
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 C5 B4 A4 B4 E5 D5 C5 D5
LG2 B2 D3 B2
Bar 5
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 B2 D3 B2
Bar 6
G7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 B2 D3 B2
Bar 7
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 E3 G3 E3
Bar 8
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 B2 D3 B2

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 Everyday I Have The Blues

What are the letter notes for the Everyday I Have The Blues 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 G – G7 – C7 – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Everyday I Have The Blues?

The loop is G – G7 – C7 – G (I – I7 – IV7 – I) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.

What key is Everyday I Have The Blues in?

G major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Everyday I Have The Blues?

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

Is Everyday I Have The Blues 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.