Piano chords · Blues & boogie
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Cole Porter
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1944
- Easy
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 Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye without reading music. The left hand plays jazz walk (walking bass) and the right hand heartbeat chords.
The main tune of Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye accompaniment in letter notes
The Fm7 – Bbsus4 – Bb7 – Eb – Fm7 – Gb – Fb7 – Ebmaj7 – Eb – Eb7 loop with jazz walk in the left hand and heartbeat chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
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 Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
What are the letter notes for the Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye 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 Fm7 – Bbsus4 – Bb7 – Eb – Fm7 – Gb – Fb7 – Ebmaj7 – Eb – Eb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye?
The loop is Fm7 – Bbsus4 – Bb7 – Eb – Fm7 – Gb – Fb7 – Ebmaj7 – Eb – Eb7 (ii7 – Vsus4 – V7 – I – ii7 – bIII – bII7 – Imaj7 – I – I7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Fm – Bb7 – Eb.
What key is Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye in?
Eb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye?
Jazz walk: walking bass, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 10 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 5 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.