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Famous Last Words Of A Fool: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Dean Dillon & Rex Huston

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Left hand Oom-pah-pahThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 Famous Last Words Of A Fool without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah-pah (waltz oom-pah-pah), and the right hand sings the tune.

Famous Last Words Of A Fool accompaniment in letter notes

The Em – A7 – D – G loop with oom-pah-pah in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 G2+B2 G2+B2
Bar 2
A7
RA3+C#4+E4
LA2 C#3+E3 C#3+E3
Bar 3
D
RD4+F#4+A4
LD2 F#2+A2 F#2+A2
Bar 4
G
RG4+B4+D5 G4 B4 D5 G5 B5 D6 G6 B6
LG2 B2+D3 B2+D3
Bar 5
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 G2+B2 G2+B2
Bar 6
A7
RA3+C#4+E4
LA2 C#3+E3 C#3+E3
Bar 7
D
RD4+F#4+A4
LD2 F#2+A2 F#2+A2
Bar 8
G
RG4+B4+D5
LG2 B2+D3 B2+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 Famous Last Words Of A Fool

What are the letter notes for the Famous Last Words Of A Fool 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 Em – A7 – D – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Famous Last Words Of A Fool?

The loop is Em – A7 – D – G (ii – V7 – I – IV) in D major, and the song ends on Em – A – D.

What key is Famous Last Words Of A Fool in?

D major, at about 120 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in Famous Last Words Of A Fool?

Oom-pah-pah: waltz oom-pah-pah, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Famous Last Words Of A Fool 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.