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For Those Tears I Died: piano accompaniment sheet music

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For Those Tears I Died written out as piano music: the I – vi – IV – V7 loop in E major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays swan glide (broken chord 1-3-5-3-5-3 (3/4)) and the right hand sleepy waltz chords.

For Those Tears I Died chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in E major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1EIE G# B
2C#mviC# E G#
3AIVA C# E
4B7V7B D# F# A

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: swan glide (broken chord 1-3-5-3-5-3 (3/4)) in the left hand and sleepy waltz chords in the right, over the E – C#m – A – B7 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 For Those Tears I Died

Does the sheet music for For Those Tears I Died 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 For Those Tears I Died?

The loop is E – C#m – A – B7 (I – vi – IV – V7) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.

What key is For Those Tears I Died in?

E major, at about 113 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in For Those Tears I Died?

Swan glide: broken chord 1-3-5-3-5-3 (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is For Those Tears I Died 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.