Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Neil Diamond
- G major
- 4/4
- 90 BPM
- Medium
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 Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon without reading music. The left hand plays gentle rocking (broken chord 1-5-8-5) and the right hand ticking clock.
Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon accompaniment in letter notes
The Am – D – G – Am loop with gentle rocking in the left hand and ticking clock 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 Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon
What are the letter notes for the Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon 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 Am – D – G – Am, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon?
The loop is Am – D – G – Am (ii – V – I – ii) in G major, and the song ends on Am – D – G.
What key is Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon in?
G major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon?
Gentle rocking: broken chord 1-5-8-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon 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.