Piano chords · Bossa beach
Give Them What They Want: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By David Yazbek
- G major
- 4/4
- 108 BPM
- 2004
- Easy
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 Give Them What They Want without reading music. The left hand plays bossa sway (root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&)) and the right hand steady chords.
Give Them What They Want accompaniment in letter notes
The Gm – C7 – F – Bb loop with bossa sway in the left hand and steady 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 Give Them What They Want
What are the letter notes for the Give Them What They Want 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 Gm – C7 – F – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Give Them What They Want?
The loop is Gm – C7 – F – Bb (i – IV7 – bVII – bIII) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is Give Them What They Want in?
G major, at about 108 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Give Them What They Want?
Bossa sway: root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Give Them What They Want 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.