Super Simple Chords

Piano chords · Blues & boogie

Good Morning Heartache: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Billie Holiday

  • F major
  • 2/2
  • 80 BPM
  • 1945
  • Easy
Tuning the piano…
Learn it
Learn it
Style

Left hand Velvet jazzThe 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 Good Morning Heartache without reading music. The left hand plays velvet jazz (lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3)), and the right hand sings the tune.

Good Morning Heartache accompaniment in letter notes

The Cm – Ab – Cm – F loop with velvet jazz in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4
LC4+Bb4 C4+Eb4 C3
Bar 2
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb3+Gb4 Ab3+C4 Ab2
Bar 3
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4
LC4+Bb4 C4+Eb4 C3
Bar 4
F
RF4+A4+C5 Ab4 A4 C5 D5 C5 A4 Ab4 F4
LF3+Eb4 F3+A3 F2
Bar 5
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4
LC4+Bb4 C4+Eb4 C3
Bar 6
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb3+Gb4 Ab3+C4 Ab2
Bar 7
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4
LC4+Bb4 C4+Eb4 C3
Bar 8
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF3+Eb4 F3+A3 F2

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.

Play next

Questions about Good Morning Heartache

What are the letter notes for the Good Morning Heartache 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 Cm – Ab – Cm – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Good Morning Heartache?

The loop is Cm – Ab – Cm – F (v – bIII – v – I) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is Good Morning Heartache in?

F major, at about 80 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Good Morning Heartache?

Velvet jazz: lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Good Morning Heartache 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.