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Haven't Got Time For The Pain: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Carly Simon
- G major
- 4/4
- 92 BPM
- 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 Haven't Got Time For The Pain without reading music. The left hand plays island pulse (root bass · tresillo 3-3-2) and the right hand offbeat skank.
Haven't Got Time For The Pain accompaniment in letter notes
The G7 – F – G7 – Am loop with island pulse in the left hand and offbeat skank 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 Haven't Got Time For The Pain
What are the letter notes for the Haven't Got Time For The Pain 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 G7 – F – G7 – Am, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Haven't Got Time For The Pain?
The loop is G7 – F – G7 – Am (I7 – bVII – I7 – ii) in G major, and the song ends on Am – D – G.
What key is Haven't Got Time For The Pain in?
G major, at about 92 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Haven't Got Time For The Pain?
Island pulse: root bass · tresillo 3-3-2, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Haven't Got Time For The Pain 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.