Super Simple Chords

Piano chords · Dreamy ballad

Help Yourself: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Tom Jones

Tuning the piano…
Learn it
Style

Left hand Double-tap dropRight hand Sleep-in chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Help Yourself without reading music. The left hand plays double-tap drop (broken chord 8-8-5) and the right hand sleep-in chords.

Help Yourself accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Fm – Bb7 – Eb loop with double-tap drop in the left hand and sleep-in chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 C5+F5+A5
LEb3 Eb3 Bb2
Bar 2
Fm
RC5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 D5+G5+B5
LF3 F3 C3
Bar 3
Bb7
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 G4+C5+E5
LBb3 Bb3 F3
Bar 4
Eb
RG4 Bb4 Eb5 G5 Bb5 Eb6 G6 Bb6
LEb3 Eb3 Bb2
Bar 5
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 C5+F5+A5
LEb3 Eb3 Bb2
Bar 6
Fm
RC5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 D5+G5+B5
LF3 F3 C3
Bar 7
Bb7
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 G4+C5+E5
LBb3 Bb3 F3
Bar 8
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 C5+F5+A5
LEb3 Eb3 Bb2

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 Help Yourself

What are the letter notes for the Help Yourself 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 Eb – Fm – Bb7 – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Help Yourself?

The loop is Eb – Fm – Bb7 – Eb (I – ii – V7 – I) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Help Yourself in?

Eb major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Help Yourself?

Double-tap drop: broken chord 8-8-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Help Yourself 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.