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Here I Go Again: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Bernie Marsden & David Coverdale

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Left hand Lazy footstepsRight hand Soft 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 Here I Go Again without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand soft chords.

Here I Go Again accompaniment in letter notes

The D – C – D – G loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and soft chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 D3 D2
Bar 2
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 C4 C3
Bar 3
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 D3 D2
Bar 4
G
RD5+G5+B5 C4 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C5
LG2 G3 G2
Bar 5
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 D3 D2
Bar 6
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 C4 C3
Bar 7
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 D3 D2
Bar 8
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG2 G3 G2

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 Here I Go Again

What are the letter notes for the Here I Go Again 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 D – C – D – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Here I Go Again?

The loop is D – C – D – G (V – IV – V – I) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.

What key is Here I Go Again in?

G major, at about 92 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Here I Go Again?

Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Here I Go Again 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.