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He’s Sure The Boy I Love: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
- Eb major
- 2/2
- 76 BPM
- I–vi–IV–V7 loop
- 1962
- Medium
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He’s Sure The Boy I Love written out as piano music: the I – vi – IV – V7 loop in Eb major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays lazy seesaw (root–fifth 1-5-5) and the right hand double-skip chords.
He’s Sure The Boy I Love chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in Eb major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eb | I | Eb G Bb |
| 2 | Cm | vi | C Eb G |
| 3 | Ab | IV | Ab C Eb |
| 4 | Bb7 | V7 | Bb D F Ab |
What the sheet music shows
The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: lazy seesaw (root–fifth 1-5-5) in the left hand and double-skip chords in the right, over the Eb – Cm – Ab – Bb7 chords.
Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.
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Questions about He’s Sure The Boy I Love
Does the sheet music for He’s Sure The Boy I Love have finger numbers?
Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.
What chords are in He’s Sure The Boy I Love?
The loop is Eb – Cm – Ab – Bb7 (I – vi – IV – V7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Bb7 – Eb.
What key is He’s Sure The Boy I Love in?
Eb major, at about 76 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in He’s Sure The Boy I Love?
Lazy seesaw: root–fifth 1-5-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is He’s Sure The Boy I Love easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.