Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Hurt: piano accompaniment sheet music
- Bb major
- 2/2
- 100 BPM
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
Hurt written out as piano music: the V7 – I – iii – IV loop in Bb major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays open sky (open arpeggio 1-5-10) and the right hand steady chords.
Hurt chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in Bb 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 | F7 | V7 | F A C Eb |
| 2 | Bb | I | Bb D F |
| 3 | Dm | iii | D F A |
| 4 | Eb | IV | Eb G Bb |
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: open sky (open arpeggio 1-5-10) in the left hand and steady chords in the right, over the F7 – Bb – Dm – Eb 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 Hurt
Does the sheet music for Hurt 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 Hurt?
The loop is F7 – Bb – Dm – Eb (V7 – I – iii – IV) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – Ebm – Bb.
What key is Hurt in?
Bb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Hurt?
Open sky: open arpeggio 1-5-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Hurt 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.