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I Can't Go There: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Kenny Chesney

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Left hand Three-step climbRight hand Late-knock 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 I Can't Go There without reading music. The left hand plays three-step climb (broken chord 1-5-8) and the right hand late-knock chords.

I Can't Go There accompaniment in letter notes

The C – F – C – Dm loop with three-step climb in the left hand and late-knock chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 C4
Bar 2
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 C3 F3
Bar 3
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 C4
Bar 4
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4 A4 D5 F5 A5 D6 F6 A6
LD2 A2 D3
Bar 5
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 C4
Bar 6
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 C3 F3
Bar 7
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 C4
Bar 8
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5
LD2 A2 D3

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 I Can't Go There

What are the letter notes for the I Can't Go There 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 C – F – C – Dm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Can't Go There?

The loop is C – F – C – Dm (V – I – V – vi) in F major, and the song ends on Gm – C – F.

What key is I Can't Go There in?

F major, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in I Can't Go There?

Three-step climb: broken chord 1-5-8, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Can't Go There 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.