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I Can’t Help You Now: piano accompaniment sheet music
By Bonnie Raitt
- A major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- Medium
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I Can’t Help You Now written out as piano music: the I7 – bVII7 – I5 – I7 loop in A major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays tick-tick-boom pulse (root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4) and the right hand push chords.
I Can’t Help You Now chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in A 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 | A7 | I7 | A C# E G |
| 2 | G7 | bVII7 | G B D F |
| 3 | A | I | A C# E |
| 4 | A7 | I7 | A C# E G |
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: tick-tick-boom pulse (root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4) in the left hand and push chords in the right, over the A7 – G7 – A – A7 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 I Can’t Help You Now
Does the sheet music for I Can’t Help You Now 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 I Can’t Help You Now?
The loop is A7 – G7 – A – A7 (I7 – bVII7 – I5 – I7) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.
What key is I Can’t Help You Now in?
A major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Can’t Help You Now?
Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Can’t Help You Now 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.