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I Can’t Quit You Baby: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Otis Rush

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Left hand Little-hill climbRight hand Hand-clap 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 Quit You Baby without reading music. The left hand plays little-hill climb (broken chord 1-3-5-1) and the right hand hand-clap chords.

I Can’t Quit You Baby accompaniment in letter notes

The A – Bb – A – Bb loop with little-hill climb in the left hand and hand-clap chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 C#3 E3 A2
Bar 2
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 D3 F3 Bb2
Bar 3
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 C#3 E3 A2
Bar 4
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 F4 Bb4 D5 F5 Bb5 D6 F6 Bb6
LBb2 D3 F3 Bb2
Bar 5
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 C#3 E3 A2
Bar 6
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 D3 F3 Bb2
Bar 7
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 C#3 E3 A2
Bar 8
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 D3 F3 Bb2

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 Quit You Baby

What are the letter notes for the I Can’t Quit You Baby 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 A – Bb – A – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Can’t Quit You Baby?

The loop is A – Bb – A – Bb (I – bII – I – bII) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.

What key is I Can’t Quit You Baby in?

A major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Can’t Quit You Baby?

Little-hill climb: broken chord 1-3-5-1, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Can’t Quit You Baby 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.