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I Did Something Bad: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Taylor Swift, Max Martin & others

  • G minor
  • 2/2
  • 160 BPM
  • 2017
  • Easy
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Left hand Walking rootsRight hand Run-up 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 Did Something Bad without reading music. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters) and the right hand run-up chords.

I Did Something Bad accompaniment in letter notes

The Gm – Bb – Eb – Cm loop with walking roots in the left hand and run-up chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Gm
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G3 G3
Bar 2
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb3
Bar 3
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb3 Eb3
Bar 4
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 C4 D4 Eb4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5
LC3 C3 C4 C4
Bar 5
Gm
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G3 G3
Bar 6
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb3
Bar 7
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb3 Eb3
Bar 8
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C4 C4

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 Did Something Bad

What are the letter notes for the I Did Something Bad 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 Gm – Bb – Eb – Cm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Did Something Bad?

The loop is Gm – Bb – Eb – Cm (i – bIII – bVI – iv) in G minor, and the song ends on Eb – F – Gm.

What key is I Did Something Bad in?

G minor, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in I Did Something Bad?

Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Did Something Bad 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.