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I Do It For You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Bryan Adams

  • Db major
  • 4/4
  • 68 BPM
  • 1991
  • Easy
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Left hand Pop heartbeatRight hand Hopscotch 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 Do It For You without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand hopscotch chords.

I Do It For You accompaniment in letter notes

The Db – Dbsus4 – Ab – Gb loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and hopscotch chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Db
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4 F4+Ab4
LDb3 Db3 Db3
Bar 2
Dbsus4
RGb4+Ab4+Db5 Gb4+Ab4 Gb4+Ab4
LDb3 Db3 Db3
Bar 3
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5 C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 4
Gb
RBb4+Db5+Gb5 Bb4+Db5 Eb4 F4 Gb4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 Db5 Eb5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2
Bar 5
Db
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4 F4+Ab4
LDb3 Db3 Db3
Bar 6
Dbsus4
RGb4+Ab4+Db5 Gb4+Ab4 Gb4+Ab4
LDb3 Db3 Db3
Bar 7
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5 C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 8
Gb
RBb4+Db5+Gb5 Bb4+Db5 Bb4+Db5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2

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 Do It For You

What are the letter notes for the I Do It For You 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 Db – Dbsus4 – Ab – Gb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Do It For You?

The loop is Db – Dbsus4 – Ab – Gb (I – Isus – V – IV) in Db major, and the song ends on Ab – Gb – Db.

What key is I Do It For You in?

Db major, at about 68 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Do It For You?

Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Do It For You 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.