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I Don’t Care: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Peter Wentz, Patrick Stump & others
- F# minor
- 4/4
- 128 BPM
- 2008
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
I Don’t Care written out as piano music: the I5 – bIII5 – IV5 – bIII5 loop in F# minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays chugging-train pulse (root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4) and the right hand double-skip chords.
I Don’t Care chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in F# minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F# | I | F# A# C# |
| 2 | A | III | A C# E |
| 3 | B | IV | B D# F# |
| 4 | A | III | A C# E |
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: chugging-train pulse (root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4) in the left hand and double-skip chords in the right, over the F# – A – B – A 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.
Play next
The same left hand: Chugging-train pulse
Questions about I Don’t Care
Does the sheet music for I Don’t Care 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 Don’t Care?
The loop is F# – A – B – A (I5 – bIII5 – IV5 – bIII5) in F# minor, and the song ends on D – E – F#m.
What key is I Don’t Care in?
F# minor, at about 128 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Don’t Care?
Chugging-train pulse: root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Don’t Care 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.