Piano chords · Blues & boogie
I Got You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by James Brown
- D major
- 4/4
- 146 BPM
- 1966
- Medium
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 Got You without reading music. The left hand plays boogie walker (boogie-woogie line), and the right hand sings the tune.
The catchy part of I Got You in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
I Got You accompaniment in letter notes
The A7 – A7 – G7 – D7 loop with boogie walker in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
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 Got You
What are the letter notes for the I Got 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 A7 – A7 – G7 – D7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Got You?
The loop is A7 – A7 – G7 – D7 (V7 – IV7 – I7 – V7) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.
What key is I Got You in?
D major, at about 146 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Got You?
Boogie walker: boogie-woogie line, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Got You 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.
Can I hear the real melody of I Got You?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.