Piano chords · Blues & boogie
I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Dexter Gordon
- C major
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- 1944
- Easy
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry without reading music. The left hand plays velvet jazz (lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3)) and the right hand soft chords.
I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry accompaniment in letter notes
The Gm – C7 – F – Bb7 loop with velvet jazz in the left hand and soft chords in the right. 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 Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry
What are the letter notes for the I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry 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 – C7 – F – Bb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry?
The loop is Gm – C7 – F – Bb7 (v – I7 – IV – bVII7) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry in?
C major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry?
Velvet jazz: lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry 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.