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(I Just) Died In Your Arms: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Cutting Crew

  • B minor
  • 4/4
  • 132 BPM
  • 1986
  • Medium
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Left hand Pop heartbeatRight hand Pumping 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 Just) Died In Your Arms without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand pumping chords.

(I Just) Died In Your Arms accompaniment in letter notes

The Em – A – F#m – Bm loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and pumping chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Em
RB4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5
LE2 E2 E2
Bar 2
A
RE4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5
LA2 A2 A2
Bar 3
F#m
RC#5+F#5+A5 C#5+F#5+A5 C#5+F#5+A5 C#5+F#5+A5 C#5+F#5+A5 C#5+F#5+A5 C#5+F#5+A5 C#5+F#5+A5
LF#2 F#2 F#2
Bar 4
Bm
RF#4+B4+D5 F#4+B4+D5 F#4+B4+D5 F#4+B4+D5 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C#5 D5
LB2 B2 B2
Bar 5
Em
RB4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5
LE2 E2 E2
Bar 6
A
RE4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5
LA2 A2 A2
Bar 7
F#m
RC#5+F#5+A5 C#5+F#5+A5 C#5+F#5+A5 C#5+F#5+A5 C#5+F#5+A5 C#5+F#5+A5 C#5+F#5+A5 C#5+F#5+A5
LF#2 F#2 F#2
Bar 8
Bm
RF#4+B4+D5 F#4+B4+D5 F#4+B4+D5 F#4+B4+D5 F#4+B4+D5 F#4+B4+D5 F#4+B4+D5 F#4+B4+D5
LB2 B2 B2

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 Just) Died In Your Arms

What are the letter notes for the (I Just) Died In Your Arms 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 Em – A – F#m – Bm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in (I Just) Died In Your Arms?

The loop is Em – A – F#m – Bm (iv – bVII – v – i) in B minor, and the song ends on G – A – Bm.

What key is (I Just) Died In Your Arms in?

B minor, at about 132 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in (I Just) Died In Your Arms?

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 Just) Died In Your Arms 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.