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I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
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- Bb major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- ii–V–ii–V loop
- Easy
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 Wasn’t Made For These Times without reading music. The left hand plays giant steps (lh chords) and the right hand heartbeat chords.
I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times accompaniment in letter notes
The Cm – F – Cm – F loop with giant steps in the left hand and heartbeat 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 Just Wasn’t Made For These Times
What are the letter notes for the I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times 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 Cm – F – Cm – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times?
The loop is Cm – F – Cm – F (ii – V – ii – V) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times in?
Bb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times?
Giant steps: lh chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.