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I Never Had A Chance: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Irving Berlin

  • C major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 1934
  • Easy
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Left hand Lazy footstepsRight hand Steady 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 Never Had A Chance without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand steady chords.

I Never Had A Chance accompaniment in letter notes

The G7 – Dm – G7 – Dm loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G3 G2
Bar 2
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5
LD2 D3 D2
Bar 3
G7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G3 G2
Bar 4
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 E4 F4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5 E5
LD2 D3 D2
Bar 5
G7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G3 G2
Bar 6
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5
LD2 D3 D2
Bar 7
G7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G3 G2
Bar 8
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5
LD2 D3 D2

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 Never Had A Chance

What are the letter notes for the I Never Had A Chance 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 G7 – Dm – G7 – Dm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Never Had A Chance?

The loop is G7 – Dm – G7 – Dm (V7 – ii – V7 – ii) in C major, and the song ends on C – G7 – C.

What key is I Never Had A Chance in?

C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Never Had A Chance?

Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Never Had A Chance 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.