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I Thought I’d Seen Everything: piano accompaniment sheet music

Written by Bryan Adams, Eliot Kennedy & others

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Left hand Tick-tick-boom pulseRight hand Double-clap chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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I Thought I’d Seen Everything written out as piano music: the I – ii – I – ii loop in G major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays tick-tick-boom pulse (root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4) and the right hand double-clap chords.

I Thought I’d Seen Everything chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in G major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1GIG B D
2AmiiA C E
3GIG B D
4AmiiA C E

What the sheet music shows

The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: tick-tick-boom pulse (root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4) in the left hand and double-clap chords in the right, over the G – Am – G – Am chords.

Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.

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Questions about I Thought I’d Seen Everything

Does the sheet music for I Thought I’d Seen Everything have finger numbers?

Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.

What chords are in I Thought I’d Seen Everything?

The loop is G – Am – G – Am (I – ii – I – ii) in G major, and the song ends on G – Am – G.

What key is I Thought I’d Seen Everything in?

G major, at about 132 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Thought I’d Seen Everything?

Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Thought I’d Seen Everything 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.