Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
I Will Always Love You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Dolly Parton
- A major
- 4/4
- 66 BPM
- IV–V7–I–vi loop
- 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 Will Always Love You without reading music. The left hand plays doorbell ding-dong (broken chord 8-8-5-5) and the right hand marching chords.
I Will Always Love You accompaniment in letter notes
The D – E7 – A – F#m loop with doorbell ding-dong in the left hand and marching 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 Will Always Love You
What are the letter notes for the I Will Always Love You 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 D – E7 – A – F#m, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Will Always Love You?
The loop is D – E7 – A – F#m (IV – V7 – I – vi) in A major, and the song ends on D – E7 – A.
What key is I Will Always Love You in?
A major, at about 66 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Will Always Love You?
Doorbell ding-dong: broken chord 8-8-5-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Will Always Love You 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.