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I Wish I Could Go Back To College: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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  • A major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Lazy footstepsRight hand Gear-shift 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 Wish I Could Go Back To College without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand gear-shift chords.

I Wish I Could Go Back To College accompaniment in letter notes

The Dm – A – E – F#m loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and gear-shift chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Dm
RA4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5
LD2 D3 D2
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
LA2 A3 A2
Bar 3
E
RB4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5
LE2 E3 E2
Bar 4
F#m
RC#5+F#5+A5 C#5+F#5+A5 C#5+F#5+A5 C#5+F#5+A5 E4 F#4 G#4 A4 B4 C#5 D5 E5
LF#2 F#3 F#2
Bar 5
Dm
RA4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5
LD2 D3 D2
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
LA2 A3 A2
Bar 7
E
RB4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5
LE2 E3 E2
Bar 8
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
LF#2 F#3 F#2

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 Wish I Could Go Back To College

What are the letter notes for the I Wish I Could Go Back To College 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 Dm – A – E – F#m, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Wish I Could Go Back To College?

The loop is Dm – A – E – F#m (iv – I – V – vi) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.

What key is I Wish I Could Go Back To College in?

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

What does the left hand play in I Wish I Could Go Back To College?

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

Is I Wish I Could Go Back To College 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.