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I Won’t Last A Day Without You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Carpenters

  • D major
  • 4/4
  • 78 BPM
  • 1972
  • Easy
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Left hand Bossa swayRight hand Soft 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 Won’t Last A Day Without You without reading music. The left hand plays bossa sway (root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&)) and the right hand soft chords.

I Won’t Last A Day Without You accompaniment in letter notes

The D – F#m – D – G loop with bossa sway in the left hand and soft chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
D
RA4+C#5+D5+F#5 A4+C#5+D5+F#5 A4+C#5+D5+F#5
LD2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 2
F#m
RC#5+E5+F#5+A5 C#5+E5+F#5+A5 C#5+E5+F#5+A5
LF#2 F#2 F#2 F#2
Bar 3
D
RA4+C#5+D5+F#5 A4+C#5+D5+F#5 A4+C#5+D5+F#5
LD2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 4
G
RD5+F#5+G5+B5 E6 D6 C#6 B5 A5 G5 F#5 E5
LG2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 5
D
RA4+C#5+D5+F#5 A4+C#5+D5+F#5 A4+C#5+D5+F#5
LD2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 6
F#m
RC#5+E5+F#5+A5 C#5+E5+F#5+A5 C#5+E5+F#5+A5
LF#2 F#2 F#2 F#2
Bar 7
D
RA4+C#5+D5+F#5 A4+C#5+D5+F#5 A4+C#5+D5+F#5
LD2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 8
G
RD5+F#5+G5+B5 D5+F#5+G5+B5 D5+F#5+G5+B5
LG2 G2 G2 G2

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 Won’t Last A Day Without You

What are the letter notes for the I Won’t Last A Day Without 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 – F#m – D – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Won’t Last A Day Without You?

The loop is D – F#m – D – G (I – iii – I – IV) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.

What key is I Won’t Last A Day Without You in?

D major, at about 78 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Won’t Last A Day Without You?

Bossa sway: root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Won’t Last A Day Without 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.