Piano chords · Blues & boogie
I Write The Songs: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- F major
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- ii–V–ii–V loop
- 1970
- 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 Write The Songs without reading music. The left hand plays seesaw bass (root–fifth 1-5-1-5) and the right hand push chords.
I Write The Songs accompaniment in letter notes
The Gm – C – Gm – C loop with seesaw bass in the left hand and push 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 Write The Songs
What are the letter notes for the I Write The Songs 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 Gm – C – Gm – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Write The Songs?
The loop is Gm – C – Gm – C (ii – V – ii – V) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.
What key is I Write The Songs in?
F major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Write The Songs?
Seesaw bass: root–fifth 1-5-1-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Write The Songs 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.