Piano chords · Waltz garden
If I Ain’t Got You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Alicia Keys
- G major
- 3/4
- 144 BPM
- 2003
- 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 If I Ain’t Got You without reading music. The left hand plays waltz roots (root bass · 3/4 quarters) and the right hand waltz chords.
The main tune of If I Ain’t Got You in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
If I Ain’t Got You accompaniment in letter notes
The Am7 – Am7 – Gmaj7 – Gmaj7 – Am7 – Bm7 loop with waltz roots in the left hand and waltz 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 If I Ain’t Got You
What are the letter notes for the If I Ain’t Got 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 Am7 – Am7 – Gmaj7 – Gmaj7 – Am7 – Bm7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in If I Ain’t Got You?
The loop is Am7 – Am7 – Gmaj7 – Gmaj7 – Am7 – Bm7 (ii7 – Imaj7 – ii7 – iii7 – ii7 – Imaj7) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is If I Ain’t Got You in?
G major, at about 144 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in If I Ain’t Got You?
Waltz roots: root bass · 3/4 quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is If I Ain’t Got You easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 6 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of If I Ain’t Got You?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.