Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
If The Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Joe Diffie
- G major
- 4/4
- 138 BPM
- 1989
- Easy
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 The Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets) without reading music. The left hand plays tumble down (broken chord 8-5-1) and the right hand run-up chords.
If The Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets) accompaniment in letter notes
The E – A7 – D7 – G loop with tumble down in the left hand and run-up 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 The Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)
What are the letter notes for the If The Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets) 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 E – A7 – D7 – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in If The Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)?
The loop is E – A7 – D7 – G (VI – II7 – V7 – I) in G major, and the song ends on A7 – D7 – G.
What key is If The Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets) in?
G major, at about 138 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in If The Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)?
Tumble down: broken chord 8-5-1, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is If The Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets) 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.