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I'll Come Running Back To You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Sam Cooke

  • Ab major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 1951
  • Easy
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Left hand Boom-chickRight hand Steady 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'll Come Running Back To You without reading music. The left hand plays boom-chick (boom-chick) and the right hand steady chords.

I'll Come Running Back To You accompaniment in letter notes

The Ab – C7 – Db – Ab loop with boom-chick in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb3 C4+Eb4 Eb3 C4+Eb4
Bar 2
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC4 E4+G4 G3 E4+G4
Bar 3
Db
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5
LDb4 F4+Ab4 Ab3 F4+Ab4
Bar 4
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 Ab6 Eb6 C6 Ab5 G5 Gb5 F5 Fb5
LAb3 C4+Eb4 Eb3 C4+Eb4
Bar 5
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb3 C4+Eb4 Eb3 C4+Eb4
Bar 6
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC4 E4+G4 G3 E4+G4
Bar 7
Db
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5
LDb4 F4+Ab4 Ab3 F4+Ab4
Bar 8
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb3 C4+Eb4 Eb3 C4+Eb4

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'll Come Running Back To You

What are the letter notes for the I'll Come Running Back To 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 Ab – C7 – Db – Ab, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I'll Come Running Back To You?

The loop is Ab – C7 – Db – Ab (I – III7 – IV – I) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.

What key is I'll Come Running Back To You in?

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

What does the left hand play in I'll Come Running Back To You?

Boom-chick: boom-chick, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I'll Come Running Back To 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.