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I’ll Stick Around: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by David Grohl

  • G major
  • 4/4
  • 120 BPM
  • 1995
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Sleep-in 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 Stick Around without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand sleep-in chords.

I’ll Stick Around accompaniment in letter notes

The G – Eb – C – F loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and sleep-in chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 E5+A5+C#6
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 2
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 C5+F5+A5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 3
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 A4+D5+F#5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 4
F
RA6 F6 C6 A5 Gb5 F5 E5 Eb5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 5
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 E5+A5+C#6
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 6
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 C5+F5+A5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 7
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 A4+D5+F#5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 8
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 D5+G5+B5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2

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 Stick Around

What are the letter notes for the I’ll Stick Around 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 G – Eb – C – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I’ll Stick Around?

The loop is G – Eb – C – F (I5 – bVI5 – IV5 – bVII5) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.

What key is I’ll Stick Around in?

G major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I’ll Stick Around?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I’ll Stick Around easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.