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I'm Always Chasing Rainbows: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Henry Carroll

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Left hand Lazy seesawRight hand Hopscotch bellsChords 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'm Always Chasing Rainbows without reading music. The left hand plays lazy seesaw (root–fifth 1-5-5) and the right hand hopscotch bells.

I'm Always Chasing Rainbows accompaniment in letter notes

The G – D7 – G – C loop with lazy seesaw in the left hand and hopscotch bells in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G
RG5 F#4+B4+D5 F#4+B4+D5
LG2 D3 D3
Bar 2
D7
RD5 C4+F#4+A4 C4+F#4+A4
LD2 A2 A2
Bar 3
G
RG5 F#4+B4+D5 F#4+B4+D5
LG2 D3 D3
Bar 4
C
RC5 B3+E4+G4 E6 D6 C6 B5 A5 G5 F#5 E5
LC3 G3 G3
Bar 5
G
RG5 F#4+B4+D5 F#4+B4+D5
LG2 D3 D3
Bar 6
D7
RD5 C4+F#4+A4 C4+F#4+A4
LD2 A2 A2
Bar 7
G
RG5 F#4+B4+D5 F#4+B4+D5
LG2 D3 D3
Bar 8
C
RC5 B3+E4+G4 B3+E4+G4
LC3 G3 G3

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'm Always Chasing Rainbows

What are the letter notes for the I'm Always Chasing Rainbows 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 – D7 – G – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I'm Always Chasing Rainbows?

The loop is G – D7 – G – C (I – V7 – I – IV) in G major, and the song ends on A7 – D7 – G.

What key is I'm Always Chasing Rainbows in?

G major, at about 112 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in I'm Always Chasing Rainbows?

Lazy seesaw: root–fifth 1-5-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I'm Always Chasing Rainbows 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.