Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
I'm Free From The Chain Gang Now: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Johnny Cash
- Ab major
- 2/2
- 132 BPM
- I–IV–I–IV loop
- Medium
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 I'm Free From The Chain Gang Now without reading music. The left hand plays rolling waves (open arpeggio 1-5-10-5) and the right hand soft chords.
I'm Free From The Chain Gang Now accompaniment in letter notes
The Ab – Db – Ab – Db loop with rolling waves in the left hand and soft 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 I'm Free From The Chain Gang Now
What are the letter notes for the I'm Free From The Chain Gang Now 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 – Db – Ab – Db, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I'm Free From The Chain Gang Now?
The loop is Ab – Db – Ab – Db (I – IV – I – IV) in Ab major, and the song ends on Ab – Eb – Ab.
What key is I'm Free From The Chain Gang Now in?
Ab major, at about 132 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in I'm Free From The Chain Gang Now?
Rolling waves: open arpeggio 1-5-10-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I'm Free From The Chain Gang Now 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.