Super Simple Chords

Piano chords · Pop heartbeat

Into My Arms: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Nick Cave

Tuning the piano…
Learn it
Learn it
Style

Left hand Pop heartbeatRight hand Rising lightChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Into My Arms without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand rising light.

Into My Arms accompaniment in letter notes

The F – C – G – C loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and rising light in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RC5 F5 A5 C5 F5 A5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 2
C
RG4 C5 E5 G4 C5 E5
LC3 C3 C3
Bar 3
G
RD5 G5 B5 D5 G5 B5
LG2 G2 G2
Bar 4
C
RG4 C5 E5 E4 F4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5 E5
LC3 C3 C3
Bar 5
F
RC5 F5 A5 C5 F5 A5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 6
C
RG4 C5 E5 G4 C5 E5
LC3 C3 C3
Bar 7
G
RD5 G5 B5 D5 G5 B5
LG2 G2 G2
Bar 8
C
RG4 C5 E5 G4 C5 E5
LC3 C3 C3

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.

Play next

Questions about Into My Arms

What are the letter notes for the Into My Arms 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 F – C – G – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Into My Arms?

The loop is F – C – G – C (IV – I – V – I) in C major, and the song ends on C – Dm – C.

What key is Into My Arms in?

C major, at about 88 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Into My Arms?

Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Into My Arms 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.