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It Could Happen To You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Frank Sinatra

  • Ab major
  • 4/4
  • 95 BPM
  • 1944
  • Easy
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Left hand Jazz walkRight hand Steady chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 It Could Happen To You without reading music. The left hand plays jazz walk (walking bass) and the right hand steady chords.

It Could Happen To You accompaniment in letter notes

The Ab – Adim – Bbm – Bdim loop with jazz walk 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+Gb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Gb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Gb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Gb5+Ab5
LAb2 Bb2 Cb2 C3
Bar 2
Adim
RC4+Eb4+A4 C4+Eb4+A4 C4+Eb4+A4 C4+Eb4+A4
LA2 B2 C3 C3
Bar 3
Bbm
RDb4+F4+Ab4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Ab4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Ab4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Ab4+Bb4
LBb2 C3 Db3 Db3
Bar 4
Bdim
RD4+F4+B4 D4+F4+B4 C#5 D5 F#5 G#5 F#5 D5 D5 B4
LB2 C#3 D3 D3
Bar 5
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Gb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Gb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Gb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Gb5+Ab5
LAb2 Bb2 Cb2 C3
Bar 6
Adim
RC4+Eb4+A4 C4+Eb4+A4 C4+Eb4+A4 C4+Eb4+A4
LA2 B2 C3 C3
Bar 7
Bbm
RDb4+F4+Ab4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Ab4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Ab4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Ab4+Bb4
LBb2 C3 Db3 Db3
Bar 8
Bdim
RD4+F4+B4 D4+F4+B4 D4+F4+B4 D4+F4+B4
LB2 C#3 D3 D3

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 It Could Happen To You

What are the letter notes for the It Could Happen 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 – Adim – Bbm – Bdim, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in It Could Happen To You?

The loop is Ab – Adim – Bbm – Bdim (I – biio – ii – biiio) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.

What key is It Could Happen To You in?

Ab major, at about 95 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in It Could Happen To You?

Jazz walk: walking bass, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is It Could Happen 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.