Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
It Could Happen To You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By June Christy
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 125 BPM
- 1944
- Easy
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 island zigzag (broken chord 8-12-5) and the right hand push chords.
It Could Happen To You accompaniment in letter notes
The Ab – Adim – Bbm – Bdim loop with island zigzag in the left hand and push 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 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 125 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in It Could Happen To You?
Island zigzag: broken chord 8-12-5, 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 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.