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It Don’t Hurt Like It Used To: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Blake Anthony Carter, Billy Currington & others

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Left hand Rock hopRight hand Hopscotch 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 Don’t Hurt Like It Used To without reading music. The left hand plays rock hop (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4) and the right hand hopscotch chords.

It Don’t Hurt Like It Used To accompaniment in letter notes

The Cm – Ab – Eb – Cm loop with rock hop in the left hand and hopscotch chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4 Eb4+G4
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 2
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5 C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 3
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4 G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 4
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4 C7 G6 Eb6 C6 G5 F#5 F5 E5
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 5
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4 Eb4+G4
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 6
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5 C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 7
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4 G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 8
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4 Eb4+G4
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4

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 Don’t Hurt Like It Used To

What are the letter notes for the It Don’t Hurt Like It Used To 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 Cm – Ab – Eb – Cm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in It Don’t Hurt Like It Used To?

The loop is Cm – Ab – Eb – Cm (vi – IV – I – vi) in Eb major, and the song ends on Cm – Ab – Eb.

What key is It Don’t Hurt Like It Used To in?

Eb major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in It Don’t Hurt Like It Used To?

Rock hop: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is It Don’t Hurt Like It Used To 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.