Super Simple Chords

Piano chords · Pop heartbeat

It’s Time To Say I Love You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Lee Holdridge & Molly Leikin

  • C major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 1978
  • Medium
Tuning the piano…
Learn it
Learn it
Style

Left hand Lazy footstepsRight hand Circling 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 It’s Time To Say I Love You without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand circling light.

It’s Time To Say I Love You accompaniment in letter notes

The C – D – G – C loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and circling light in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RE5 G4 C5 E5 G4 C5
LC3 C4 C3
Bar 2
D
RF#5 A4 D5 F#5 A4 D5
LD2 D3 D2
Bar 3
G
RB5 D5 G5 B5 D5 G5
LG2 G3 G2
Bar 4
C
RE5 G4 C5 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5
LC3 C4 C3
Bar 5
C
RE5 G4 C5 E5 G4 C5
LC3 C4 C3
Bar 6
D
RF#5 A4 D5 F#5 A4 D5
LD2 D3 D2
Bar 7
G
RB5 D5 G5 B5 D5 G5
LG2 G3 G2
Bar 8
C
RE5 G4 C5 E5 G4 C5
LC3 C4 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 It’s Time To Say I Love You

What are the letter notes for the It’s Time To Say I Love 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 C – D – G – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in It’s Time To Say I Love You?

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

What key is It’s Time To Say I Love You in?

C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in It’s Time To Say I Love You?

Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is It’s Time To Say I Love You 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.