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Jesus Will Meet You There: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Steven Curtis Chapman

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Left hand Lazy footstepsRight hand Wait-a-beat chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Jesus Will Meet You There without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.

Jesus Will Meet You There accompaniment in letter notes

The Cm – Bb – Ab – Eb loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and wait-a-beat chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LC3 C4 C3
Bar 2
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2
Bar 3
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab3 Ab2
Bar 4
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 D4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 D5
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2
Bar 5
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LC3 C4 C3
Bar 6
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2
Bar 7
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab3 Ab2
Bar 8
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2

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 Jesus Will Meet You There

What are the letter notes for the Jesus Will Meet You There 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 – Bb – Ab – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Jesus Will Meet You There?

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

What key is Jesus Will Meet You There in?

Eb major, at about 67 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Jesus Will Meet You There?

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

Is Jesus Will Meet You There 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.