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Last Day On Earth: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Steven Curtis Chapman

  • Eb major
  • 4/4
  • 120 BPM
  • 2004
  • Medium
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Left hand River rollRight hand Sprint-and-stop chordsChords 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 Last Day On Earth without reading music. The left hand plays river roll (open arpeggio 1-5-8-9-10) and the right hand sprint-and-stop chords.

Last Day On Earth accompaniment in letter notes

The Cm – Eb – Bb – Gm loop with river roll in the left hand and sprint-and-stop 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 Eb4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 C4 D4 Eb4
Bar 2
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Bb2 Eb3 F3 G3
Bar 3
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 F3 Bb3 C4 D4
Bar 4
Gm
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 G4 Bb4 D5 G5 Bb5 D6 G6 Bb6
LG2 D3 G3 A3 Bb3
Bar 5
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 C4 D4 Eb4
Bar 6
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Bb2 Eb3 F3 G3
Bar 7
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 F3 Bb3 C4 D4
Bar 8
Gm
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5
LG2 D3 G3 A3 Bb3

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 Last Day On Earth

What are the letter notes for the Last Day On Earth 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 – Eb – Bb – Gm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Last Day On Earth?

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

What key is Last Day On Earth in?

Eb major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Last Day On Earth?

River roll: open arpeggio 1-5-8-9-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Last Day On Earth 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.