Piano chords · Slow dance ’50s
Les Champs-Élysées: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Joe Dassin
- E major
- 12/8
- 160 BPM
- 1969
- 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 Les Champs-Élysées without reading music. The left hand plays slow-dance heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 (12/8)) and the right hand slow-dance chords.
Les Champs-Élysées accompaniment in letter notes
The E – B – C#m – E7 loop with slow-dance heartbeat in the left hand and slow-dance 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.
Questions about Les Champs-Élysées
What are the letter notes for the Les Champs-Élysées 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 E – B – C#m – E7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Les Champs-Élysées?
The loop is E – B – C#m – E7 (I – V – vi – I7) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.
What key is Les Champs-Élysées in?
E major, at about 160 beats a minute in 12/8.
What does the left hand play in Les Champs-Élysées?
Slow-dance heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 (12/8), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Les Champs-Élysées 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.