Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Long As I Live: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By John Michael Montgomery
- G major
- 4/4
- 90 BPM
- I–vi–iii–IV loop
- 1995
- Medium
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 Long As I Live without reading music. The left hand plays breaking wave (open arpeggio 1-5-8-10) and the right hand bouncy-ball chords.
Long As I Live accompaniment in letter notes
The G – Em – Bm – C loop with breaking wave in the left hand and bouncy-ball 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.
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Questions about Long As I Live
What are the letter notes for the Long As I Live 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 G – Em – Bm – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Long As I Live?
The loop is G – Em – Bm – C (I – vi – iii – IV) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is Long As I Live in?
G major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Long As I Live?
Breaking wave: open arpeggio 1-5-8-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Long As I Live 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.