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Long White Cadillac: piano accompaniment sheet music

By Dwight Yoakam

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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Hand-clap chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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Long White Cadillac written out as piano music: the I7 – IV7 – I7 – V7 loop in Eb major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand hand-clap chords.

Long White Cadillac chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in Eb major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1Eb7I7Eb G Bb Db
2Ab7IV7Ab C Eb Gb
3Eb7I7Eb G Bb Db
4Bb7V7Bb D F Ab

What the sheet music shows

The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) in the left hand and hand-clap chords in the right, over the Eb7 – Ab7 – Eb7 – Bb7 chords.

Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.

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Questions about Long White Cadillac

Does the sheet music for Long White Cadillac have finger numbers?

Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.

What chords are in Long White Cadillac?

The loop is Eb7 – Ab7 – Eb7 – Bb7 (I7 – IV7 – I7 – V7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Long White Cadillac in?

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

What does the left hand play in Long White Cadillac?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Long White Cadillac 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.