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Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Irving Berlin

  • G major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 1953
  • Easy
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Left hand Lazy seesawRight hand Hopscotch chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me without reading music. The left hand plays lazy seesaw (root–fifth 1-5-5) and the right hand hopscotch chords.

Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me accompaniment in letter notes

The Am – D7 – G – G7 loop with lazy seesaw in the left hand and hopscotch chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Am
RC4+E4+G4+A4 G3+C4+E4 G3+C4+E4
LA2 E3 E3
Bar 2
D7
RF#4+A4+C5+D5 C4+F#4+A4 C4+F#4+A4
LD2 A2 A2
Bar 3
G
RB4+D5+G5 F#4+B4+D5 F#4+B4+D5
LG2 D3 D3
Bar 4
G7
RB4+D5+F5+G5 F4+B4+D5 F#6 E6 D6 C6 B5 A5 G5 F#5
LG2 D3 D3
Bar 5
Am
RC4+E4+G4+A4 G3+C4+E4 G3+C4+E4
LA2 E3 E3
Bar 6
D7
RF#4+A4+C5+D5 C4+F#4+A4 C4+F#4+A4
LD2 A2 A2
Bar 7
G
RB4+D5+G5 F#4+B4+D5 F#4+B4+D5
LG2 D3 D3
Bar 8
G7
RB4+D5+F5+G5 F4+B4+D5 F4+B4+D5
LG2 D3 D3

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 Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me

What are the letter notes for the Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me 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 Am – D7 – G – G7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me?

The loop is Am – D7 – G – G7 (ii – V7 – I – I7) in G major, and the song ends on G – F – G.

What key is Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me in?

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

What does the left hand play in Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me?

Lazy seesaw: root–fifth 1-5-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me 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.