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Maybe It's Time (from A Star Is Born): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Bradley Cooper

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Left hand Three-step climbRight hand Run-up 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 Maybe It's Time (from A Star Is Born) without reading music. The left hand plays three-step climb (broken chord 1-5-8) and the right hand run-up chords.

Maybe It's Time (from A Star Is Born) accompaniment in letter notes

The C – G – C – G loop with three-step climb in the left hand and run-up chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 C4
Bar 2
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 D3 G3
Bar 3
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 C4
Bar 4
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 G4 B4 D5 G5 B5 D6 G6 B6
LG2 D3 G3
Bar 5
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 C4
Bar 6
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 D3 G3
Bar 7
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 C4
Bar 8
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 D3 G3

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 Maybe It's Time (from A Star Is Born)

What are the letter notes for the Maybe It's Time (from A Star Is Born) 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 C – G – C – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Maybe It's Time (from A Star Is Born)?

The loop is C – G – C – G (IV – I – IV – I) in G major, and the song ends on D – C – G.

What key is Maybe It's Time (from A Star Is Born) in?

G major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Maybe It's Time (from A Star Is Born)?

Three-step climb: broken chord 1-5-8, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Maybe It's Time (from A Star Is Born) 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.