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Maybe You’re Right: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Miley Cyrus, Michael Williams & others

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Left hand Walking rootsRight hand Sleep-in chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 You’re Right without reading music. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters) and the right hand sleep-in chords.

Maybe You’re Right accompaniment in letter notes

The Ab – Bbm – Ab – Db loop with walking roots in the left hand and sleep-in chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Ab
REb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 F5+Bb5+D6
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3 Ab3
Bar 2
Bbm
RF4+Bb4+Db5 F4+Bb4+Db5 G4+C5+E5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb3
Bar 3
Ab
REb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 F5+Bb5+D6
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3 Ab3
Bar 4
Db
RDb4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 Db5
LDb3 Db3 Db4 Db4
Bar 5
Ab
REb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 F5+Bb5+D6
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3 Ab3
Bar 6
Bbm
RF4+Bb4+Db5 F4+Bb4+Db5 G4+C5+E5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb3
Bar 7
Ab
REb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 F5+Bb5+D6
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3 Ab3
Bar 8
Db
RAb4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Bb4+Eb5+G5
LDb3 Db3 Db4 Db4

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 You’re Right

What are the letter notes for the Maybe You’re Right 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 Ab – Bbm – Ab – Db, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Maybe You’re Right?

The loop is Ab – Bbm – Ab – Db (I – ii – I – IV) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.

What key is Maybe You’re Right in?

Ab major, at about 108 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Maybe You’re Right?

Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Maybe You’re Right 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.