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My Surrender: piano accompaniment sheet music

Written by Steven Curtis Chapman & Matt Bronleewe

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Left hand Tick-tick-boom pulseRight hand Deep-breath chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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My Surrender written out as piano music: the I – V – I – IV loop in C major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays tick-tick-boom pulse (root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4) and the right hand deep-breath chords.

My Surrender chord chart

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

BarChordNumeralNotes
1CIC E G
2GVG B D
3CIC E G
4FIVF A C

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: tick-tick-boom pulse (root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4) in the left hand and deep-breath chords in the right, over the C – G – C – F 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 My Surrender

Does the sheet music for My Surrender 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 My Surrender?

The loop is C – G – C – F (I – V – I – IV) in C major, and the song ends on Dm – G7 – C.

What key is My Surrender in?

C major, at about 92 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in My Surrender?

Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is My Surrender 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.