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Nails In My Feet: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Neil Finn

  • Eb major
  • 4/4
  • 90 BPM
  • 1996
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

Play the full song with sheet music

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 Nails In My Feet without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths), and the right hand sings the tune.

Nails In My Feet accompaniment in letter notes

The Cm – Dm – G7 – Cm loop with engine 8ths in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 2
Dm
RD4+F4+A4
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 3
G7
RG4+B4+D5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 4
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4 C7 G6 Eb6 C6 G5 F#5 F5 E5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 5
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 6
Dm
RD4+F4+A4
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 7
G7
RG4+B4+D5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 8
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3

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 Nails In My Feet

What are the letter notes for the Nails In My Feet 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 Cm – Dm – G7 – Cm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Nails In My Feet?

The loop is Cm – Dm – G7 – Cm (vi – vii – III7 – vi) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Nails In My Feet in?

Eb major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Nails In My Feet?

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

Is Nails In My Feet 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.