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Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Eric Clapton
- C major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- Easy
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 Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out without reading music. The left hand plays drowsy heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4&) and the right hand hand-clap chords.
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out accompaniment in letter notes
The C – E7 – A7 – Dm loop with drowsy heartbeat in the left hand and hand-clap chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
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 Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out
What are the letter notes for the Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out 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 – E7 – A7 – Dm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out?
The loop is C – E7 – A7 – Dm (I – III7 – VI7 – ii) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out in?
C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out?
Drowsy heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out 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.