Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
One Day I’ll Fly Away: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Will Jennings & Joe Sample
- B major
- 4/4
- 90 BPM
- 1980
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
One Day I’ll Fly Away written out as piano music: the I – iv – I – ii loop in B major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays gentle rocking (broken chord 1-5-8-5) and the right hand pumping chords.
One Day I’ll Fly Away chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in B major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | I | B D# F# |
| 2 | Em | iv | E G B |
| 3 | B | I | B D# F# |
| 4 | C#m | ii | C# E G# |
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: gentle rocking (broken chord 1-5-8-5) in the left hand and pumping chords in the right, over the B – Em – B – C#m 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 One Day I’ll Fly Away
Does the sheet music for One Day I’ll Fly Away 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 One Day I’ll Fly Away?
The loop is B – Em – B – C#m (I – iv – I – ii) in B major, and the song ends on B – Em – B.
What key is One Day I’ll Fly Away in?
B major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in One Day I’ll Fly Away?
Gentle rocking: broken chord 1-5-8-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is One Day I’ll Fly Away 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.