Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Only The Lonely: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Roy Orbison & Joe Melson
- G major
- 2/2
- 160 BPM
- V7–I–V7–I loop
- 1960
- Easy
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 Only The Lonely without reading music. The left hand plays happy wiggle (broken chord 1-5-6-5) and the right hand hopscotch bells.
Only The Lonely accompaniment in letter notes
The D7 – G – D7 – G loop with happy wiggle in the left hand and hopscotch bells 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 Only The Lonely
What are the letter notes for the Only The Lonely 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 D7 – G – D7 – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Only The Lonely?
The loop is D7 – G – D7 – G (V7 – I – V7 – I) in G major, and the song ends on G – D7 – G.
What key is Only The Lonely in?
G major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Only The Lonely?
Happy wiggle: broken chord 1-5-6-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Only The Lonely 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.