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Only Trust Your Heart: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Sammy Cahn

  • C major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 1964
  • Medium
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Left hand Rolling wavesRight hand Soft chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Trust Your Heart without reading music. The left hand plays rolling waves (open arpeggio 1-5-10-5) and the right hand soft chords.

Only Trust Your Heart accompaniment in letter notes

The G7 – C – Gm – C7 loop with rolling waves in the left hand and soft chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G7
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG2 D3 B3 D3
Bar 2
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 G3 E4 G3
Bar 3
Gm
RD5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5
LG2 D3 Bb3 D3
Bar 4
C7
RG4+C5+E5 E4 G4 Bb4 C5 E5 G5 Bb5 C6
LC3 G3 E4 G3
Bar 5
G7
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG2 D3 B3 D3
Bar 6
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 G3 E4 G3
Bar 7
Gm
RD5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5
LG2 D3 Bb3 D3
Bar 8
C7
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 G3 E4 G3

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 Trust Your Heart

What are the letter notes for the Only Trust Your Heart 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 G7 – C – Gm – C7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Only Trust Your Heart?

The loop is G7 – C – Gm – C7 (V7 – I – v – I7) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Only Trust Your Heart in?

C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Only Trust Your Heart?

Rolling waves: open arpeggio 1-5-10-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Only Trust Your Heart 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.