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Out of Town: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Leslie Bricusse & Robin Beaumont

  • G major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 1993
  • Medium
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Left hand Power fifthsRight hand Steady chordsChords 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 Out of Town without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths) and the right hand steady chords.

Out of Town accompaniment in letter notes

The A7 – Am – Dsus4 – D7 loop with power fifths in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
A7
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2+E3 A3+E4 A3+E4
Bar 2
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2+E3 A3+E4 A3+E4
Bar 3
Dsus4
RG4+A4+D5 G4+A4+D5 G4+A4+D5 G4+A4+D5
LD2+A2 D3+A3 D3+A3
Bar 4
D7
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#6 D6 C6 A5 G#5 G5 F#5 F5
LD2+A2 D3+A3 D3+A3
Bar 5
A7
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2+E3 A3+E4 A3+E4
Bar 6
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2+E3 A3+E4 A3+E4
Bar 7
Dsus4
RG4+A4+D5 G4+A4+D5 G4+A4+D5 G4+A4+D5
LD2+A2 D3+A3 D3+A3
Bar 8
D7
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2+A2 D3+A3 D3+A3

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 Out of Town

What are the letter notes for the Out of Town 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 A7 – Am – Dsus4 – D7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Out of Town?

The loop is A7 – Am – Dsus4 – D7 (II7 – ii – Vsus – V7) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.

What key is Out of Town in?

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

What does the left hand play in Out of Town?

Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Out of Town 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.