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Poor Unfortunate Souls: piano accompaniment sheet music
- C minor
- 2/2
- 136 BPM
- 1988
- Easy
Poor Unfortunate Souls written out as piano music: the V7 – i – ii – V7 loop in C minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays pausing footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3) and the right hand hand-clap chords.
Poor Unfortunate Souls chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in C minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | G7 | V7 | G B D F |
| 2 | Cm | i | C Eb G |
| 3 | Dm | ii | D F A |
| 4 | G7 | V7 | G B D F |
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: pausing footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3) in the left hand and hand-clap chords in the right, over the G7 – Cm – Dm – G7 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 Poor Unfortunate Souls
Does the sheet music for Poor Unfortunate Souls 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 Poor Unfortunate Souls?
The loop is G7 – Cm – Dm – G7 (V7 – i – ii – V7) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.
What key is Poor Unfortunate Souls in?
C minor, at about 136 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Poor Unfortunate Souls?
Pausing footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Poor Unfortunate Souls 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.