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Pretty Good At Drinkin’ Beer: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Billy Currington

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Left hand Bossa swayThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 Pretty Good At Drinkin’ Beer without reading music. The left hand plays bossa sway (root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&)), and the right hand sings the tune.

Pretty Good At Drinkin’ Beer accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – C – F – C loop with bossa sway in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 2
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 3
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 4
C
RC4+E4+G4 G6 F6 E6 D6 C6 Bb5 A5 G5
LC3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 5
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 6
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 7
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 8
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3

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 Pretty Good At Drinkin’ Beer

What are the letter notes for the Pretty Good At Drinkin’ Beer 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 Bb – C – F – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Pretty Good At Drinkin’ Beer?

The loop is Bb – C – F – C (IV – V – I – V) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is Pretty Good At Drinkin’ Beer in?

F major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Pretty Good At Drinkin’ Beer?

Bossa sway: root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Pretty Good At Drinkin’ Beer 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.