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She Don’t Have to Know: piano accompaniment sheet music
By John Legend
- D minor
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- Medium
She Don’t Have to Know written out as piano music: the i – bVII7 – bVI – i loop in D minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays racing heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4&) and the right hand pausing chords.
She Don’t Have to Know chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in D 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 | Dm | i | D F A |
| 2 | C7 | VII7 | C E G Bb |
| 3 | Bb | VI | Bb D F |
| 4 | Dm | i | D F A |
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: racing heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4&) in the left hand and pausing chords in the right, over the Dm – C7 – Bb – Dm 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 She Don’t Have to Know
Does the sheet music for She Don’t Have to Know 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 She Don’t Have to Know?
The loop is Dm – C7 – Bb – Dm (i – bVII7 – bVI – i) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.
What key is She Don’t Have to Know in?
D minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in She Don’t Have to Know?
Racing heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is She Don’t Have to Know 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.