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She’ll Leave You With A Smile: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Jay Knowles & Odie Blackmon

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Left hand Late-hop footstepsRight hand Hopscotch 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 She’ll Leave You With A Smile without reading music. The left hand plays late-hop footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4) and the right hand hopscotch chords.

She’ll Leave You With A Smile accompaniment in letter notes

The C#m – B – A – B loop with late-hop footsteps in the left hand and hopscotch chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C#m
RE4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4 E4+G#4
LC#3 C#4 C#3 C#3 C#4
Bar 2
B
RD#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4 D#4+F#4
LB2 B3 B2 B2 B3
Bar 3
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4 C#4+E4
LA2 A3 A2 A2 A3
Bar 4
B
RD#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4 D#4 E4 F#4 G#4 A4 B4 C#5 D#5
LB2 B3 B2 B2 B3
Bar 5
C#m
RE4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4 E4+G#4
LC#3 C#4 C#3 C#3 C#4
Bar 6
B
RD#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4 D#4+F#4
LB2 B3 B2 B2 B3
Bar 7
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4 C#4+E4
LA2 A3 A2 A2 A3
Bar 8
B
RD#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4 D#4+F#4
LB2 B3 B2 B2 B3

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 She’ll Leave You With A Smile

What are the letter notes for the She’ll Leave You With A Smile 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 C#m – B – A – B, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in She’ll Leave You With A Smile?

The loop is C#m – B – A – B (vi – V – IV – V) in E major, and the song ends on C#m – B – E.

What key is She’ll Leave You With A Smile in?

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

What does the left hand play in She’ll Leave You With A Smile?

Late-hop footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is She’ll Leave You With A Smile 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.