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She’s Got A Way: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Bryan Adams & Eliot Kennedy

  • G major
  • 4/4
  • 112 BPM
  • 2008
  • Medium
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Left hand Tick-tick-boom pulseRight hand Offbeat skankChords 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 She’s Got A Way without reading music. The left hand plays tick-tick-boom pulse (root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4) and the right hand offbeat skank.

She’s Got A Way accompaniment in letter notes

The G – D – Am – C loop with tick-tick-boom pulse in the left hand and offbeat skank in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G3 G2 G2 G3
Bar 2
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D3
Bar 3
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A3 A2 A2 A3
Bar 4
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 C4 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C5
LC3 C3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 5
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G3 G2 G2 G3
Bar 6
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D3
Bar 7
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A3 A2 A2 A3
Bar 8
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C4 C3 C3 C4

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’s Got A Way

What are the letter notes for the She’s Got A Way 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 G – D – Am – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in She’s Got A Way?

The loop is G – D – Am – C (I5 – V – ii – IV) in G major, and the song ends on Am – C – G.

What key is She’s Got A Way in?

G major, at about 112 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in She’s Got A Way?

Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is She’s Got A Way 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.