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Somebody Take Me Home: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Kenny Chesney

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Left hand Late-hop footstepsRight hand Sleep-in chordsChords 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 Somebody Take Me Home without reading music. The left hand plays late-hop footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4) and the right hand sleep-in chords.

Somebody Take Me Home accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – Eb – Bb – Eb loop with late-hop footsteps in the left hand and sleep-in chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 G4+C5+E5
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 2
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 C5+F5+A5
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 3
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 G4+C5+E5
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 4
Eb
REb4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5 Eb5
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 5
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 G4+C5+E5
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 6
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 C5+F5+A5
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 7
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 G4+C5+E5
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 8
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 C5+F5+A5
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb2 Eb3

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 Somebody Take Me Home

What are the letter notes for the Somebody Take Me Home 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 – Eb – Bb – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Somebody Take Me Home?

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

What key is Somebody Take Me Home in?

Bb major, at about 126 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Somebody Take Me Home?

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 Somebody Take Me Home 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.