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Something Good Coming: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

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Left hand Oom-pah-pahRight hand Waltz 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 Something Good Coming without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah-pah (waltz oom-pah-pah) and the right hand waltz chords.

Something Good Coming accompaniment in letter notes

The Em – C – G – D loop with oom-pah-pah in the left hand and waltz chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Em
RE4+G4+B4 E4+G4+B4 E4+G4+B4
LE2 G2+B2 G2+B2
Bar 2
C
RC4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4
LC3 E3+G3 E3+G3
Bar 3
G
RG4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5
LG2 B2+D3 B2+D3
Bar 4
D
RD4+F#4+A4 F#4 A4 D5 F#5 A5 D6 F#6 A6
LD2 F#2+A2 F#2+A2
Bar 5
Em
RE4+G4+B4 E4+G4+B4 E4+G4+B4
LE2 G2+B2 G2+B2
Bar 6
C
RC4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4
LC3 E3+G3 E3+G3
Bar 7
G
RG4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5
LG2 B2+D3 B2+D3
Bar 8
D
RD4+F#4+A4 D4+F#4+A4 D4+F#4+A4
LD2 F#2+A2 F#2+A2

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 Something Good Coming

What are the letter notes for the Something Good Coming 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 Em – C – G – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Something Good Coming?

The loop is Em – C – G – D (i – bVI – bIII – bVII) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.

What key is Something Good Coming in?

E minor, at about 152 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in Something Good Coming?

Oom-pah-pah: waltz oom-pah-pah, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Something Good Coming 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.