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Something Just Like This: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Andrew Taggart, Chris Martin & others
- B minor
- 4/4
- 104 BPM
- bVI–bVII–i–bVII loop
- 2017
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
Something Just Like This written out as piano music: the bVI – bVII – i – bVII loop in B minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays dawdling footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3& · 4) and the right hand pumping chords.
Something Just Like This chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in B 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 | G | VI | G B D |
| 2 | A | VII | A C# E |
| 3 | Bm | i | B D F# |
| 4 | A | VII | A C# E |
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: dawdling footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3& · 4) in the left hand and pumping chords in the right, over the G – A – Bm – A 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.
Play next
The same bVI–bVII–i–bVII loop
Questions about Something Just Like This
Does the sheet music for Something Just Like This 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 Something Just Like This?
The loop is G – A – Bm – A (bVI – bVII – i – bVII) in B minor, and the song ends on G – A – Bm.
What key is Something Just Like This in?
B minor, at about 104 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Something Just Like This?
Dawdling footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Something Just Like This 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.