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Something Worth Leaving Behind: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Lee Ann Womack

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Left hand Groovy rootsThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 Worth Leaving Behind without reading music. The left hand plays groovy roots (root bass · syncopated 8ths), and the right hand sings the tune.

Something Worth Leaving Behind accompaniment in letter notes

The C – F – Am – C loop with groovy roots in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 2
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 3
Am
RA3+C4+E4
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 4
C
RC4+E4+G4 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 5
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 6
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 7
Am
RA3+C4+E4
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 8
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3

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 Worth Leaving Behind

What are the letter notes for the Something Worth Leaving Behind 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 – F – Am – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Something Worth Leaving Behind?

The loop is C – F – Am – C (I – IV – vi – I) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Something Worth Leaving Behind in?

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

What does the left hand play in Something Worth Leaving Behind?

Groovy roots: root bass · syncopated 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Something Worth Leaving Behind 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.