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Piano chords · Dreamy ballad

Something’s Gotta Give: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Camila Cabello, Jesse St. John Geller & others

  • Ab major
  • 4/4
  • 80 BPM
  • 2018
  • Medium
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Left hand Busy rockingThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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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’s Gotta Give without reading music. The left hand plays busy rocking (broken chord 1-5), and the right hand sings the tune.

Something’s Gotta Give accompaniment in letter notes

The Db – Fm – Ab – Eb loop with busy rocking in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Db
RDb4+F4+Ab4
LDb3 Ab3 Db4 Ab3 Db4 Ab3 Db4 Ab3
Bar 2
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5
LF2 C3 F3 C3 F3 C3 F3 C3
Bar 3
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Eb3 Ab3 Eb3 Ab3 Eb3 Ab3 Eb3
Bar 4
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4 G4 Bb4 Eb5 G5 Bb5 Eb6 G6 Bb6
LEb2 Bb2 Eb3 Bb2 Eb3 Bb2 Eb3 Bb2
Bar 5
Db
RDb4+F4+Ab4
LDb3 Ab3 Db4 Ab3 Db4 Ab3 Db4 Ab3
Bar 6
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5
LF2 C3 F3 C3 F3 C3 F3 C3
Bar 7
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Eb3 Ab3 Eb3 Ab3 Eb3 Ab3 Eb3
Bar 8
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Bb2 Eb3 Bb2 Eb3 Bb2 Eb3 Bb2

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’s Gotta Give

What are the letter notes for the Something’s Gotta Give 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 Db – Fm – Ab – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Something’s Gotta Give?

The loop is Db – Fm – Ab – Eb (IV – vi – I – V) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.

What key is Something’s Gotta Give in?

Ab major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Something’s Gotta Give?

Busy rocking: broken chord 1-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Something’s Gotta Give 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.