Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Sometimes I'm Happy: piano accompaniment sheet music
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- Easy
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Sometimes I'm Happy written out as piano music: the V7 – I7 – IV – ii loop in Ab major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays doorbell ding-dong (broken chord 8-8-5-5) and the right hand shy chords.
Sometimes I'm Happy chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in Ab major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eb7 | V7 | Eb G Bb Db |
| 2 | Ab7 | I7 | Ab C Eb Gb |
| 3 | Db | IV | Db F Ab |
| 4 | Bbm | ii | Bb Db F |
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: doorbell ding-dong (broken chord 8-8-5-5) in the left hand and shy chords in the right, over the Eb7 – Ab7 – Db – Bbm 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.
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Questions about Sometimes I'm Happy
Does the sheet music for Sometimes I'm Happy 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 Sometimes I'm Happy?
The loop is Eb7 – Ab7 – Db – Bbm (V7 – I7 – IV – ii) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.
What key is Sometimes I'm Happy in?
Ab major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Sometimes I'm Happy?
Doorbell ding-dong: broken chord 8-8-5-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Sometimes I'm Happy 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.