Super Simple Chords

Piano chords · Rock drive

Take Me Out: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Franz Ferdinand

  • G major
  • 4/4
  • 144 BPM
  • 2004
  • Medium
Tuning the piano…
Learn it
Learn it
Style

Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Ticking clockChords the loop the song repeats most

Play the full song with sheet music

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 Take Me Out without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand ticking clock.

Take Me Out accompaniment in letter notes

The E – A – Bm – E loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
E
RE4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4
LE2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 2
A
RA3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 3
Bm
RB3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 4
E
RE4 E4 E4 E4 B6 G#6 E6 B5 G#5 G5 F#5 F5
LE2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 5
E
RE4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4
LE2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 6
A
RA3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 7
Bm
RB3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 8
E
RE4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4
LE2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2

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.

Play next

Questions about Take Me Out

What are the letter notes for the Take Me Out 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 E – A – Bm – E, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Take Me Out?

The loop is E – A – Bm – E (VI5 – II5 – iii – VI5) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.

What key is Take Me Out in?

G major, at about 144 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Take Me Out?

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

Is Take Me Out 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.