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Tattoos On This Town: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Jason Aldean

  • D major
  • 4/4
  • 80 BPM
  • 2010
  • Medium
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Left hand Hop-back bounceRight hand Pumping chordsChords 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 Tattoos On This Town without reading music. The left hand plays hop-back bounce (broken chord 8-5-8-8) and the right hand pumping chords.

Tattoos On This Town accompaniment in letter notes

The D – G – D – G loop with hop-back bounce in the left hand and pumping chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD3 A2 D3 D3
Bar 2
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG3 D3 G3 G3
Bar 3
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD3 A2 D3 D3
Bar 4
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 G4 B4 D5 G5 B5 D6 G6 B6
LG3 D3 G3 G3
Bar 5
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD3 A2 D3 D3
Bar 6
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG3 D3 G3 G3
Bar 7
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD3 A2 D3 D3
Bar 8
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG3 D3 G3 G3

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 Tattoos On This Town

What are the letter notes for the Tattoos On This Town 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 D – G – D – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Tattoos On This Town?

The loop is D – G – D – G (I – IV5 – I – IV5) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.

What key is Tattoos On This Town in?

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

What does the left hand play in Tattoos On This Town?

Hop-back bounce: broken chord 8-5-8-8, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Tattoos On This Town 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.