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That’s What She Gets For Loving Me: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Ronnie Dunn & Terry McBride

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Left hand Bouncing AlbertiRight hand Wait-a-beat chordsChords 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 That’s What She Gets For Loving Me without reading music. The left hand plays bouncing alberti (alberti bass 1-8-5-8) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.

That’s What She Gets For Loving Me accompaniment in letter notes

The A – D – A – D loop with bouncing alberti in the left hand and wait-a-beat chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 A3 E3 A3
Bar 2
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 D3 A2 D3
Bar 3
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 A3 E3 A3
Bar 4
D
RF#4+A4+D5 B4 A4 G#4 A4 E5 D5 C#5 D5
LD2 D3 A2 D3
Bar 5
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 A3 E3 A3
Bar 6
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 D3 A2 D3
Bar 7
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 A3 E3 A3
Bar 8
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 D3 A2 D3

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 That’s What She Gets For Loving Me

What are the letter notes for the That’s What She Gets For Loving Me 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 A – D – A – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in That’s What She Gets For Loving Me?

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

What key is That’s What She Gets For Loving Me in?

A major, at about 110 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in That’s What She Gets For Loving Me?

Bouncing Alberti: alberti bass 1-8-5-8, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is That’s What She Gets For Loving Me 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.