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The Boys Are Back: piano accompaniment sheet music
- C minor
- 4/4
- 116 BPM
- Medium
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The Boys Are Back written out as piano music: the I5 – bIII5 – bVI5 – IV5 loop in C minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays dawdling footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3& · 4) and the right hand ticking clock.
The Boys Are Back chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in C minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | I | C E G |
| 2 | Eb | III | Eb G Bb |
| 3 | Ab | VI | Ab C Eb |
| 4 | F | IV | F A C |
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: dawdling footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3& · 4) in the left hand and ticking clock in the right, over the C – Eb – Ab – F 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 The Boys Are Back
Does the sheet music for The Boys Are Back 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 The Boys Are Back?
The loop is C – Eb – Ab – F (I5 – bIII5 – bVI5 – IV5) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.
What key is The Boys Are Back in?
C minor, at about 116 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in The Boys Are Back?
Dawdling footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The Boys Are Back 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.