Super Simple Chords

Piano chords · Pop heartbeat

The Devil Went Down To Georgia: piano accompaniment sheet music

Written by Charlie Daniels, John Thomas Crain Jr. & others

  • D minor
  • 2/4
  • 130 BPM
  • 1979
  • Medium
Tuning the piano…
Learn it
Learn it
Style

Left hand Pop heartbeatRight hand Marching clockChords the loop the song repeats most

Play the full song with sheet music

The Devil Went Down To Georgia written out as piano music: the i – bVII – bVI – v loop in D minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand marching clock.

The Devil Went Down To Georgia chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in D minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1DmiD F A
2CVIIC E G
3BbVIBb D F
4AmvA C E

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: pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) in the left hand and marching clock in the right, over the Dm – C – Bb – Am 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.

Questions about The Devil Went Down To Georgia

Does the sheet music for The Devil Went Down To Georgia 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 Devil Went Down To Georgia?

The loop is Dm – C – Bb – Am (i – bVII – bVI – v) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.

What key is The Devil Went Down To Georgia in?

D minor, at about 130 beats a minute in 2/4.

What does the left hand play in The Devil Went Down To Georgia?

Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The Devil Went Down To Georgia 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.