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The Kid In You (from The Country Bears): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By John Hiatt

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Left hand Tick-tick-boom pulseRight hand Steady chordsChords 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 The Kid In You (from The Country Bears) without reading music. The left hand plays tick-tick-boom pulse (root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4) and the right hand steady chords.

The Kid In You (from The Country Bears) accompaniment in letter notes

The Fm – Bb7 – Fm – Bb7 loop with tick-tick-boom pulse in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Fm
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 2
Bb7
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 3
Fm
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 4
Bb7
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 E4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5 E5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 5
Fm
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 6
Bb7
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 7
Fm
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 8
Bb7
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb2 Bb3

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 The Kid In You (from The Country Bears)

What are the letter notes for the The Kid In You (from The Country Bears) 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 Fm – Bb7 – Fm – Bb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in The Kid In You (from The Country Bears)?

The loop is Fm – Bb7 – Fm – Bb7 (i – IV7 – i – IV7) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is The Kid In You (from The Country Bears) in?

F major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in The Kid In You (from The Country Bears)?

Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The Kid In You (from The Country Bears) 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.