Piano chords · Old-time stride
There's A Sucker Born Ev'ry Minute: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Cy Coleman
- Eb major
- 2/2
- 160 BPM
- 1980
- Medium
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 There's A Sucker Born Ev'ry Minute without reading music. The left hand plays stride jumps (stride) and the right hand ticking clock.
There's A Sucker Born Ev'ry Minute accompaniment in letter notes
The Eb7 – D7 – Db7 – C7 loop with stride jumps in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
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 There's A Sucker Born Ev'ry Minute
What are the letter notes for the There's A Sucker Born Ev'ry Minute 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 Eb7 – D7 – Db7 – C7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in There's A Sucker Born Ev'ry Minute?
The loop is Eb7 – D7 – Db7 – C7 (I7 – VII7 – bVII7 – VI7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Bb7 – Eb.
What key is There's A Sucker Born Ev'ry Minute in?
Eb major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in There's A Sucker Born Ev'ry Minute?
Stride jumps: stride, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is There's A Sucker Born Ev'ry Minute 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.