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Too Damn Young: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Luke Bryan

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Left hand Hopscotch stepsThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Too Damn Young without reading music. The left hand plays hopscotch steps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 4), and the right hand sings the tune.

Too Damn Young accompaniment in letter notes

The C – F – C – F loop with hopscotch steps in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C4 C4
Bar 2
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F3 F3
Bar 3
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C4 C4
Bar 4
F
RF4+A4+C5 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5
LF2 F3 F3
Bar 5
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C4 C4
Bar 6
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F3 F3
Bar 7
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C4 C4
Bar 8
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F3 F3

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 Too Damn Young

What are the letter notes for the Too Damn Young 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 C – F – C – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Too Damn Young?

The loop is C – F – C – F (I – IV – I – IV) in C major, and the song ends on C – F – C.

What key is Too Damn Young in?

C major, at about 130 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Too Damn Young?

Hopscotch steps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Too Damn Young 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.