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Wake Me When It's Over: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Andy Williams

  • Eb major
  • 2/2
  • 100 BPM
  • 1959
  • Easy
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Left hand Lazy footstepsRight hand Eager chordsChords 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 Wake Me When It's Over without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand eager chords.

Wake Me When It's Over accompaniment in letter notes

The Fm – C – Fm – Bb7 loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and eager chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Fm
RC5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5
LF2 F3 F2
Bar 2
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 C4 C3
Bar 3
Fm
RC5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5
LF2 F3 F2
Bar 4
Bb7
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 D5 Eb5
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2
Bar 5
Fm
RC5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5
LF2 F3 F2
Bar 6
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 C4 C3
Bar 7
Fm
RC5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5
LF2 F3 F2
Bar 8
Bb7
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2

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 Wake Me When It's Over

What are the letter notes for the Wake Me When It's Over 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 – C – Fm – Bb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Wake Me When It's Over?

The loop is Fm – C – Fm – Bb7 (ii – VI – ii – V7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Wake Me When It's Over in?

Eb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Wake Me When It's Over?

Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Wake Me When It's Over 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.