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We Can't Make It Here: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By James Mc Murtry

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Left hand Late-hop footstepsRight hand Soft 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 We Can't Make It Here without reading music. The left hand plays late-hop footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4) and the right hand soft chords.

We Can't Make It Here accompaniment in letter notes

The F – C – G – F loop with late-hop footsteps in the left hand and soft chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 2
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 3
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG2 G3 G2 G2 G3
Bar 4
F
RC5+F5+A5 E4 Gb4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5 E5
LF2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 5
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 6
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 7
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG2 G3 G2 G2 G3
Bar 8
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 F3 F2 F2 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 We Can't Make It Here

What are the letter notes for the We Can't Make It Here 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 F – C – G – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in We Can't Make It Here?

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

What key is We Can't Make It Here in?

G major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in We Can't Make It Here?

Late-hop footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is We Can't Make It Here 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.