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Who Says You Can’t Go Home: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Bon Jovi with Jennifer Nettles
- G major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- Easy
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 Who Says You Can’t Go Home without reading music. The left hand plays island pulse (root bass · tresillo 3-3-2) and the right hand wake-and-run chords.
Who Says You Can’t Go Home accompaniment in letter notes
The G – Csus4 – Am – Csus4 loop with island pulse in the left hand and wake-and-run chords 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 Who Says You Can’t Go Home
What are the letter notes for the Who Says You Can’t Go Home 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 G – Csus4 – Am – Csus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Who Says You Can’t Go Home?
The loop is G – Csus4 – Am – Csus4 (I5 – IVsus – ii – IVsus) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is Who Says You Can’t Go Home in?
G major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Who Says You Can’t Go Home?
Island pulse: root bass · tresillo 3-3-2, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Who Says You Can’t Go Home 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.