Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Why You Been Gone So Long: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Mickey Newbury
- C major
- 2/2
- 150 BPM
- 1969
- 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 Why You Been Gone So Long without reading music. The left hand plays bluesy shrug (broken chord 8-5-7) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.
Why You Been Gone So Long accompaniment in letter notes
The Am – D – F – G loop with bluesy shrug in the left hand and wait-a-beat 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 Why You Been Gone So Long
What are the letter notes for the Why You Been Gone So Long 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 Am – D – F – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Why You Been Gone So Long?
The loop is Am – D – F – G (vi – II – IV – V) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is Why You Been Gone So Long in?
C major, at about 150 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Why You Been Gone So Long?
Bluesy shrug: broken chord 8-5-7, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Why You Been Gone So Long 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.