Piano chords · Bossa beach
Working In The Coal Mine: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Devo
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 144 BPM
- I–V–I–V loop
- Medium
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 Working In The Coal Mine without reading music. The left hand plays bossa sway (root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&)) and the right hand slow-down chords.
Working In The Coal Mine accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – F – Bb – F loop with bossa sway in the left hand and slow-down 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.
Play next
Questions about Working In The Coal Mine
What are the letter notes for the Working In The Coal Mine 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 Bb – F – Bb – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Working In The Coal Mine?
The loop is Bb – F – Bb – F (I – V – I – V) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is Working In The Coal Mine in?
Bb major, at about 144 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Working In The Coal Mine?
Bossa sway: root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Working In The Coal Mine easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.