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You Must Be Born With It: piano accompaniment sheet music

By Irving Berlin

  • D major
  • 2/2
  • 120 BPM
  • 1931
  • Medium
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Left hand Walking rootsRight hand Deep-breath chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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You Must Be Born With It written out as piano music: the I – bVI7 – II7 – V loop in D major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters) and the right hand deep-breath chords.

You Must Be Born With It chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in D major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1DID F# A
2Bb7bVI7Bb D F Ab
3E7II7E G# B D
4AVA C# E

What the sheet music shows

The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: walking roots (root bass · quarters) in the left hand and deep-breath chords in the right, over the D – Bb7 – E7 – A chords.

Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.

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Questions about You Must Be Born With It

Does the sheet music for You Must Be Born With It have finger numbers?

Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.

What chords are in You Must Be Born With It?

The loop is D – Bb7 – E7 – A (I – bVI7 – II7 – V) in D major, and the song ends on D – Em – D.

What key is You Must Be Born With It in?

D major, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in You Must Be Born With It?

Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is You Must Be Born With It 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.