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You’ll Never Know: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Mack Gordon

  • F major
  • 2/2
  • 100 BPM
  • 1943
  • Easy
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Left hand Lazy footstepsRight hand Hopscotch bellsChords worked out from the notes of the famous part

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 You’ll Never Know without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand hopscotch bells.

The main tune of You’ll Never Know in letter notes

The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F → C
RC4+C4 F4 A4 C4+F4+A4+C5 A4 F4 C4
LF2+C3+A3 C2+C3
Bar 2
Am → Bbm7
RF3+A3 Db4 F3+Cb3
LA2 Ab2
Bar 3
Gm
RD4 G3+Bb3 G4 Bb3+D4 D5 G5
LG2 G1 Bb3 G4
Bar 4
D → Gm7
RF#5 Bb4+D5 D5 F#5 F5 Bb4+D5
LF#4 D4 F#4 F4

You’ll Never Know accompaniment in letter notes

The F – C – Am – Bbm7 – Gm – D – Gm7 loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and hopscotch bells in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F → C
RF5 A4+C5 E4+G4
LF2 C4 C3
Bar 2
Am → Bbm7
RA4 C4+E4 Db4+F4
LA2 Bb3 Bb2
Bar 3
Gm
RG5 Bb4+D5 Bb4+D5
LG2 G3 G2
Bar 4
D → Gm7
RD5 F#4+A4 E4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5 E5
LD2 G3 G2
Bar 5
F → C
RF5 A4+C5 E4+G4
LF2 C4 C3
Bar 6
Am → Bbm7
RA4 C4+E4 Db4+F4
LA2 Bb3 Bb2
Bar 7
Gm
RG5 Bb4+D5 Bb4+D5
LG2 G3 G2
Bar 8
D → Gm7
RD5 F#4+A4 Bb4+D5
LD2 G3 G2

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 You’ll Never Know

What are the letter notes for the You’ll Never Know 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 – Am – Bbm7 – Gm – D – Gm7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in You’ll Never Know?

The loop is F – C – Am – Bbm7 – Gm – D – Gm7 (I – V – iii – iv7 – ii – VI – ii7) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is You’ll Never Know in?

F major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in You’ll Never Know?

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

Is You’ll Never Know easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 7 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Can I hear the real melody of You’ll Never Know?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.