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Your Wife Don't Understand You: piano accompaniment sheet music
By The Simpsons
- D major
- 4/4
- 152 BPM
- 1992
- Easy
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Your Wife Don't Understand You written out as piano music: the II7 – V7 – I – VII loop in D major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays island seesaw (root–fifth 1-5-1) and the right hand catch-up chords.
Your Wife Don't Understand You 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.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | E7 | II7 | E G# B D |
| 2 | A7 | V7 | A C# E G |
| 3 | D | I | D F# A |
| 4 | C# | VII | C# E# G# |
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: island seesaw (root–fifth 1-5-1) in the left hand and catch-up chords in the right, over the E7 – A7 – D – C# 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 Your Wife Don't Understand You
Does the sheet music for Your Wife Don't Understand You 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 Your Wife Don't Understand You?
The loop is E7 – A7 – D – C# (II7 – V7 – I – VII) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.
What key is Your Wife Don't Understand You in?
D major, at about 152 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Your Wife Don't Understand You?
Island seesaw: root–fifth 1-5-1, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Your Wife Don't Understand You 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.