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You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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  • G major
  • 6/8
  • 99 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Hammock heartbeatThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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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’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away without reading music. The left hand plays hammock heartbeat (root bass · 6/8 lilt), and the right hand sings the tune.

You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away accompaniment in letter notes

The G – D – F – G loop with hammock heartbeat in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G
RG4+B4+D5
LG2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 2
D
RD4+F#4+A4
LD2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 3
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 4
G
RG4+B4+D5 G4 B4 D5 G5 B5 D6
LG2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 5
G
RG4+B4+D5
LG2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 6
D
RD4+F#4+A4
LD2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 7
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 8
G
RG4+B4+D5
LG2 G2 G2 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’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away

What are the letter notes for the You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away 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 G – D – F – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away?

The loop is G – D – F – G (I – V – bVII – I) in G major, and the song ends on F – C – G.

What key is You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away in?

G major, at about 99 beats a minute in 6/8.

What does the left hand play in You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away?

Hammock heartbeat: root bass · 6/8 lilt, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away 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.