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You've Got To Show: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Indigo Girls

  • G major
  • 4/4
  • 120 BPM
  • 2002
  • Easy
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Left hand Lazy footstepsRight hand Swing pushChords 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 Show without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand swing push.

You've Got To Show accompaniment in letter notes

The G – C – Bm – Bb7 loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and swing push in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG2 G3 G2
Bar 2
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 C4 C3
Bar 3
Bm
RF#4+B4+D5 F#4+B4+D5 F#4+B4+D5
LB2 B3 B2
Bar 4
Bb7
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 C4 D4 E4 Gb4 G4 A4 Cb4 C5
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2
Bar 5
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG2 G3 G2
Bar 6
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 C4 C3
Bar 7
Bm
RF#4+B4+D5 F#4+B4+D5 F#4+B4+D5
LB2 B3 B2
Bar 8
Bb7
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2

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 Show

What are the letter notes for the You've Got To Show 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 – C – Bm – Bb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in You've Got To Show?

The loop is G – C – Bm – Bb7 (I – IV – iii – bIII7) in G major, and the song ends on G – C – G.

What key is You've Got To Show in?

G major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in You've Got To Show?

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

Is You've Got To Show 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.