Piano chords · Old-time stride
You've Never Had It So Good: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- D minor
- 4/4
- 96 BPM
- 1989
- Easy
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 Never Had It So Good without reading music. The left hand plays stride jumps (stride) and the right hand steady chords.
You've Never Had It So Good accompaniment in letter notes
The Em – A – D – A loop with stride jumps in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
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 Never Had It So Good
What are the letter notes for the You've Never Had It So Good 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 Em – A – D – A, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in You've Never Had It So Good?
The loop is Em – A – D – A (ii – V – I – V) in D minor, and the song ends on D – A7 – D.
What key is You've Never Had It So Good in?
D minor, at about 96 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in You've Never Had It So Good?
Stride jumps: stride, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is You've Never Had It So Good 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.