TAKE IT OFF THE SCREEN
Print the sheet for the piano stand, or load the MIDI into any app and practise at your own tempo.
HOW TO PLAY
- 1Put your right thumb on middle C. Most beginner songs stay under five fingers — you never move your hand.
- 2Set the speed down and turn CLICK on. Press each key exactly when the note reaches the line.
- 3Loop the bar that keeps breaking until it feels easy, then add the left hand and take the speed back up.
LYRICS
Did I a buse her Or show her dis dain?
Why does she run from me?
If I should lose her, How shall I re gain The heart she has won from me?
Ag o ny—!
Be yond pow er of speech,
When the one thing you want
Is the on ly thing out of your reach.
High in her tow er, She sits by the ho ur, Main tain ing her hair.
Blithe and be com ing, And fre quent ly hum ming A light heart ed air: “Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah—” Ag o ny—!
Far more pain ful than yours,
When you know she would go with you,
If there on ly were doors.
Ag o ny!
Oh, the tor ture they teach!
What’s as in tri guing— Or half so fa ti guing— As what’s out of reach?
Am I not sen si tive, clev er, Well man nered, con sid er ate, Pas sion ate, charm ing, As kind as I’m hand some, And heir to a throne?
You are ev ’ry thing maid ens could wish for!
Then why no—?
Do I know?
The girl must be mad!
You know noth ing of mad ness
Till you’re climb ing her hair And you see her up there As you’re near ing her, All the while hear ing her “Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah—” Ag o ny!
Mis er y!
Woe!
Though it’s dif f’rent for each.
Al ways ten steps be hind Al ways ten feet be low— And she’s just out of reach.
Ag o ny!
That can cut like a knife!
I must have her to wife.
SONG INFO
- Level
- 4 of 5
- Key
- Ab
- Tempo
- 78 BPM
- Plays
- 2
- Category
- Musical/Soundtrack
- Artist
- Stephen Sondheim