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
It is the (F7)eve ning of the (Ab)day,
I sit and (F7)watch the chil dren (Ab)play.
Smil ing fac es (Bb7)I can see,
but not for (Cm)me.
I sit and watch as (Gm)tears (Fm7)go (Bb7)by.
My rich es (F7)can’t buy ev ’ry (Ab)thing,
I want to (F7)hear the chil dren (Ab)sing.
All I hear es (Bb7)is the sound
but not for (Cm)me.
I sit and watch as (Gm)tears (Fm7)go (Bb7)by.
of rain fall ing (Cm)on the ground,
I sit and watch as (Gm)tears (Fm7)go (Bb7)by.
It is the (F7)eve ning of the (Ab)day,
I sit and (F7)watch the chil dren (Ab)play.
Do in’ things I (Bb7)used to do,
they think are (Cm)new.
I sit and watch as (Gm)tears (Fm7)go (Bb7)by.
Mm.
Mm.
(Fm7)Mm.
SONG INFO
- Level
- 5 of 5
- Key
- Ab
- Tempo
- 112 BPM
- Plays
- 7
- Chords
- Ab Bb Bb7 Cm Eb F7 Fm7 Gm
- Category
- Pop
- Artist
- Marianne Faithfull