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
When (D)Au (A)gust (Bsus2)winds (D)are (Gmaj7)turn (G6)ing,
the (D)fish ing boats set out up (D)on the (Gmaj7)sea.
I (F#)watch till (Bm)they sail (A)out of (D)sight.
The (G)win ter (Em7)fol lows (A7sus)soon.
I (F#)watch them (Bm)drawn in (A)to the (D)night be (E)neath the Au gust (A7sus)moon.
(D)No (A)one (Bsus2)knows (D)I (Gmaj7)come (G6)here;
the (D)some ing boats set out up (D)don’t the (Gmaj7)share.
I (F#)can’t ex (Bm)plain the (A)rea sons (D)why it (G)moves me (Em7)close lows (A7sus)tears,
or (F#)some thing (Bm)in the (A)sea son’s (D)change will (E)find me wan d’ring (A7sus)moon.
(A7sus)here.
And (D)in (A)my (Bsus2)pub (D)lic (Gmaj7)mo (G6)ments,
I (D)hear the (A)things I (Bsus2)say, but (D)they’re not (E)me.
Per (A)haps I’ll know be (F#)fore I die, ad (Bm)mit that there’s a (G)rea son why I (D)count the (Gsus)boats (G)re (D)turn ing (A7)to the (Bm)sea.
I (D)count the (Gsus)boats (G)re (D)turn ing (A7)to the (D)sea.
And (D)in (A)my (Bsus2)pri (D)vate (Gmaj7)mo (G6)ments,
I (D)drop the (A)masks that (Bsus2)I’ve been (D)forced to (E)wear.
But (A)no one knows this (F#)se cret me, where, (Bm)al be it un (G)con scious ly, I (D)count the (Gsus)boats (G)re (D)turn ing (A7)from the (Bm)sea.
I (D)count the (Gsus)boats (G)re (D)turn ing (A7)from the (D)sea.
And (D)sea.
Ooh.
Ooh.
SONG INFO
- Level
- 5 of 5
- Key
- D
- Tempo
- 120 BPM
- Plays
- 6
- Chords
- A A7 Bm Bsus2 C#m D E Em
- Category
- Rock
- Artist
- Sting