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
(G)Well, you went (Em)up im town pressed rid ing in your (G)Hal lim ou sine, with your (Em)fine ple Park you Av e nue clothes.
You had the (Em)Dom ry Per ig non in your hand and the spoon up your nose.
(G)Ooh and when you (Em)wake up in the morn ing with your head on you fire and and your (Em)eye’s sure too you blood y to see.
I’ll give you (Em)one hint, your hon ey, you sure did bitch in’ to me.
Yes, Be cause you had to be a (G)big (F)shot, (G)didn’t (F)you.
You (G)had (F)to (G)prove (Am)pen (G)up (Am)the (G)mouth.
(G)You had to be a (G)big (F)shot (G)didn’t (F)you.
(G)All (Am)your (G)friends (Am)were (G)so (F)knocked out.
(G)You had to have the (G)last (F)word, (G)last (F)night, You (G)so (Am)much (G)fun (Am)to (G)thing’s (Am)a (G)round.
You had to have the (F)front (C)page, (F)spot (C)type, you had to be a (G)big (D)shot (G)last (D)night.
Whoa.
(G)Well, they were (Em)all im town pressed rid ing with your (G)Hal lim ston dress, and the (Em)peo ple that you knew at E laines,
You and the (Em)sto ry of your lat est suc cess kept ’em so en ter tained.
(G)Aw but now you (Em)just up don’t re mem ber all the things on you said and you’re not (Em)eye’s sure that you wan na know.
see.
I’ll give you (Em)one hint, your hon ey, you sure did put on a show.
Yes, yes, cause you had to be a (G)big (F)shot, (G)didn’t (F)you.
You (G)had (F)to (G)o (Am)it (G)to (Am)your (G)crowd.
(G)You had to be a (G)big (F)shot (G)didn’t (F)you.
(G)All (Am)your (G)friends (Am)were (G)so (F)knocked out.
(G)You had to have the (G)last (F)word, (G)last (F)night.
You (G)know (Am)what (G)ev (Am)’ry (G)be (Am)a (G)bout.
You had to have a (F)white (C)hot (F)bold (C)light, you had to be a (G)big (D)shot (G)last (D)night.
Whoa.
(G)Well, they were (D)night.
Whoa.
(F)Oh, oh, Whoa.
(G)Oh, oh, Whoa.
Oh, (F)oh, oh, Whoa.
Oh, (G)oh, oh Whoa.
It’s no big sin stick your two cents in if you know when to leave it a lone.
But you went (Em)o ver the line, you could n’t (Bm7)see it was time to go home.
(F)No, no, (F)no, (C)no, (G)no, no, you had to be a
(G)Big (F)shot.
Mm (G)big (F)shot.
(G)Big shot.
(G)Big (F)shot.
Mm (G)big (F)shot.
(G)Big shot.
SONG INFO
- Level
- 5 of 5
- Key
- C
- Tempo
- 144 BPM
- Plays
- 7
- Chords
- Am Bm Bm7 C D Em F G
- Category
- Pop
- Artist
- Billy Joel