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
Ev ’ry bod y knows that the dice are load ed.
Ev ’ry bod y (Bb)rolls with their fin gers crossed.
Ev ’ry bod y (Dm)knows
the war is o ver.
Ev ’ry bod y (Bb)knows the good guys lost.
Ev ’ry bod y (Gm)knows the fight was (A)fixed: the poor stay (C)poor, the rich get (Dm)rich.
That’s how it (Eb)goes.
Ev ’ry bod y (Dm)knows.
Ev ’ry bod y knows that the boat is leak ing.
Ev ’ry bod y (Bb)knows the cap tain lied.
Ev ’ry bod y (Dm)got this bro ken feel ing
like their (Bb)fa ther or their dog just died.
Ev ’ry bod y (Gm)talk ing to their (A)poc kets.
Ev ’ry bod y (C)wants a box of (Dm)choc ’lates and a long stem (Eb)rose.
Ev ’ry bod y (Dm)knows.
Ev ’ry bod y (Dm)knows that you love me, ba by.
Ev ’ry bod y (Bb)knows that you real ly do.
Ev ’ry bod y (Dm)knows that you’ve been faith ful,
(Bb)give or take a night or two.
Ev ’ry bod y (Gm)knows you’ve been dis creet but there were so man y (C)peo ple you just had to (Dm)meet with out your (Eb)clothes.
And ev ’ry bod y (Dm)knows.
Ev ’ry bod y (F)knows,
ev ’ry bod y (C)knows
that’s how it (Dm)goes.
(Bb)Ev ’ry bod y (F)knows,
ev ’ry bod y knows,
ev ’ry bod y (C)knows
that’s how it (Dm)goes.
(Bb)Ev ’ry bod y (F)knows.
And ev ’ry bod y knows that the dice are load ed.
Ev ’ry bod y (Bb)rolls with their fin gers crossed.
Ev ’ry bod y (Dm)knows
the war is o ver.
Ev ’ry bod y (Bb)knows the good guys lost.
Ev ’ry bod y (Gm)knows the fight was (A)fixed: the poor stay (C)poor, the rich get (Dm)rich.
That’s how it (Eb)goes.
Ev ’ry bod y (Dm)knows.
Ev ’ry bod y knows that the boat is leak ing.
Ev ’ry bod y (Bb)knows the cap tain lied.
Ev ’ry bod y (Dm)got this bro ken feel ing
SONG INFO
- Level
- 4 of 5
- Key
- Bb
- Tempo
- 120 BPM
- Plays
- 8
- Category
- Folk
- Artist
- Leonard Cohen