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
I will (A)live my (E)life
as a (A7)lob ster man’s (D)wife
on an (A)is land
(E)in the blue (A)bay.
He will (A)take
care of (E)me;
he will (A7)smell like the (D)sea
and (A)close
to my heart he’ll al ways
stay.
I will (A)bear
three (E)girls,
all with
straw ber ry (D)curls:
Lit tle El la and
Nel ly and
Faye.
While I’m (A)comb ing their (E)hair,
I will (A7)catch his warm
stare on our
is land
(E)in the blue
bay.
Far a way,
far a way,
I want to (D)go
far a (A)way
to a (E)new life
on a new shore
line
where
the wa
ter is blue
and the (D)peo ple are (A)new;
to an (E)oth er
is land,
in an oth er life.
There’s a boy
next to (E)me, and he (A7)nev er will (D)be an y (A)thing but a boy
at the (A)bar.
SONG INFO
- Level
- 5 of 5
- Key
- A
- Tempo
- 100 BPM
- Plays
- 5
- Chords
- A A7 Amaj7 D Dm6 E Emaj7 F#m
- Category
- Pop
- Artist
- Ingrid Michaelson