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 Gal i le o’s head was on the block,
the crime was (Csus)look ing up the truth.
’Cause (F)may be And as the bomb shells of my dai ly fears ex plode, I try to (Dm)trace them (Am)to my youth.
then a (F)gain And then you (Csus)had to bring up re in car na tion o ver a (F)cou ple of beers the oth er night.
(C7sus)or she’ll And (F)now, I’m serv ing (Csus)time a for mis o (Bb6/9)takes years made by an oth (Dm)er in an (Am)oth er life (Bb6/9)time.
How (F)long till my (Csus)soul gets it right?
Can (C7sus)an y hu man being ev er reach that kind of (Bb6/9)light?
I (C7sus)call on the (Dm)rest ing soul
of (G13)Gal i le o, king of (Bb6/9)night vi sion, king of in sight.
(F)gain And then I (Csus)think a bout my fear of mo tion tion to let the (F)next for which I er could ex plain.
(C7sus)or she’ll say, (F)Some oth I er (Csus)fool a cross the o (Bb6/9)cean years a last life.
have (Dm)crashed his I’ll (Am)lit tle air (Bb6/9)plane.
How (F)long till my (Csus)soul gets it right?
Can (C7sus)an y hu man being ev er reach that kind of (Bb6/9)light?
I (C7sus)call on the (Dm)rest ing soul
of (G13)Gal i le o, king of (Bb6/9)night vi sion, king of in sight.
sight.
I’m not mak ing a joke.
You know me, I take ev e ry thing so ser i ous ly.
If we (Dm)wait for the time till all souls get it right, then at (Csus)least I know there’ll (Bb6/9)be no nu cle (Csus)ar an ni hi la tion in my (Fsus)life (F)time.
I’m still not right.
(Bb6/9)night vi sion, king of in sight?
How (F)long?
How (F)long?
SONG INFO
- Level
- 4 of 5
- Key
- Bb
- Tempo
- 176 BPM
- Plays
- 7
- Category
- Pop
- Artist
- Indigo Girls