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 may be And as the bomb shells of my dai ly fears ex plode, (C6)I try to trace them (Am)to my youth.
But then a gain And then you had to bring up re in car na tion o ver a cou ple of beers the oth er night.
And (Csus)now, I’m serv ing time a cross for the o (Csus)takes cean years a go 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 (Csus)an y hu man being ev er reach that kind of light?
I (Csus)call on the (Dm)rest ing soul of (G13)Gal i le o, king of night vi sion, king of in sight.
gain And then I think a bout my fear of mo tion tion o to let the next for I er could ex plain.
or (Csus)“Look Some oth er fool o cross ver the o (Csus)takes in my a go life.
must have (Dm)crashed his I’ll (Am)lit tle air (Bb6/9)plane.
How (F)long till my (Csus)soul gets it right?
Can (Csus)an y hu man being ev er reach that kind of light?
I (Csus)call on the (Dm)rest ing soul of (G13)Gal i le o, king of night vi sion, king of in sight.
sight.
I’m not mak ing (Bb)a joke.
You know me, I take ev e ry thing 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 (F)life time.
I’m still not right.
vi sion, king of in sight?
How (F)long?
How (F)long?
How (F)long?
SONG INFO
- Level
- 5 of 5
- Key
- Bb
- Tempo
- 108 BPM
- Plays
- 1
- Chords
- Am Bb Bb6 Bdim C6 C7 Csus4 Dm
- Category
- Folk
- Artist
- Indigo Girls