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
Oh, oh, oh, (F)Woke up to day What (Bb)feel ing the way I (Dm)al (C)ways do.
Oh, oh, oh, (F)Hun gry for some thing that (B)I (G)can’t eat.
Then (A7)I hear the beat.
That (Dm)rhy thm of town starts (Db7)call ing me down.
They (F)It’s like a mes sage from (B)high (G)a bove.
Oh, oh, oh, (C)Pull ing me (F)out to the (Bb)smiles and the (Gm)streets that I (C)love.
(F)Good morn (C7)ing, (F)Bal ti more!
Ev ’ry day’s like an (Bb)o pen door.
Ev ’ry night is a (Fsus)fan (F)ta sy.
Ev ’ry sound’s like a (F)sym (Csus)pho ny.
(F)Good morn (C7)ing, (Fsus)Bal (F)ti more!
And some day when I (Bb)take to the floor, the (Bbm)world’s gon na wake up and (F)see
Bal ti more and (F)me.
Oh, oh, oh, (F)Look at my hair.
What (Bb)“do” can com pare with (Dm)mine (C)to day?
Oh, oh, oh, (F)I’ve got my hair spray and (B)ra (G)di o.
I’m (A7)read y to go.
The (Dm)rats on the streets all (Db7)dance ’round my feet.
They (F)seem to say, “Tra cy, it’s (B)up (G)to you.”
So, oh, oh, (C)Don’t hold me (F)back ’cause to (Bb)day all my (Gm)dreams will come (C)true.
(F)Good morn (C7)ing, (F)Bal ti more!
There’s the flash er who (Bb)lives next door.
There’s the bum on his (Fsus)bar (F)room stool.
wish me luck on my (F)way (Csus)to school.
(F)Good morn (C7)ing, (Fsus)Bal (F)ti more!
And some day when I (Bb)take to the floor, the (Bbm)world’s gon na wake up and (F)see
Bal ti more and (F)me.
(F)me.
I (Db)know ev ’ry step.
I (Ab)know ev ’ry song.
I (Bbm7)know there’s a place where (Bbm)I (Ab)be long.
I (Eb)see all those par ty lights (Bb)shin ing a head.
So (Cm7)some one in (Bb)vite me be (Csus)fore I drop dead!
So, oh, oh, (F)Give me a chance, ’cause when (Bb)I start to dance I’m a (Dm)mov ie star.
Oh, oh, oh, (F)Some thing in side of me (B)makes (G)me move when (A7)I hear the groove.
My (Dm)ma tells me, “No,” but my (Bbm)feet tell me, “Go.” (F)It’s like a drum mer in (B)side my (G)heart.
Oh, oh, oh, (C)Don’t make me (F)wait one more (Bb)mo ment for (Gm7)my life to (F)start.
(G)I love (D7)you, (Gsus)Bal (G)ti more!
Ev ’ry day’s like an (C)o pen door.
Ev ’ry night is a (Gsus)fan (G)ta sy.
SONG INFO
- Level
- 4 of 5
- Key
- Bb
- Tempo
- 130 BPM
- Plays
- 2
- Category
- Musical/Soundtrack
- Artist
- Marc Shaiman