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
My (Gm)moth er came to Haz ard when I was just sev en.
E ven then the folks in town she said with (F)prej u diced eyes,
“That (C)boy’s er not right.”
(Gm)Three years a go when I came to know Mar y,
first I time that some one by looked be yond the (F)ru mors and the lies
and saw the (C)man in side.
We (Eb)used
to walk down by
the (Bb)riv er.
She (Eb)loved
to watch the sun go down.
We (Eb)loved
to walk a long the (Bb)riv
er
and (F)dream
our way out of this town.
My (Gm)No one un der stood ard what I was for Mar y.
No one cared un til the night she went out (F)walk ing a lone
and (C)nev er came home.
(Gm)Man with a badge came I knock ing next morn ing.
Here I was sur round ed by a be sand the (F)fin gers sud den ly
and point ed (C)right at me.
I (Eb)swear
I left her by the (Bb)riv er.
I (Eb)swear
I left her safe and sound.
I (Eb)need
to make it to the (Bb)riv
er
and (F)leave
this old Ne bras ka town.
I think a bout my life gone by and (Gm)how it’s done me wrong.
There’s no es cape for me this time.
(Bb)All of my res cues are (Bb)gone,
long gone.
SONG INFO
- Level
- 5 of 5
- Key
- Eb
- Tempo
- 100 BPM
- Plays
- 12
- Chords
- Bb C Cm Dm7 Eb F Gm
- Category
- Pop
- Artist
- Richard Marx