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
We had an a part ment in the cit (G)y.
more.
Me and Lor (Dm)et ta liked liv ing there.
Well, it’s been years since the kids (F)had grown.
like some A life (C)of their own,
left us a lone.
John and Lin da live in O ma ha,
and Joe is some where at the fac on the (G)road.
But We lost Da vy in the Ko (F)re an War,
and I still don’t (C)know what for.
Don’t mat ter an y more.
You know that old trees just grow (C)strong er,
and old (Bb)riv ers grow wild er ev ’ry day.
Old peo ple just grow lone some,
wait ing for some (C)one to say,
“Hel (G)lo in there,
hel (C)lo.”
We Me and Lor et ta, we don’t talk (G)y.
more.
She sits and (Dm)stares through the back door screen.
And all the news just re peats (F)it self,
like some A for (C)got ten dream
that we’ve both seen.
Some I’ll go and call up Ru dy; ha,
we worked to geth er at the fac on to (G)ry.
But what could I say if he asks, (F)re “What’s new?”
and I “Noth ing.
(C)What’s with you?”
Don’t “Noth ing much to do.”
You know that old trees just grow (C)strong er,
and old (Bb)riv ers grow wild er ev ’ry day.
Old peo ple just grow lone some,
wait ing for some (C)one to say,
“Hel (G)lo in there,
hel (C)lo.”
So, if you’re walk (Dm)ing down the street some time
and spot some (Dm)hol low, an cient eyes,
please don’t just pass ’em by and stare
as if you (C)did n’t care.
Say, “Hel (G)lo in there,
SONG INFO
- Level
- 5 of 5
- Key
- C
- Tempo
- 132 BPM
- Plays
- 45
- Chords
- Bb C Cmaj7 Dm Em F G G7
- Category
- Pop
- Artist
- John Prine