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
Write a (Fm7)let ter;
be in (Ab5)ven tive.
Tell you (Ab5)ev ’ry thing is (Ebm6)fine.
Be at (Ab5)ten tive to the (Cm7)dis tance.
(Ebm7)Send my (Ab13)love with ev ’ry (Db)line.
(Db7)Ev ’ry (Dbm6)word should bring you (Ab)clos er and ca (C7sus4)ress you (C)with its (Fm7)tone.
(Ab5)Noth ing should re (Cm7)mind you
that (Eb7sus4)I am here a (Fm7)lone.
I can’t (Fm7)tell you (Fm7)what I’m (Ab5)feel ing.
(Ab)I can’t (Ab5)talk a bout the (Ebm6)war;
how the (Ab5)peal ing of the (Cm7)church bells
(Ebm7)brings the (Ab13)bat tle to our (Db)door.
(Db)I don’t (Dbm6)know which part is (Ab)hard er:
what I (C7sus4)know or (C)what’s un (Fm)known,
or (Ab5)rais ing lit tle (Cm7)wom en
when (Eb7sus4)I am here a (Ab)lone.
(Cm7)Count (Ab)ing (Db)days,
(Db)pray ing for (Cm9)news.
Is this the (Db)life
we (Db)meant to (Gb)choose?
Do you (Fm7)know how much I (Ab5)miss you
at this (Ab5)ho ur of the (Ebm6)day?
(Ab7sus4)How I (Ab5)wish you were the (Cm7)twi light
(Ebm7)come to (Ab13)take my fears a (Db)way.
(Db7)Can I (Dbm6)man age four young (Ab)wom en?
I’m not (C7sus4)cer tain (C)I know (Fm7)how.
(Ebm7)Will (Gb)I (Dbmaj7)be there when they (Ab)need me?
Do I (Cb)fail them (Db)e ven (Gb)now?
I (Ab5)wish that you were (Ab)with me;
wish that (C7sus4)I could (C)bring you (Fm7)home.
The (Ab5)night seems so much (Cm7)long er
now that (Eb7sus4)I am here
a
lone.
SONG INFO
- Level
- 5 of 5
- Key
- Bb
- Tempo
- 100 BPM
- Plays
- 2
- Chords
- Ab Ab7 Abdom Abm Abped Absus4 Bbm7 Bbsus4
- Category
- Pop
- Artist
- Mindi Dickstein