IF I WERE THE KING OF THE FOREST

LEVEL 4Bb · 90 BPM · Harold Arlen
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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

  1. 1Put your right thumb on middle C. Most beginner songs stay under five fingers — you never move your hand.
  2. 2Set the speed down and turn CLICK on. Press each key exactly when the note reaches the line.
  3. 3Loop the bar that keeps breaking until it feels easy, then add the left hand and take the speed back up.

LYRICS

If (C)I were king of the (C)for est,

not queen, not duke, not prince,

my (C)re gal robes

of the (C)for est,

would be (C)sa tin, and not cot ton, and not (F)chintz.

I’d com (F)mand each thing, be it fish or fowl, with a (Dm)woof and a woof and a (C)ro yal gro wl.

(CN.C.)Woof.

As I’d (C5)click my heel, all the trees would kneel and the (CN.C.)moun tains bow and the bulls kow tow.

And the (F)spar row would take (Gm7)wing,

if (C)I, if I were (F)king!

Each (Bb)rab bit would show re spect to me.

The (F)chip munks ge nu flect to me.

Though my (Gbdim)tail would lash, I would show com pash’ for (CN.C.)ev er y un der ling!

If (Bb)I, if I were (CN.C.)king,

just (Bb)king!

Mon (Cm)arch

of all and I shall (C7)reign.

(Fmadd11)Mo (CN.C.)ha a a a a a on

arch of (Bb)all

I sur (Eb)vey!

SONG INFO

Level
4 of 5
Key
Bb
Tempo
90 BPM
Plays
1
Category
Musical/Soundtrack
Artist
Harold Arlen

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