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
(Cm)“Times are hard.” “Our (Fm)cash is tight.” “You’ve (G)got no right!” I’ve heard it all be (Cm)fore.
(Cm)“Just this once” is (Fm)once too much, for (G)once they’ve onced, they’ll want to once once (Cm)more.
(Fm7)I run the on ly (Bb9)toi let in this (Ebmaj7)part of town, you (Abmaj7)see, so (D)if you’ve got to go, (CN.C.)you’ve got to (Dm)go (D7)through (G)me!
(CN.C.)It’s a priv i lege to (Cm)pee.
(Cm)Wa ter’s (G7)worth its (Cm)weight in gold, these days.
I No more (G)bath rooms (Cm)like the old en days.
I You come here and (Cm)pay a (Cm)fee
and for the (G7)priv i lege (Cm)to pee.
(CN.C.)Twen ty years we’ve had the (Cm)drought,
(Cm)and our (G7)res er (Cm)voirs have all dried up.
I take my (G)baths now (Cm)in a cof fee cup.
I boil what’s left of (Cm)it for (Cm)tea,
and it’s a (G7)priv i lege (Cm)to pee.
(CN.C.)Twen ty years we’ve had the (Cm)pee!
The (Cm)pol (G)i (Cm)ti cians (Cm)in their (Fm7)wis dom saw that there should (G7)be a law.
The (Cm)pol (G7)i (Cm)ti cians (Cm)taxed the (Fm7)toi lets, and made il (Cm)le gal pub lic u ri (D)na tion
and def e (Cm)ca tion.
So, come and give your coins to (Cm)me.
Write your name here in the (Cm)rec ord book.
The au thor i ties will (Cm)want to look
if you’ve been reg u lar with (Cm)me,
if you’ve paid the prop er (Cm)fee
(CN.C.)for the priv i lege to (Cm)pee.
(CN.C.)You think you’ve got some kind of right?
(CN.C.)You think you’ll come in here and go for free?
(CN.C.)On ly thing you’ll get is “no” for free!
(CN.C.)I’m a bus ’ness gal, you (Cm)see.
I sell the (Fm)priv i lege to (C5)pee!
The (Cm)good (Fm6)Lord (Cm)made us so we’d (Fm)piss each day,
un til we (G)piss a way.
The (Cm)good (Fm)Lord (Cm)made sure that what (Fm7)goes in men
must soon come (Cm)out a gain,
so you’re no (D)diff ’rent, then,
(CN.C.)from low ly (Cm)me.
(CN.C.)And I think I’ll charge you (Cm)twice,
or bet ter (Fm)yet, have you ar (Cm)rest ed
since you pre (Fm)fer the law gets (C5)test ed.
And in (Fm)U rine town you’ll (Cm)see
why it’s dumb to fight with (Abm)me
(CN.C.)for the priv i lege to (Cm)pee!
SONG INFO
- Level
- 5 of 5
- Key
- F
- Tempo
- 80 BPM
- Plays
- 5
- Chords
- Ab Abm Abmaj7 Bb9 Bbm7 C C7 Cm
- Category
- Pop
- Artist
- Urinetown (Musical)