JAMAICA FAREWELL

LEVEL 4G · 100 BPM · Traditional Caribbean

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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

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

In Ja mai ca, where (C)hearts are light, where the (G)mu sic has you danc ing (G)all the night,

a boy was walk ing a (C)long the pier, he sang a (G)lit tle song that I (G)still can hear.

Oh, so sad am I to (Am)say, “Good bye.”

(D7)I’ll come back, no (G)more will I cry, I hate to say, “Fare well, Ja (Am)mai ca” to day, be cause the (G)girl I love is (D7)here, down (G)King ston Way!

In Ja mai ca, where (C)rum comes from, ev ’ry (G)bod y danc es, hear the (G)ban jo strum.

They sing ca lyp so, we (C)all take part, yet here I (G)heard a song from a (G)bro ken heart.

Oh, so sad am I to (Am)say, “Good bye.”

(D7)I’ll come back, no (G)more will I cry, I hate to say, “Fare well, Ja (Am)mai ca” to day, be cause the (G)girl I love is (D7)here, down (G)King ston Way!