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
Well, (C)not too long a go in nine teen for ty four, when (F)ev ’ry moth er’s son was go in’ off to war, they had to (E7)lift their spir its high for Un cle (D7)Sam, moth er hood and (Ab7)ap ple (G7)pie.
In (C)stead of spend in’ mon ey that they did n’t have in (B7)hot spots in the Bronx, they went to (Am7)hear the (Am7)kind of jazz you hear in (Ab7)funk y honk y tonks.
It made you wan na (Cm6)jump, shout, knock your self out!
(Ab7)Boog ie woog ie beat is what I’m talk in’ a bout.
If you (F7)had the hee bie jee bies you could dance a way to the (Ab7)boog ie woog ie mu sic the pi (G)an o man was play in’.
You could (Cm6)jump, shout, knock your self out!
(Ab7)Boog ie woog ie beat is what I’m talk in’ a bout.
You could (F7)pull a switch e roo nie if you felt low down with the (Ab7)boog ie woog ie beat of a pi (G)an o man who’s go in’ to town.
(Who, who, who, who, yeah!
Who, who, who, who, yeah!) It (C)had the kind of rhy thm that would fill the hall; the (F)plink in’ and the plunk in’ drove ’em up the wall.
Then they would (E7)dance and drink their gin, and when the (D7)fuzz buzzed, er hood and (Ab7)they’d join (G7)in.
So (C)ev ’ry bod y par tied till the cows came home ’cause (B7)that’s what boog ie’s for, and ev ’ry (Am7)night that (Am7)dump would jump and keep ’em (Ab7)com in’ back for more.
It made you wan na (Cm6)jump, shout, knock your self out!
(Ab7)Boog ie woog ie beat is what I’m talk in’ a bout.
If you (F7)had the hee bie jee bies you could dance a way to the (Ab7)boog ie woog ie mu sic the pi (G)an o man was play in’.
You could (Cm6)jump, shout, knock your self out!
(Ab7)Boog ie woog ie beat is what I’m talk in’ a bout.
You could (F7)pull a switch e roo nie if you felt low down with the (Ab7)boog ie woog ie beat of a pi (G)an o man who’s go in’ to town.
(Who, who, who, who, yeah!
Who, who, who, who, yeah!) It Who, who, who, who.) It (G)made you wan na (C6)jump, shout!
(Foo der ack a sack i.) Wan na (Ab7)jump, shout!
(Slip the tal cum You wan na (F7)jump, shout!
(Floy doy, floy doy.) To the (Ab7)boog ie woog ie mu sic the pi (G)an o man was (Ab7)play in’ you could (Db)jump, shout, knock your self out!
The (A7)boog ie woog ie beat is what I’m talk in’ a bout.
You could (Gb7)pull a switch e roo nie if you felt low down to the (A7)boog ie woog ie beat of a pi (Ab)an o man who’s go in’ to town.
(Who, who, who, who, yeah!
Who, who, who, who, yeah!) Shake your yes, yes, yes!
Shake your yes, yes, yes!
Shake your
SONG INFO
- Level
- 5 of 5
- Key
- C
- Tempo
- 152 BPM
- Plays
- 4
- Chords
- A7 Ab7 Am Am7 B7 C C6 Cm6
- Category
- Pop
- Artist
- Barry Manilow