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
If it (D)seems like I’ve been lost in let’s re mem ber,
if you think I’m feel ing old er and miss ing my young er days,
oh, then you (G)should have known me much bet ter, ’cause my past is some thing that nev er got in my (D)way,
oh no.
Still I would not be here now if I nev er had the hun ger,
and I’m not a shamed to say the wild boys were my friends.
Oh ’cause I (G)nev er felt the de sire
’til their mu sic set me on fire, and then I was (D)saved,
(G)yeah.
That’s why I’m keep ing the faith.
(G)Yeah, (CN.C.)yeah, yeah, yeah keep ing the faith.
We wore mat a dor boots on ly Flagg Broth ers had them with a Cu ban heel,
Ir i des cent socks with the same col or shirt, and a tight pair of chi nos.
Oh, I (G)put on my shark skin jack et, you know the kind with the vel vet col lar and dit ty bop (D)shades,
oh yeah.
I took a fresh pack of Luck ies and a mint called Sen Sen,
my old man’s Tro jans and his Old Spice af ter shave.
Oh, combed my (G)hair in a pom pa dour
like the rest of the Ro me os wore, a per ma nent (D)wave,
(G)yeah.
We were keep ing the faith.
(G)Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, keep ing the faith.
You can get just so much from a good thing,
you can (A)lin ger too long in your dreams.
Say good (A)bye to the old ies but good ies,
you ’cause the (Em7)good ole days were n’t al ways good and to (Em7)mor row ain’t as bad as it seems.
Now I (D)Learned stick my ball sons as a for mal ed u ca tion,
now I’m lost a lot of fights to but it taught me how to beer in the K.
Oh, I’m gon na (G)heard a bout my sex but not e nough, I found you could dance and still look tough an y (D)way,
oh yes I did.
I found out a man ain’t just be ing ma cho,
ate an aw ful lot of late night drive in food, drank a lot of take home pay.
I (G)thought I was the Duke of Earl
when I made it with a red haired girl in the Chev ro let,
oh won der ful to be a live when the rock and roll (D)plays,
(G)yeah.
When the mem o ry (F#m)stays,
(G)yeah.
I’m keep ing the faith,
(G)Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah keep ing the faith.
SONG INFO
- Level
- 5 of 5
- Key
- D
- Tempo
- 75 BPM
- Plays
- 2
- Chords
- A C D Em7 F#m G
- Category
- Pop
- Artist
- Billy Joel