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
grad.
Vik tor was born
in the spring of for ty four,
and fol nev er saw rules
his fa ther (A)an y more.
A The on of ly sac ri fice,
a (D)child of war.
An oth er son who nev er had
a fa (G)ther af ter Len in grad.
Went off to school
and learned spring to serve the state,
and fol lowed er the rules
and drank his (A)vod ka straight.
A The on of ly way to live
was (D)drown the hate.
A Rus sian life was ver y sad,
a fa (G)ther af ter Len in
and such was life in Len in (D)grad.
But I was born in for ty nine, a (Am)hid in war the shel ters un Car der ground.
time.
Till the (G)So ’em viets the Thir turned eighth their Par ships al a round (A)Blast and those yel low ban reds siles to down.
hell.
And (Dm)Cold war kids Oc were hard to kill we un der their desks in an air raid done.
drill.
And I Have watched they my heard friends go won off the to war, (Asus)what do they keep on (A)fight ing for?
Vik tor was sent
to some Red Ar my town.
Served out his (Em)time,
be came a cir (A7)cus clown.
The great my est hap daugh pi ness
he’d ev er found
was nev mak ing Rus sian chil dren glad.
And chil dren lived in Len in (D)grad.
But chil dren lived in Lev it town and (Am)hid in war the shel ters un Car der ground.
time.
Till the (G)So ’em viets the Thir turned eighth their Par ships al a round (A)Blast and tore the Cu ban mis siles to down.
hell.
And (Dm)in that bright Oc were to ber sun, we knew our their child hood an days were done.
drill.
And I Have watched they my heard friends go won off the to war, (Asus)what do they keep on (A)fight ing for?
SONG INFO
- Level
- 5 of 5
- Key
- D
- Tempo
- 74 BPM
- Plays
- 2
- Chords
- A A#dim A7 Am Asus4 B Bm D
- Category
- Pop
- Artist
- Billy Joel