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
(G7)Pe pa, it’s me a (Ab7)gain, why aren’t you pick ing up the (G7)phone?
It’s like my (Ab7)brain is gon na melt if I don’t (G7)talk to you.
I’ve got a (F)prob lem in the show er and I’ve (G7)on ly got a mi nute ’cause the (Ab7)prob lem in the show er is that (Db)guy that I’ve (D)been dat ing named Ma (G7)lik.
He’s,— what’s the (Ab7)word,— swarth y, like a des ert (G7)sheik.
And he’s been (Ab7)here at my a part ment for a (G7)bout a week.
I met him (Cm7)down at “Ca (Ab7)fé Som bra” and I (Cm7)know you think (Ab7)I’m o ver ly ro (Cm7)man tic, but (Ab7)you would n’t be lieve the con (Cm7)nec tion we had (Ab7)like im me di ate ly.
I was (CN.C.)read y for him to meet my (G7)mom.
Like I could (Ab7)feel my heart ex plod ing like some (G7)kind of bomb.
Which is i (Ab7)ron ic be cause ac tu’l ly I think he lit er al ly has some kind of… (CN.C.)An y way, Grand pa, hap py birth day.
Say hel lo to Grand ma and be sure to take your… That was (G7)him!
I may be (Ab7)jump ing to con clu sions, God I (G7)hope I am.
He thinks I’m (Ab7)thin and he’s got shoul ders like Jean (G7)Claude van Damme.
Lis ten, (Cm)call me when (Bb)you hear this, I’ll be (Ab7)here for half an hour, (D7)call me (G7)back.
(G7)Pe pa, are you (CN.C.)there?
Are you there?
Are you o kay?
You’re not there, but we (G7)need to talk.
My stom ach’s (Ab7)ach ing like I swal lowed some e (G7)nor mous rock.
I’m at the (Fm)phone booth on (F)the cor ner and I’ve (G7)on ly got a min ute ’cause I’m (Ab7)run ning out of change ’cause I’ve been (Db)lend ing all (D)my mon ey to Ma (G7)lik.
God knows with (Ab7)men, I’m not ex act ly on a (G7)luck y streak.
But this one (Ab7)real ly is a mess, I think I’m (G7)gon na freak.
I know you (Cm7)say I’m an (Ab7)a larm ist, but I’m (Cm7)not.
Re mem (Ab7)ber there’s that time I (Cm7)thought I saw (Ab7)a spi der?
You (Cm7)said, “Nah, it’s (Ab7)a rai sin,” but it (Cm7)sud den ly start (Ab7)ed mov ing and it crawled o (CN.C.)ver and bit me (Gb)on the (G7)toe!
So if you’re (Ab7)gon na stand in judg ment, that’s how (G7)much you know.
It’s a good (Ab7)thing I did n’t eat it, but I nev er would have ate it ’cause I (CN.C.)nev er did like rai sins so why would there be a rai sin on the (G7)floor?
So when you (F)hear this call (G)me back, I’ll (Abmaj7)wait a lit tle (G)more.
I’ll be at sev en (CN.C.)sev en three.
Damn, they scratched out (CN.C.)the num ber and mis spelled “Va gi na.” All right, I’m hang ing up, I’ll call you (G7)back!
(G7)Pe pa, o kay I’m (Ab7)try ing you a gain, it’s af ter (G7)noon.
It’s like my (Ab7)eyes are gon na pop if I don’t (G7)get you soon.
I’m at the (F7)stu di (CN.C.)o, which sucks, be cause I’m (G7)hav ing trou ble (CN.C.)work ing ’cause the (Ab13)on ly thing I (CN.C.)think a bout’s this cra zy sit u a tion with Ma (G7)lik.
I don’t know (Ab7)what I’m gon na do if you and (G7)I don’t speak.
I know you (Cm7)think I’m just (F7)a dra ma queen, but (Cm7)ac tu’al ly (F7)I’m prac ti cal and, (Bbm7)damn it, I’m (Eb9)a mo del so of (Bbm7)course I feel (Eb9)things deep er than most (D)peo ple (D7)ty pi c’lly (G)do!
And an y (F7)way, I think my life may be in (G)dan ger too.
You won’t be (Ab7)lieve what he’s got hid den in the… (Eb7)oh, Fer nan do’s work ing here.
He’s lost a lot of weight and now he’s got that thing re moved, he just looks… Pe pa, Mar cos, He says hel (G)lo.
And now he’s (Ab9)tell ing me we’re shoot ing so I (G)got ta go.
It’s some big (Cm)deal ad cam (Bb)paign, I don’t know (Ab)what it’s (G7)for.
They’ve got me (Cm)pos ing with a (Bb)mel on and a (Ab6)mat a (G)dor.
SONG INFO
- Level
- 5 of 5
- Key
- F
- Tempo
- 148 BPM
- Plays
- 13
- Chords
- Ab Ab6 Ab7 Ab9 Abdom Abm Abmaj7 Bb
- Category
- Musical/Soundtrack
- Artist
- David Yazbek