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
The sun shines bright in the (C)old Ken tuck y (G)home; ’tis sum mer, the (A7)folks there are (D)gay.
The (G)corn top’s ripe and the (C)mead ow’s in the (G)bloom, while the (D7)birds make the mu sic all the (G)day.
The young folks roll on the (C)lit tle cab in (G)floor, all mer ry, all (A7)hap py and (D)bright.
By’n (G)by hard times comes a (C)knock ing at the (G)door; then my old Ken tuck y (D7)home, good (G)night!
Weep no (C)more, my (G)la dy,
oh, (C)weep no more to (G)day!
We will sing one song for the (C)old Ken tuck y (G)home, for the old Ken tuck y (D7)home far a (G)way.
They hunt no more for the (C)pos sum and the (G)coon on mead ow, the (A7)hill and the (D)shore.
They (G)sing no more by the (C)glim mer of the (G)moon on the (D7)bench by the old ar cab in (G)door.
The day goes by like a (C)shad ow o’er the (G)heart, with sor row where (A7)all was de (D)light.
The (G)time has come when the (C)old friends have to (G)part; then my old Ken tuck y (D7)home, good (G)night!
Weep no (C)more, my (G)la dy,
oh, (C)weep no more to (G)day!
We will sing one song for the (C)old Ken tuck y (G)home, for the old Ken tuck y (D7)home far a (G)way.
The (G)way.