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
Hey, Ni ki ta, is it cold
(C)in your lit tle cor ner of the world?
You could roll a round the globe
and nev er find a warm er soul to know.
Oh, I saw you by the wall,
ten of your tin sol diers in a row,
with eyes that looked like (D)ice on fire,
the hu man heart a cap tive in the snow.
Oh, Ni ki ta, (G)you will nev er know
an y thing a bout my home.
(C)I’ll (G)nev er know how good it feels to hold you.
Ni ki ta, I (G)need you so.
Oh, Ni ki ta, is the (C)oth er side
of an y giv en line in time
(G)count ing ten tin sol diers in a row?
(Em7)Oh (D7)no, Ni ki ta, you’ll (G)nev er know.
Do you ev er dream of me?
(C)Do you ev er see let ters I write?
When you look up through the wire,
Ni ki ta, do you count the stars at night?
Oh, And if there comes a time
guns and gates no long er hold you in,
and if you’re free to (D)make a choice,
just look to wards the west and find a friend.
Oh, Ni ki ta, (G)you will nev er know
an y thing a bout my home.
(C)I’ll (G)nev er know how good it feels to hold you.
Ni ki ta, I (G)need you so.
Oh, Ni ki ta, is the (C)oth er side
of an y giv en line in time
(G)count ing ten tin sol diers in a row?
(Em7)Oh (D7)no, Ni ki ta, you’ll (G)nev er know.
Oh, Ni ki ta, you will nev (Am7)Count ing ten tin sol diers in a (G)row.
(Am7)Count ing ten tin sol diers in a (G)row.
(Am7)Count ing ten tin sol diers in a (G)row.
SONG INFO
- Level
- 5 of 5
- Key
- G
- Tempo
- 87 BPM
- Plays
- 23
- Chords
- Ab Abmaj7 Am Am7 Bb Bm Bm7 C
- Category
- Pop
- Artist
- Elton John