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
Oh, I come from Al a bam a with a ban jo (D7)on my (G7)knee, and I’m (C)goin’ to Lou’ si an a my Su san na (G7)for to (C)see.
Oh, it rained all night the day I left, the weath er (D7)it was (G7)dry.
The Say (C)sun so hot I froze to death.
Su san na, (G7)don’t you (C7)cry.
(F)Oh, Su san na, oh, (C)don’t you cry for (G7)me, for I (C)come from Al a bam a with a ban jo (G7)on my (C)knee.
I had a dream the oth er night when ev ’ry (D7)thing was (G7)still.
and I (C)thought I saw Su san na my a com ing (G7)down the (C)hill.
Oh, The buck wheat cake was in her mouth, the tear was (D7)in her (G7)eye.
The Say (C)I, “I’m com ing from the South, Su san na, (G7)don’t you (C7)cry.” (F)Oh, Su san na, oh, (C)don’t you cry for (G7)me, for I (C)come from Al a bam a with a ban jo (G7)on my (C)knee.
I (C)knee.
SONG INFO
- Level
- 4 of 5
- Key
- C
- Tempo
- 120 BPM
- Plays
- 12
- Category
- Folk
- Artist
- Stephen Foster