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
Long a go,
but not so ver y (C)long a go,
the world was dif (G)f’rent,
oh (C)yes, it was.
You set tled down and you built a town and (Am)made it there
and you watched it (G)grow.
It was (C)your
town.
Time goes by and (G)time brings chang es, and (Asus)you change too.
Noth ing comes that (G)you can’t han dle, so (C)on you go.
You nev er see it com ing when the (C7)world caves in on (F)you,
on (Fmaj9)your
town.
There’s noth ing you can (G)do.
Main Street is (Cmaj7)n’t (Fsus2)Main Street (F)an y (C)more.
Lights don’t shine (Cmaj7)as (Fsus2)bright (F)ly as they’ve (Gsus)shone (G)be fore.
To tell the truth, a (C7)lights don’t shine at (F)all
but in (Fmaj9)our
town.
Sun comes up each (G)morn ing, just like it’s (C)al ways done.
Get up (F)and go to (G)work and start the (C)day.
You o pen up for (G)busi ness;
it’s nev er gon na (F)come as the (C)world rolls by, a (F)mil lion miles a (G)way.
We love it an y (G)way.
(Dm)Come (C)what (G7sus)may, it’s our (C)town.
SONG INFO
- Level
- 4 of 5
- Key
- C
- Tempo
- 150 BPM
- Plays
- 4
- Category
- Folk
- Artist
- James Taylor