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
There’s a black man
with a black cat
liv in’ in a black neigh bor hood.
tion.
He’s got an in ter state run nin’ through his front yard.
You know, he (F)thinks he’s (C)got it so good.
tion.”
And there’s a wom an when in the kitch en
clean in’ up the eve nin’ slop.
And he looks at her and says, “Hey dar lin’, I can re mem ber when you could a stop a clock.”
Oh, but ain’t that A mer i ca, for you and me!
Ain’t that A mer i ca some thin’ to see, ba by!
Ain’t that A mer i ca, home of the free!
Yeah,
lit tle pink hous es for (C)you and me,
oh
yeah, for you and me.
There’s a young man
in a T shirt
lis t’nin’ to a rock in’ roll in’ tion.
He’s got an greas y hair and a high greas y smile that says, “Lord, (F)this must (C)be my des ti tion.”
And ’Cause they told me
when I was young er,
“Boy, you gon na be pres i
But just like ev ’ry ba thing else, those old cra can re zy dreams just you kind the came and went.
Oh, but ain’t that A mer i ca, for you and me!
Ain’t that A mer i ca some thin’ to see, ba by!
Ain’t that A mer i ca, home of the free!
Yeah,
lit tle pink hous es for (C)you and me, oh
yeah, for you and me.
Well, there’s
SONG INFO
- Level
- 4 of 5
- Key
- G
- Tempo
- 100 BPM
- Category
- Rock
- Artist
- John Mellencamp