POOR JACK (FROM THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS)

LEVEL 4C · 105 BPM · Danny Elfman
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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

  1. 1Put your right thumb on middle C. Most beginner songs stay under five fingers — you never move your hand.
  2. 2Set the speed down and turn CLICK on. Press each key exactly when the note reaches the line.
  3. 3Loop the bar that keeps breaking until it feels easy, then add the left hand and take the speed back up.

LYRICS

(Bbm)What have I (Bbsus)done?

(Bbm)What have I (Bbsus)done?

(Ab)How could I (Ab)be so blind?

(Bbsus)All is lost.

(Em)Where was (Fm)I?

(Bbm)Spoiled (Fm)all, (Bbm)spoiled (Fm)all, (Gb)ev ’ry (Fm)thing’s (Gb)gone all (F)wrong.

(Bbm)What have I (Bbsus)done?

(Bbm)What have I (Ebm)done?

(Adim)Find a deep cave to hide in.

(Adim)In a mil lion years they’ll find me, (Gm)on ly dust (Ebdim7)and a (D)plaque (CN.C.)that reads “Here lies (Dsus)poor (D)old (Gm)Jack!”

But I (Am)nev er in tend ed all this (E)mad ness, nev er.

And (Em)no bod y real ly un der (Cm)stood (Well, how could they?) that (C#m)all I ev er want ed was to (G#m)bring them some thing great.

(CN.C.)Why does noth ing ev er turn out like it (F#7)should?

Well, (Bm)what the (G)heck, I went and (Em)did my (F#7)best.

And, by (G#m)God, I real ly tast ed some thing (Eb)swell.

For a (F#m6)mo ment, why, I e ven (Ab)touched the sky.

And at (Bbm)least I left some (F7)sto ries they can (Bbm)tell.

I did!

And, for the (Gb)first time since I don’t re (Gdim7)mem ber when, I’d felt (Cdim7)just like my old bon y (F7)self a gain.

And (Gdim7)I, (Bbm)Jack, the Pump kin King!

And I just can’t (B7)wait un til next (F)Hal low (E)een ’cause I’ve (F#m)got some new i (Fm)de as that will (Am)real ly make them (Fm)scream.

And, by (Gdim7)God, I’m real ly gon na (Gm)give it all my might!

I (Bbdim7)hope there’s still (B)time to (Em)set things (Ebdim7)right!

SONG INFO

Level
4 of 5
Key
C
Tempo
105 BPM
Plays
2
Category
Holiday/Christmas
Artist
Danny Elfman

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