SIT DOWN YOU'RE ROCKIN' THE BOAT (FROM 'GUYS AND DOLLS')

LEVEL 2C · 120 BPM · Frank Loesser

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HANDS

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

I (Am)dreamed last night I got (C)on the boat to Hea ven, and (Am)by some chance I had (C7)brought my dice a long, and (Em)there I (Dm)stood and I (Em)hol lered, “Some one (F)fade me,” but the (Am)pas sen gers they (Am7)knew right from (G7)wrong.

For the (C)peo ple all said, “Sit (F)down,

(Fm)sit (C)down you’re (D)rock in’ the (Dm)boat.”

(C)Peo ple all said, “Sit (F)down,

(Fm)sit (C)down you’re (G7)rock in’ the (C)boat;

and the (F)de vil will drag you un der by the sharp la pel of your check ered coat; sit (C)down, sit down, sit (F)down, sit (Fm)down, sit (C)down, you’re (G7)rock in’ the (C)boat.”