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
We (G)came on the Sloop John B.,
my grand fa ther and me.
’Round Nas sau town
we did (D)roam.
(D7)Drink in’ all (G)night,
had man y a (C)fight.
I (G)feel so broke up, I wan na go (G)home.
So hoist up the John B.
sails,
and clean up the John B.
rails.
Oh, cap tain, please come a board and sail me back (D7)home.
The sloop, the John (G)B.
can trav el the (C)sea,
next (G)time with out me.
I (D7)wan na go (G)home.
The (G)first mate, he got so drunk,
he broke o pen my trunk.
Poor sea sick me
on the (D)foam.
(D7)O ceans are (G)grand,
but give me the (C)land.
I (G)feel so broke up, I wan na go (G)home.
So hoist up the John B.
sails,
and clean up the John B.
rails.
Oh, cap tain, please come a board and sail me back (D7)home.
The sloop, the John (G)B.
can trav el the (C)sea,
next (G)time with out me.
I (D7)wan na go (G)home.
SONG INFO
- Level
- 4 of 5
- Key
- G
- Tempo
- 110 BPM
- Plays
- 3
- Chords
- C C6 Cm D D7 G G7
- Category
- Pop
- Artist
- Barry McGuire