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
(A)Vir gin land of (E)for est green, (D)dark and storm y (A)plains; here all (D)life (A)a (E)bounds.
(A)Sun lit val leys, (E)moun tain fields, (D)un seen in the rain; here all (D)life (A)a (E)bounds.
(C)No man rules this (G)land; no hu man (Am)hand has sailed this (E)par (Esus)a (E)dise.
(C)Wait ing pa tient (G)ly so much to (Am)see, so rich in (E)earth’s (Esus)de (E)lights.
(A)Paint ed des ert, (E)se quined sky, (D)stars that fill the (A)night; here all (D)life (A)a (E)bounds.
(A)Riv ers flow ing (E)to the sea, (D)sun shine pure and bright; here all (D)life (A)a (E)bounds.
(C)So, we rule this (G)land, and here we (Am)stand up on our (E)par (Esus)a (E)dise,
(C)dream ing of a (G)place; our wea ry (Am)race is read y (E)earth’s (Esus)de (E)lights.
(E)earths’s (Esus)de (E)lights.
So, the la dy finds you (G)wait ti ing
for the sails to reach the shore.
Land of beau ty and a (G)bun dance,
(F)in no cent you o pened wide your (G)door.
(Dm7)Wan d’rers found the wait ing treas (G)ure, (Dm7)full of gifts be yond their mea (G)sure, (Dm7)milk and hon ey for our plea (G)sure.
A the sea there came a (G)mul ti tude,
sail ing ships up on the wave,
filled with vi sions of u (G)to pi
(F)in no cent the free dom that they (G)crave.
(Dm7)Rav age, plun der, see, no won (G)der; (Dm7)rape and kill and tear a sun (G)der; (Dm7)chop the for est, plow it un (G)der.
(E)to (Esus)a (E)rise.
SONG INFO
- Level
- 5 of 5
- Key
- A
- Tempo
- 100 BPM
- Plays
- 13
- Chords
- A A7 Am Bb C D Dm7 E
- Category
- Rock
- Artist
- Kansas