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’ve been a (Bbm)way from you a (Fm)long time.
I nev er (G7)thought I’d (Bbm7)miss you (Fm)so.
(Bb)Some how I (Fm)feel
(Bb)your love was (Fm)real.
(Fm)Near you I long to (C)be.
The birds are (Bbm)sing ing, it is (Fm)song time,
the ban jos (G7)strum min’ (Bbm7)soft and (Fm)low.
(Bb)I know that (Fm)you
(Bb)yearn for me (Fm)too.
(Fm)Swan ee, I long to (C)be.
you’re call ing (Fm)me.
(F)Swan
ee,
(F)how I love you, how I love you, (Bb)my
(Gm7)dear (C9)old (F)Swan ee;
(C)I’d (F)give (C7)the (F)world
(Db7)to
(C9)be
(Gm)a (D7)mong (Db7)the (C9)folks
(C7)in
(F)D I X I (C7)E ven though my (F)mam
my’s
(F)wait ing for me, pray ing for me (Bb)down
(Gm7)by (C9)the (F)Swan ee.
(C)The (F)folks (C7)up (F)north
(F)will
(Bb)see me (Bb)no more
(F#dim)when (C7)I go to the Swan ee shore.
(F)Swan
ee,
(F)how I love you, how I love you, (Bb)my
(Gm7)dear (C9)old (F)Swan ee;
(C)I’d (F)give (C7)the (F)world
(Db7)to
(C9)be
(Gm)a (D7)mong (Db7)the (C9)folks
(C7)in
(F)D I X I (C7)E ven though my (F)mam
my’s
(F)wait ing for me, pray ing for me (Bb)down
SONG INFO
- Level
- 4 of 5
- Key
- Bb
- Tempo
- 196 BPM
- Plays
- 3
- Chords
- Bb Bb7 Bbm Bbm7 Bdim7 C C7 C9
- Category
- Musical/Soundtrack
- Artist
- George Gershwin