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
My (F)life has been a (C7sus)tap es try of (F)rich and roy al (C7sus)hue,
(Bb)an (F)ev er last ing (C7sus)vi sion
(Bb)of the (F)ev er (Bb6)chang ing (F)view,
a (Gm7)won drous wov en (C)mag ic
in (Gm7)bits of blue and gold,
a (Bb)tap es try to (Am7)feel and see, im pos si ble to hold.
(Fmaj7)Once, a mid the soft, (C7sus)tap es sil ver (Fmaj7)sad ness in the road, sky,
there (Fmaj7)came a man on of for riv er tune, and a turned (Bb)drift in er pass a ing toad.
(F)by.
He (Gm7)wore a torn and (C)tat tered cloth in to a (Gm7)round his leath ered hide,
and a (Bbmaj7)coat
of man y (Am7)col ors, fer, yel low I (Gm7)green n’t on ei ther side.
He (Ab)moved with some un (Db)cer tain ty, as (Eb)if he did n’t (Db)know
(Ab)just what he was there for,
or (Eb)where he (Db)ought to go.
(C)Once he reached for (G)some thing
gold en, (F)hang ing from a tree,
and his (C)hand
came down (C)emp
(Bbmaj7)ty.
(C)well.
(F#)As I watch in (B)sor row,
there (F#)sud den ly ap peared
a (F#)fig ure, grey and (B)ghost ly, be neath a (B)flow ing beard.
In (G#m7)times of deep est dark
ness, I’ve (G#m7)seen him dressed in (C#)black.
Now my (Bmaj7)tap es try’s un (Bbm7)rav el ing; he’s (G#m7)come to take me (C#)back.
He’s (G#m7)come to take me (C#)back.
SONG INFO
- Level
- 5 of 5
- Key
- Bb
- Tempo
- 90 BPM
- Plays
- 13
- Chords
- Ab Am7 B Bb Bb6 Bbm7 Bbmaj7 Bmaj7
- Category
- Pop
- Artist
- Carole King