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LEVEL 5E · 126 BPM · Tracy Chapman
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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

  1. 1Put your right thumb on middle C. Most beginner songs stay under five fingers — you never move your hand.
  2. 2Set the speed down and turn CLICK on. Press each key exactly when the note reaches the line.
  3. 3Loop the bar that keeps breaking until it feels easy, then add the left hand and take the speed back up.

LYRICS

There is (Em)fic tion in the space be tween

the (G)lines on your page of (D6)mem o ries.

Write it (Em)down but it does n’t mean

you’re (G)not just tell ing sto ries.

There is (Em)fic tion in the space be tween

you and re (D6)al i ty.

You will (Em)do and say an y thing

to make your (G)ev ’ry day life seem (D6)less mun dane.

There is (Em)fic tion in the space be tween

you and me.

There’s a sci ence (Em)fic tion in the space be tween

you and me,

a fab ri (Em)ca tion, a grand scheme

where (G)I am the scar y mon ster.

I eat the (Em)cit y.

As I leave the scene

in my (G)space ship, I am laugh (D6)ing.

In your re (Em)mem brance of your bad dream,

there’s (G)no one but you stand ing.

Leave the pit y

and the blame

for the ones who (G)do not speak.

You write the words to get re spect and com pas sion and for pos (Em)ter i ty.

You write the words and (Em)make be lieve there is (G)truth in the (D6)space be (Em)tween.

There is (Em)fic tion in the space be tween

you and (D6)ev ’ry bod y.

(Em)Give us all what we need.

Give us (G)one more sad sor (D6)did sto ry.

In the (Em)fic tion of the space be tween,

(G)some times a lie

is the best thing.

(G)Some times a lie

is the best thing.

Oh, the best thing,

is the best thing.

SONG INFO

Level
5 of 5
Key
E
Tempo
126 BPM
Plays
12
Chords
C D D6 D7 Em G
Category
Folk
Artist
Tracy Chapman

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