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
(C7)Oh!
They say some (B7)peo ple (Bb7)long a go
were search ing (Ab7)for a diff ’rent (G7)tune,
(Ab7)one that they could (G7)croon as (Ab7)on ly (G7)they (C)can.
They (A7)on ly (Eb6)had the (G7)rhy thm, (C7)so
they start ed (B7)sway ing (Bb7)to and fro.
They did n’t (Ab7)know just what to (G7)use,
(Ab7)that is how the (G7)blues re (Ab7)al ly (G7)be (C)gan.
(A7)They (Ab7)heard (G7)the (C)breeze
in the (G7)trees
sing (G)ing weird
(E7)mel o dies
(D7)and they made
that
the start of the (C)blues.
(A7)And (Ab7)from (G7)a (C)jail
came a wail
of (G)a down
(E7)heart ed frail,
(D7)and they played
that
as part of the (C)blues.
(CN.C.)From a whip poor (E7)will
(B)out on a (E7)hill,
(B)they took a (E7)new
(E7)note,
(CN.C.)pushed it through a (A7)horn
’til it was worn
in to a blue
(D7)note!
(Am7)And (Ab7)then (G7)they (C)nursed
it, re hearsed
it, (G)and gave
(E7)out the news
(D7)that the South
land
gave birth to the (C)blues!
They (Ab7)heard (G7)the (C)breeze
in the (G7)trees
sing (G)ing weird
SONG INFO
- Level
- 5 of 5
- Key
- C
- Tempo
- 90 BPM
- Plays
- 20
- Chords
- A7 Ab6 Ab7 Am7 B7 Bb Bb7 Bm7
- Category
- Pop
- Artist
- Frank Sinatra