THE SYNCOPATED CLOCK

LEVEL 3C · 120 BPM · Leroy Anderson

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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

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

There (C)was a man like (G)you and me, as sim ple as a (C)man could ev er be; and he was hap py (G)as a king, ex (Dm)cept for one pe cul iar (C)thing.

He (C)had a clock that (G)worked all right.

It worked all right, but (C)not ex act ly quite; in stead of go ing (G)“tick, tock, tick,” the (Dm)cra zy clock went cul iar (C)thing.

He “tock, tick, (C)tock!” The (F)poor old man just (Em7)raved and (A7)raved, be (Dm)cause no (G7)bod y could (C)say

(Dm)why his (E)sil ly clock be (Am)haved that (D7)hick o ry dick o ry (G)way.

But (C)now a fa mous (G)man is he.

He owns a pub lic (C)cu ri os i ty; from far and wide the (G)peo ple flock to (Dm)hear the syn co pa ted (C)clock.

Tick (F)tock,

tick (C7)tock.

There’s zing in the swing of that (F)clock.

Tock (A7)tick,

tock (Dm)tick.

Don’t you (G)think it’s a mar vel ous (C)trick?

Ting (F)ling,

ting (C7)ling.

There’s zong in the bong of that (F)ring.

Ling (A7)ting,

ling (Dm)ting.

Don’t you (G)think it’s a mar vel ous (C)trick?

Ting (Ddim)think it’s a won der ful (G)thing?

The (C)ex perts came to (G)hear and see, but none of them could (C)solve the mys ter y.

They called Pro fes sor (G)Ein stein, too.

He (Dm)said “There’s noth ing I can (C)do!” But (C)soon the fick le (G)hu man race will find an oth er (C)freak to take its place, and one fine day the (G)man will hock the (Dm)poor old syn co I can (C)do!” But pat ed (C)clock.