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
(Gb)Oh yeah.
Now, (Gb)if there’s a smile up (Gb)on my face, it’s it’s on ly there try ing to fool my the pub lic; in but when it comes down to (Gb)fool ing you,
now, hon ey, that’s quite dif f’rent sub ject.
Don’t (Db)let my (Gb)glad ex pres sion
give you been the (Gb)wrong im pres sion; de real ly I’m sad,
oh, sad der than sad,
you’re gone and I’m hurt ing so bad,
like a clown, I pre tend to be glad.
Now there’s some (Ab)sad things known to man
but ain’t (Bbm)too much sad der than the tears of a (Db)clown,
when there’s no one a round.
(Gb)Oh yeah.
Now, (Gb)if I ap pear to (Gb)be care free, it’s on ly to cam ou ing flage fool my the sad ness; in or der to shield my to (Gb)pride, I try
to er this hurt with show f’rent of ness.
Don’t (Db)let my (Gb)show con vince you
that I’ve been the (Gb)hap py since you de cid ed to go,
I need der you so,
you’re I’m and I want you to know,
but for oth ers I put on a show.
Now there’s some (Ab)sad things known to man
but ain’t (Bbm)too much sad der than the tears of a (Db)clown,
when there’s no one a round.
(Gb)Oh yeah.
Now, (Gb)if I ap pear Just (Gb)like Pag li (Cb)ac ci did,
I try to (Gb)keep my sad ness hid, smil ing in the (Gb)pub lic eye,
but in my (Db)lone ly (Gb)room I cry the tears of a (Db)clown,
when there’s no one a round.
(Gb)Oh yeah, (Db)ba by!
Now, (Gb)if there’s a smile
SONG INFO
- Level
- 5 of 5
- Key
- Gb
- Tempo
- 120 BPM
- Plays
- 2
- Chords
- Ab Bbm C Cb Db F Gb Gbmaj7
- Category
- Pop
- Artist
- Smokey Robinson & The Miracles