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)is a tav ern in the town, in the town, and there my dear love sits him (G7)down, sits him down and (C)drinks his wine ’mid (F)laugh was ter to free and (G7)nev er, nev er thinks of (F)me.
Fare thee (G7)well, for I must leave thee, do not (C)let this part ing grieve thee, and re (G7)mem ber that the best of friends must (C)part, (F)must (C)part.
A dieu, a dieu, kind friends, a dieu, a dieu, a dieu, I can no long er stay with (G7)you, stay with you, I’ll (C)hang my heart on a (F)weep ing wil low tree, and (G7)may the world go well with (F)thee.
He (C)left me for a dam sel dark, dam sel dark, each Fri day night they used to (G7)spark, used to spark, and (C)now my love who (F)once was true to me takes (G7)this dark dam sel on his (F)knee.
Fare thee (G7)well, for I must leave thee, do not (C)let this part ing grieve thee, and re (G7)mem ber that the best of friends must (C)part, (F)must (C)part.
A dieu, a dieu, kind friends, a dieu, a dieu, a dieu, I can no long er stay with (G7)you, stay with you, I’ll (C)hang my heart on a (F)weep ing wil low tree, and (G7)may the world go well with (F)thee.
He (F)thee.
SONG INFO
- Level
- 4 of 5
- Key
- C
- Tempo
- 180 BPM
- Plays
- 1
- Category
- Folk
- Artist
- Traditional Drinking Song