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
Hey Lau ra,
Lau ra, (Em7)ooh.
Hey Lau ra,
Lau ra.
Ev ’ry once in a while
I’d see her smile
and she’d (G)turn my day a round.
A girl with those eyes
could stare through the lies
and (Bm7)see what your heart was say ing.
Think of Lau ra, but laugh, don’t cry.
I know she’d (E)want it that way.
Hey yeah, when you think of Lau ra, well, laugh, don’t cry.
I know she’d (E)want it that way.
A friend of a friend,
a friend ’til the end,
(Bm7)that’s the kind of girl she was.
Tak en a way so young;
(Em7)tak en a way
(G)with out a warn ing.
Think of Lau ra, but laugh, don’t cry.
I know she’d (E)want it that way.
Hey yeah, when you think of Lau ra, well, laugh, don’t cry.
I know she’d (E)want it that way.
I know you
and you’re here
in (E)ev ’ry day we live.
I know her and well, she’s here,
and I (E)feel her when I sing.
Hey Lau ra,
where are you now?
(Bm7)Are you far a way from here?
I don’t think so.
I think you’re here,
(G)tak ing our tears a (A)way.
Hey yeah, well, I know she’d (E)want it that way.
Hey (F#)Lau (B)ra,
hey (F#)Lau (G#m7)ra; I know
she’d (E)want it that way.
Hey (F#)Lau (B)ra,
SONG INFO
- Level
- 5 of 5
- Key
- D
- Tempo
- 90 BPM
- Plays
- 18
- Chords
- A Asus2 Asus4 B Bm7 C#m7 D E
- Category
- Pop
- Artist
- Christopher Cross