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, (Gm7)ooh.
Hey, Lau ra,
Lau ra.
Ev ’ry once in a (F)while a I’d see her (Cm7)smile
and she’d (Eb)turn my day a (Bb)round.
A girl with those (F)eyes could stare through the (Gm7)lies en a and see what your (Eb)heart was say (F)ing.
Think of Lau ra, but laugh, don’t cry.
(C)I know she’d want it that (G)way.
Hey (D)yeah, when you think of Lau ra, well, laugh, don’t cry.
(C)I know she’d want it that (G)way.
A ’ry friend of a (F)friend, a friend till the (Cm7)end,
that’s the (Eb)kind of a she (Bb)was.
A Tak en a (F)way so young; through the (Gm7)tak en a and way what your (Eb)with out a (F)ing.
Think of Lau ra, but laugh, don’t cry.
(C)I know she’d want it that (G)way.
Hey (D)yeah, when you think of Lau ra, well, laugh, don’t cry.
(C)I know she’d want it that (G)way.
(G)way.
I know you and you’re here
in (C)ev ’ry day we (D)live.
I know her and well, she’s here, and I (C)feel her when I (Dsus)sing.
Hey, Lau ra,
where are you (Cm7)now?
(Gm7)Are you far a way from (Bb)here?
I don’t think so.
I think you’re (Gm7)here,
(F)tak ing our tears a way.
(G)way.
Hey (D)yeah, well, I (C)know she’d want it that (G)way.
Hey, (D)Lau (G)ra.
Hey, (D)Lau (Em7)ra.
I (C)know she’d want it that (G)way.
Hey, (D)Lau (G)ra.
Hey, (D)Lau (Em7)ra.
I (C)know you want it that (G)way.
Hey, (D)Lau (G)ra.
SONG INFO
- Level
- 4 of 5
- Key
- Eb
- Tempo
- 88 BPM
- Plays
- 9
- Category
- Pop
- Artist
- Christopher Cross