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
(Am)Tick ing a way the mo ments that make up a (C)dull day;
(G)frit ter and waste the hours in an off you hand (Am)way.
The Kick ing a round on a piece of ground in your (C)home town;
(G)wait ing for some one or some thing to show you the (Am)way.
(Fmaj7)Tired of ly ing in the sun shine, (Cmaj7)stay ing home to watch the rain,
(Fmaj7)you are young and life is long, and (Cmaj7)there is time to kill to day.
(Fmaj7)Hang And then one day, you find
(Em)a ten years have got be hind you.
(Dm)No one told you when to run.
ver.
You missed the start ing gun.
And you (Am)run and you run catch up with the sun, but it’s (C)sink ing;
(G)rac ing a round to come up be hind you a (Am)gain.
The sun is the same in a rel a tive but you’re (C)old er,
(G)short er of breath, one and one day to clos er to (Am)death.
(Fmaj7)Ev ’ry year is get ting short er, (Cmaj7)nev er seem to find the time.
(Fmaj7)Plans that ei ther come to naught, or (Cmaj7)half a page of scrib bled lines.
(Fmaj7)Hang ing on in qui et des per (Em)a tion is the got Eng lish The (Dm)time is gone.
The song is o ver.
You missed the start ing gun.
And you Thought I’d some thing (Dm7b5)more to say.
SONG INFO
- Level
- 4 of 5
- Key
- C
- Tempo
- 124 BPM
- Plays
- 28
- Category
- Rock
- Artist
- Pink Floyd