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
When you’re (Am)young and so in (Am)love as (Am7)we,
(Am6)and be (Dm)wil dered by the (Dm)world we (Dm7)see,
why do (Bbdim)peo ple hurt us (A7)so, on ly (Dm)those in love would know.
What a (C)town with (Cb)out (G7)pit y (B)can (E7)do!
If we (Am)stop to gaze up (Am)on a (Am7)star,
peo ple (Dm)talk a bout how (Dm)bad we (Dm7)are,
ours is (Bbdim)not an eas y (A7)age, we’re like (Dm)ti gers in a cage.
What a (C)town with (Cb)out (G7)pit y (G)can (C)do!
The (C7)young have (F)prob lems, man y prob lems, we need an un der stand (Eb7)ing (D7)heart.
Why don’t they (G)help us, try to help us, be fore this (Dm)clay and (Dm7)gran ite (F#dim)plan et falls a (G7)part!
(E)Take these (Am)ea ger lips and (Am)hold me (Am7)fast,
(Am6)I’m a (Dm)fraid this kind of (Dm)joy can’t (Dm7)last,
how can (Gm)we keep love a (A7)live, how can (Dm)an y thing sur vive, when these (C)lit tle (Cb)minds (G7)tear (G)you in (E7)two.
What a (F)town with out (G7)pit y (G)can (E)do!
(E7)No, it (Am)is n’t ver y (Ab7)pret ty (G7)what a (Gb7)town with (F7)out (E7)pit y (E7#5)can (Am)do.
(E)When you’re (Am)young and so in (Am)love as (Am7)we,
(Am6)and be (Dm)wil dered by the (Dm)world we (Dm7)see,
why do (Bbdim)peo ple hurt us (A7)so, on ly (Dm)those in love would know.
What a (C)town with (Cb)out (G7)pit y (B)can (E7)do!
If we (Am)stop to gaze up (Am)on a (Am7)star,
peo ple (Dm)talk a bout how (Dm)bad we (Dm7)are,
ours is (Bbdim)not an eas y (A7)age, we’re like (Dm)ti gers in a cage.
What a (C)town with (Cb)out (G7)pit y (G)can (C)do!
The (C7)young have (F)prob lems, man y prob lems, we need an un der stand (Eb7)ing (D7)heart.
Why don’t they (G)help us, try to help us, be fore this (Dm)clay and (Dm7)gran ite (F#dim)plan et falls a (G7)part!
(E)Take these (Am)ea ger lips and (Am)hold me (Am7)fast,
(Am6)I’m a (Dm)fraid this kind of (Dm)joy can’t (Dm7)last,
how can (Gm)we keep love a (A7)live, how can (Dm)an y thing sur vive, when these (C)lit tle (Cb)minds (G7)tear (G)you in (E7)two.
What a (F)town with out (G7)pit y (G)can (E)do!
(E7)No, it (Am)is n’t ver y (Ab7)pret ty (G7)what a (Gb7)town with (F7)out (E7)pit y (E7#5)can (Am)do.
(E)When you’re (Dm)do.
SONG INFO
- Level
- 5 of 5
- Key
- A
- Tempo
- 100 BPM
- Plays
- 3
- Chords
- A7 Ab7 Am Am6 Am7 B7 Bbdim C
- Category
- Pop
- Artist
- Gene Pitney