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
Put (G5)on my (C5)blue suede (A5)shoes and (F5)I board (G5)ed the plane.
Touched (F5)down in (G5)the land of (C5)the Del ta (A5)Blues (F5)in the mid dle of the (G5)pour ing (C5)rain.
W.
ble (G5)u ) C.
(C5)Han dy, won’t (F5)you look down (G5)o ver (C5)me?
(F5)Yeah, I’ve (G5)got a first (C5)class tick et but I’m (F5)as blue as a (G5)boy can (C5)be.
Then I’m (Am)walk ing in Mem phis.
(Am)Was walk ing with my (F)feet ten (G)feet off of Beale.
(Am)Walk ing in Mem phis,
(Am)but do I real ly (F)feel the (G)way I feel?
Saw (Gsus)the ghost (F5)of El vis
on Un (Gsus)ion Av (F5)e (C)nue, (Dm)fol lowed him (F5)up to (Gsus)the gates (F5)of Grace land,
(F5)then I watched him (Gsus)walk right (F5)through.
(C)Now se (F5)cur i ty, they did (Gsus)not see (F5)him;
they (F5)just hov (Gsus)ered ’round (F5)his tomb, but (C)there’s a (F5)pret ty lit (Gsus)tle thing wait (C)ing for (D5)the King (F5)down (CN.C.)in the Jun gle Room.
(C)When I was walk ing in Mem phis,
(Am)I was walk ing with my (F)feet ten (G)feet off of Beale.
Walk ing in Mem phis,
but (Am7)do I real ly (F)feel the (G)way I feel?
They’ve got cat fish on the ta ble;
they’ve got (C7sus)gos pel in the air,
and Rev er end Green be glad to (F7)see you when you have n’t got a (G7)prayer,
but boy, you’ve got a prayer in Mem phis.
(F5)Now Mu ri el (G5)plays pi an (C5)o ev ’ry (F5)Fri day at (G5)the Hol ly (C5)wood,
and (F5)they brought me (G5)down (C5)to see her (F5)and they asked me (G5)if I (C5)would,
well, do a (G7sus)lit tle num ber, and I sang with (G7sus)all my (C)might.
She said, “Tell me, (G)are you a Chris tian, (Am7)child?” and I said, (CN.C.)“Ma’am, I am to (C)night.” Walk ing in Mem phis.
(Am7)I was walk ing with my (F)feet ten (G)feet off of Beale.
Walk ing in Mem phis,
(Am7)but do I real ly (F)feel the (C)way (Dm)I (C)feel?
(Am7)Walk ing in Mem phis.
(Am7)I was walk ing with my (F)feet ten (G)feet off of Beale.
Walk ing in Mem phis,
(Am7)but do I real ly (F)feel the (C)way (Dm)I (C)feel?
(Am7)Walk ing in Mem (F)feel the (G)way I (F5)feel?
Put (G5)on my (C5)blue suede (A5)shoes and (F5)I board (G5)ed the plane.
Touched (F5)down in (G5)the land of (C5)the Del ta (A5)Blues (F5)in the mid dle of the (G5)pour ing (C5)rain.
Touched (F5)down in (G5)the land of (C)the Del ta Blues in the (F)mid dle of the pour ing (F5)rain.
SONG INFO
- Level
- 4 of 5
- Key
- C
- Tempo
- 140 BPM
- Plays
- 16
- Chords
- Am Am7 Apow C C7 Cpow Dm Dpow
- Category
- Pop
- Artist
- Marc Cohn