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
I (Dm)sat with (Gm)in the (Dm)val ley (Am)green; I (Dm)sat me (Am)with my (Dm)true love.
My sad heart (Gm)strove the (Dm)two be (Am)tween, the (Dm)old love (Am)and the (Dm)new love.
The old for her, the (F)new that made me (Dm)think on Ire land (Am)dear ly, while (Dm)soft the (Gm)wind blew (Dm)down the (Am)glen and (Dm)shook the (Am)gold en (Dm)bar ley.
’Twas (Dm)hard the (Gm)woe ful (Dm)words to (Am)frame to (Dm)break the (Am)ties that (Dm)bound us.
But hard er (Gm)still to (Dm)bear the (Am)shame of (Dm)for eign (Am)chains a (Dm)round us.
And so I said, “The (F)moun tain glen I’ll (Dm)seek at morn ing (Am)ear ly, and (Dm)join the (Gm)bold u (Dm)nit ed (Am)men, while (Dm)soft winds (Am)shake the (Dm)bar ley.
While (Dm)bar ley.
SONG INFO
- Level
- 4 of 5
- Key
- Bb
- Tempo
- 150 BPM
- Plays
- 3
- Category
- Folk
- Artist
- Robert Dwyer Joyce