Tight Rope piano leadsheet with chords

Level 5E76 BPMLeon Russell
Getting the sheet readyPip is finding the first note.

I'm up on the tight wire.

One side's ice and one is fire.

It's a circus game with you and me.

I'm up on the tightrope.

One side's hate and one is hope.

But the tophat on my head is all you see.

And the wire seems to be the only place for me.

A comedy of errors and I'm falling.

Like a rubber neck giraffe,

you look into my past.

Well, baby, you're just too blind to see I'm up in the spotlight.

Oh, does it feel right.

Oh, the altitude seems to get to me.

I'm up on the tight wire,

flanked by life and the fun'ral pyre,

putting on a show for you to see.

Like a

Take it off the screen

The Song Kit has everything for practicing away from here:

  • Full sheet, both hands
  • Right hand melody sheet
  • Leadsheet
  • Practice Pack
  • MP3, and MP3 with click
  • MIDI file
  • Lyrics and chords
Tip: get the words and the tune together first, then add the chords with your left hand.

Song info

Tight Rope by Leon Russell is a level 5 of 5 piano arrangement in the key of E at 76 BPM. A leadsheet puts the words, the melody and the chord names together, so you can play the tune with your right hand and the chords with your left.

Level
5 of 5
Key
E
Tempo
76 BPM
Chords
Am7 B7 Bm Bm7 C C6 Cdom D
Artist
Leon Russell
Genre
Pop
Style
Pop rock
Mood
Dramatic

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