Turtle Blues piano leadsheet with chords

Level 5D135 BPMJanis Joplin
Getting the sheet readyPip is finding the first note.

I'm a mean, the mean a woman,

I don't need no one ev 'rything no good,

no. I'm a mean, once mean woman,

dy, I don't need no one man,

'rything in sight.

no good.

I I just hon treats 'em like I wants to,

hon ey, I never treats 'em,

honey, like I should.

Oh, Lord, I once the had of daddy,

He said he'd give me ev 'rything in sight.

no. I'm not I kind had a daddy,

said he'd give no me ev a bed of ease.

no good.

So, if said, just ey, I want the sunshine,

hon ey, yeah, take the stars out me ey,

of the night.

Oh, Lord, I please.

I guess I'm just like a turtle,

that's hidin' underneath its hardened shell.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, oh, yeah,

like a turtle,

hidin' underneath its hardened shell.

But you know I'm very well protected.

I know this goddamned life too well.

Oh, now call me mean,

you can call me evil, yeah,

yeah, I've been called much worse things around.

Call me mean or call me evil,

I've been called much worse things around.

Yeah, but I'm gonna take good care of Janis,

yeah, honey, no one gonna dog me down.

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

Turtle Blues by Janis Joplin is a level 5 of 5 piano arrangement in the key of D at 135 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
D
Tempo
135 BPM
Chords
A7 Bb7 C D D7 Eb7 G G7
Artist
Janis Joplin
Genre
Musical/Soundtrack
Style
Pop rock
Mood
Sad

Play next

Human NatureThe One That Got AwayA Thousand Years

More songs like this