(Ab)I know that the bar clos es at e lev (Db)en,
but (Ab)I hope you nev er fin ish that beer.
(Ab)You know all the words to “Just Like Heav (Db)en,”
and (Eb)I know why he wrote them now that you’re stand ing right here.
Oh, (Ab)one night I was bored in bed and (Db)stalked you on the (Eb)in ter net.
It’s (Ab)fem i nine in tu i tion, ’cause I (Db)al ways had a vi sion of us (Eb)stand ing like this.
All (Ab)pressed up in the bath room line, you’re (Db)look ing like an an gel on the (Eb)walls of Ver sailles.
The (Ab)most a live I’ve ev er been, but (Db)kiss me and I (Eb)might drop dead.
And I feel like I might throw up: left hook, right punch to the gut.
You’re so, so pret ty, boy.
I’m (Eb)par a noid I made you up.
Yeah, I’d love it if you walked me home, if you prom ised, we could go real slow.
’Cause I got chew ing gum and a (Eb)bunch of stuff I’d like to know.
Like, have you ev er been to Ja pan or tak en that Eu ro star to France?
I’ve been drop pin’ hints all night that I’d (Eb)love if you held my hand, god damn!
And then may be we could make make out, clothes off and fall to the ground.
(Db2)Let’s go stead y, let’s go out, and (CN.C.)tell the whole damn world how (Eb)might…
(Ab)Pi sces and a Gem i ni, but I (Db)think we might go real ly (Eb)nice to geth er.
(Ab)If you let me stay the night, well, I (Db)think I might just have to (Eb)stay for ev er.
(Ab)Pi sces and a Gem i ni, but I (Db)think we might go real ly (Eb)nice to geth er.
(Fm7)If you let me stay the night, well, I (Db)think I might just have to (Eb)stay (CN.C.)for ev er.
(Ab)One night I was bored in bed and (Db)stalked you on the (Eb)in ter net.
It’s (Ab)fem i nine in tu i tion, ’cause I (Db)al ways had a vi sion of us (Eb)stand ing like this.
All (Ab)pressed up in the bath room line, you’re (Db)look ing like an an gel on the (Eb)walls of Ver sailles.
The (Ab)most a live I’ve ev er been, but (Db)kiss me and I (Eb)might,
(Db)kiss me and I (Eb)might,
(Db)kiss me and I (Eb)might (CN.C.)drop dead.
This page shows “Drop Dead” by Olivia Rodrigo in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Db at 120 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.
This arrangement sits in Db major, so your hands will be living on the black keys most of the time — embrace that, because the grouped black keys actually make chord shapes feel compact and natural once you settle in. At 120 BPM the rhythm has a steady push, so start at around 80 BPM and focus on locking your left-hand bass notes and chord hits into a consistent pulse before you layer in the right-hand melody. Watch for syncopated rhythmic kicks where the vocal line lands just before or after the beat; tapping the rhythm on your lap away from the piano is genuinely helpful here. The trickiest spots will likely be transitions between chords that jump position — isolate those two-chord pairs and loop them until the shift feels automatic under your fingers. Use the sustain pedal to connect those jumps, but change it cleanly with each new chord so you don't muddy the harmony. Hands-separate practice is your best friend for the first few sessions, especially getting the left hand confident enough to run on autopilot. This is a fantastic piece for building real comfort with flat-key voicings, a skill that transfers to so much modern pop repertoire.