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(G)Look ing (A)out
a cross the (A)night time,
the cit y winks a sleep less eye.
(G)Hear her (A)voice
shake my win dow;
sweet se duc ing (Em7)sighs.
(G)Get me (A)out
in to the (A)night time.
Four walls won’t hold me ev to night.
(G)If this (A)town
is just an ap ple,
then let me take a (Em7)bite.
If they say, (G)“Why,
(A)why?”
(D)tell ’em that it’s hu man na ture.
(G)Why,
(F#m7)why
does he do me (Em7)that way?
If they say, (G)“Why,
(A)why?”
(D)tell ’em that it’s hu man na ture.
(G)Why,
(F#m7)why
does he do me (Em7)that way?
(G)Reach ing (A)out
to touch a (A)stran ger,
e lec tric eyes are gins ’ry where.
(G)See that (A)girl?
She knows I’m watch ing.
She likes the way I (Em7)stare.
If they say, (G)“Why,
(A)why?”
(D)tell ’em that it’s hu man na ture.
(G)Why,
(F#m7)why
does he do me (Em7)that way?
If they say, (G)“Why,
(A)why?”
(D)tell ’em that it’s hu man na ture.
(G)Why,
(F#m7)why
does he do me (Em7)that way?
do me (Em7)that way?
I like liv in’ (Em7)this way.
I like lov in’ (Em7)this way.
(Em9)do me that way?
I like (Gmaj7)liv in’ this way.
This page shows “Human Nature” by Michael Jackson 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 D at 140 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.
This arrangement is a great workout for smooth seventh-chord voicings — your right hand will cycle through shapes like Em7, F#m7, and Gmaj7 that all share common tones, so focus on which fingers can stay anchored while the others shift. The real curveball is the Fmaj7 and Bbmaj7 section: those chords borrow from outside the key of D, and your hand will want to hesitate on that chromatic slide, so isolate that passage and loop it slowly until the reach feels automatic. Your left hand keeps a steady block bass, which sounds simple but demands clean pedal changes — lift and re-depress right on each new root so those low notes don't blur together. I'd suggest hands-separate practice at around 90 BPM first, especially through the Asus4-to-A resolution, where rushing kills the groove. Once you can nail these extended chord shapes cleanly, you'll find they transfer to dozens of other pop ballads — this is the piece that really trains your fingers to think in sevenths and ninths without looking down.