You nev er liked
this (F5)sweat er
You said it (Csus)nev er real ly fit you right, and it itched too much But I think I’ll (Bb)keep it I should (F5)keep it
’Cause it still makes me think of you and that (C)lit tle boy I knew
in the bed room down the hall
In the bed room (F)down the hall,
I’ve got your Nin ja Tur tle night lights for pro tec tion
You used to say they kept the bad guys far a way
Re mem ber?
In the bed room (F)down the (Bbmaj9)hall,
we fought I sur prised you with that com ic book col lec tion
Next Hal low een I dressed you up like Wol ver ine
Re mem ber?
Saw With (Ebsus2)glow stars on the (Bb)ceil ing you could count in stead of sheep, I (Dm7)al ways knew which (F)song to sing to (Bb)get you right to sleep
(Dbmaj13)An
y
(Bbm)thing
to make you hap py
(Dbmaj13)An
y
(Bbm)thing
at (F)all
(G)An y thing for my boy in the bed room down the (F)hall
In the bed room (F)down the hall,
we went to bat tle ev ’ry eve ning af ter din ner
I thought I knew some way that I’d get through to you
Re mem ber?
In the bed room (F)down the (Bbmaj9)hall,
we fought I a war where no one walked a way the win ner
’Cause ev ’ry day you pulled a lit tle more a way
Re mem ber?
Saw the (Ebsus2)coun s’lers and the (Bb)clin ics and the cures a moth er tries, ’cause (Dm7)may be they could (F)take a way that (Bb)an ger in your eyes
(Dbmaj13)An
y
(Bbm)thing
to make you hap py
(Dbmaj13)An
y
(Bbm)thing
at (F)all
(G)An y thing for my boy in the bed room down the (F)hall
In the bed room (F)down the hall,
Oh, you try
to give your kid the world,
give him (Bb)ev ’ry thing you’ve (Cm)got
What if I
gave all I could,
and I thought it was e nough,
and I find that it was (Db)not?
(Gbmaj9)Did I let you down?
(Gb)What else can I (Db)do?
(Fb)Ev ’ry thing I (Cb)ev er did, I (Gb)did it all for you
(Dmaj7)An
y
(Bm)thing
to make you hap py
(Dmaj7)An
y
(Bm)thing
at all
(G#)An y thing for my boy in the bed room down the hall
In the bed room down the hall,
I think I’ll wait an oth er day to pack these box es
’Cause once I’m through, I’m left with just one thing to (F#)do:
re mem ber
This page shows “In The Bedroom Down The Hall” by Pasek & Paul 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 Bb at 168 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.
This arrangement will really stretch your chord vocabulary — with 28 distinct chords including maj9 and sus voicings, your hands need to find shapes like Bbmaj9 and Gbmaj9 quickly, so spend time memorizing those wider stretches before you try to play through. Your left hand drives a steady oompah bass pattern, which sounds simple but at 168 BPM it demands relaxed, efficient movement between the root and chord — tension here will tire you out fast. Start hands-separate and at half tempo, focusing first on the left hand's bass-chord alternation until it feels automatic. Watch the chromatic shifts closely: you'll move between distant chords like Bb to B and Db to D, and those half-step transitions are where most stumbles happen, so loop those bars until the fingering is second nature. This is the piece that'll make extended chords and flat-key navigation feel like home.