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Whoa,
An oth er (Fm)day.
I’ll (Bb)take your pain a (Fm)way.
Some peo ple talk a bout you like they try in’ know to all a bout you.
When you get down, they doubt you, some and thing when you tip ping on the scene, yeah, they talk ing ’bout it, ’cause they can’t tip blam on in’ the the ma scene with you.
Talk a bout it, t-, t-, t-, talk in’ ’bout it.
When you get el e vat ed, they love it or they hate it.
You dance up on them hat ers, chine.
keep get ting funk y on the scene.
While they jump ing a round you, they try in’ to take all you your dreams, but you can’t al low it.
’Cause ba by, wheth er you’re high or low,
ba by, wheth er you’re high or low, you got to tip on the (Fm7)tight rope,
t-, t-, t-, tip on the (D)tight rope.
Ba by, ba by, wheth er you’re high or low,
ba by, wheth er you’re high or low, you got to tip on the (F)tight rope.
Now let me see you do the tight rope.
And I’m still tip pin’ on it.
See, I’m not walk in’ on it or lit try in’ tle to run a round it.
This ain’t no ac ro bat ics; some you thing eith er fol low or you lead.
Yeah, I’m talk in’ ’bout you.
I’ll keep on what blam I in’ the be ma lieve.
Yeah, I’m talk in’ ’bout it, t-, t-, t-, talk in’ ’bout it.
I can’t com plain a bout it.
I got ta keep my bal ance and just keep danc in’ on it.
and We get tin’ funk y on the scene, and you know a a bout it.
they Like in’ a star on you the screen, watch me tip all on it.
Then ba by, wheth er I’m high or low,
ba by, wheth er you’re high or low, you got to tip on the (Fm7)tight rope,
yeah, t-, t-, tip on the (D)tight rope.
Ba by, ba by, wheth er you’re high or low,
ba by, wheth er you’re high or low, you got to tip on the (F)tight rope.
Ba let by, let me see you tight rope.
And I’m still tip pin’ on it.
or low,
wheth er I’m high or low, I’m gon na tip on the (Fm7)tight rope
Ba by, ba by, wheth er I’m high or low,
low, low, low, low, I’ve got to tip on the tight rope.
Now ba by, tip on the tight rope.
You can’t get too high.
(We can’t get too high.) I said you can’t get too low.
(We can’t get too low.) ’Cause you get too high (you can’t get too high), no, you’ll sure ly be low.
(No, you’ll sure ly be low.) One, two, three, now!
Yeah,
yeah.
Now shut up.
Yeah.
(Fm)Yeah.
Now put soome voo doo (F)on it.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh!
(I got ta
keep my bal ance.
I got ta
keep my bal ance.
I got ta.
My (Well, bal it’s ance, a (Dm9)got, thin got, line.) got ta keep, keep.
some thing ’bout it.
Ja (Gm9)nelle Mo náe, I got ta keep, keep, keep my (Well, bal it’s ance.
a (Bbm9)Got, thin got, line.) got ta keep, keep, keep my bal (’Bout ance.
that white line, I got ta
keep my you bal in ance.
your right mind.) I got ta
keep my bal ance.
(Hap py birth day.
Do you mind Hap py birth if I day.
play my u ku le Hap le py birth just day.
like a lit tle la Hap dy?
py birth day.
Nev er mind (Hap py birth if day.
I play my u ku le Hap le py (G)birth just day.
like a lit tle la Hap dy?
py birth If I day.
play my u ku le Hap le.
py birth day.
(Hap py birth day.
Do you mind Hap py birth if I day.
play my u ku le Hap le py birth just day.
like a lit tle la Hap dy?
py birth day.
Nev er mind (Hap py birth if day.
I play my u ku le Hap le py (G)birth just day.
like a lit tle la Hap dy?
py birth If I day.
play my u ku le Hap le.
py birth day.
le Hap le.
py birth day.
This page shows “Tightrope” by Janelle Monae 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 slightly more challenging arrangement — practice each phrase slowly first.