Vanessa Carlton: Ordinary day tabbed by: Amanda C. http://www.pianotabs.net This is the entire song tabbed out with the lyrics. These are the accompanying notes that she plays on the piano, not the notes that she sings. You should play 2 notes above each other at the same time. Play the notes in order from right to left, it basically reads like sheet music but with letters instead of black notes. And play the right + left hand parts at the same time. Make sure to look at what octaves the notes are in because they change a lot - and this isn’t as hard as it looks because most of it is repeated stuff. I also included the beginning of the accompanying lyrics below each line. Key: RH = right hand LH = left hand - = hold the note (space) = don’t play anything b (lowercase) = white key B (uppercase) = black key (sharps) 5| = octave to play the note in, count from the very left of the piano starting with 1 RH 5| c-- c-- | 4| g--g-- g--g-- | 3| c--c--c-- c--c--c-- | LH 3|e--f--g---afe--f--g---afe--f--g--afe--f--g--af| Just a day just an ordinary day just trying to get by, just a boy just an ordinary boy but he was looking to the sky RH 5| c-- c-- c--| 4| g--g-- g--f--e--defg--g--g-- g--g--| 3|c--c--c--c--c--c--c--cccc--c--c-- c--c--c--| LH 3|e--f--g--a--e--f--g---afe--f--g--a--e--f--g--| 2|e--f--g--a-- And as he asked if I would come along I started to realize that every day you find just what he’s looking for, like a shooting star he shines and he said RH 5| cc cc cc cc cc cc cc| 4| gg ee dddef gg fe dddef gg gg gg gg gg gg gg| 3| cc cc ccccc cc cc ccccc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc| LH 3|e--f--g---afe--f--g---afe--f--g--a--e--f--g--| 2|e--f--g---afe--f--g---afe--f--g--a--e--f--g--| Take my hand live while you can, don’t you see your dreams are right in the palm of your hand RH 5| c | 4| g g f-ed- ef g f-ed- ef| 3| c c c c- ccc c c c c- ccc| LH 3|e-----f---g--afe-----f---g--af| 2|e-----f---g--afe-----f---g--af| RH 5| c-- c-- c-- c-- | 4|g--g--g-- g--g--g-- g--g-- g--g-- | 3|c--c--c-- c--c--c-- c--c--c-- c--c--c-- | LH 3|e--f--g---afe--f--g---afe--f--g--afe--f--g--af| 2|e--f--g--- e--f--g--- e--f--g-- e--f--g-- | And as he spoke he spoke ordinary words though they did not feel for I felt what I had not felt before, you’d swear those words could heal RH 5| c-- c-- c--| 4| g--g-- g--f--e--defg--g--g-- g--g--| 3|c--c--c--c--c--c--c--cccc--c--c-- c--c--c--| LH 3|e--f--g--a--e--f--g---afe--f--g--a--e--f--g--| 2|e--f--g--a-- | And as I look up into those eyes his vision borrows mine and to know he’s no stranger for I feel I’ve held him for all of time and he said RH 5| cc cc cc cc cc cc cc| 4| gg ee dddef gg fe dddef gg gg gg gg gg gg gg| 3| cc cc ccccc cc cc ccccc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc| LH 3|e--f--g---afe--f--g---afe--f--g--a--e--f--g--| 2|e--f--g---afe--f--g---afe--f--g--a--e--f--g--| Take my hand live while you can, don’t you see your dreams are right in the palm of your hand RH 5| cc cc ccccc cc cc cc cc| 4| gg gg ggggg gg gg gg gg| 3| cc cc ccccc cc cc cc cc| LH 3|e--f--g--a--e--f--g-- af| Right in the palm of your hand RH 5| c c 4| b g f e d ded b g f e d ded | 3| c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c LH 3|c-----d-----e-----f-----c-----d-----e-----f-----| 2|c-----d-----e-----f-----c-----d-----e-----f-----| RH 5| c c 4| b g f e d ded b g f e d ded | 3| c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c| LH 3|c-----d-----e-----f-----c-----d-----e-----f-----| 2|c-----d-----e-----f-----c-----d-----e-----f-----| RH 5| c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c | 4| g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g| LH 3|e-----f-----d-----e-----e-----f-----d-----e-----| 2|e-----f-----d-----e-----e-----f-----d-----e-----| Please come with me, see what I see RH 4| g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g | 3| c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c| LH 3|e-----f-----d-----e-----e-----f-----d-----e-----| 2|e-----f-----d-----e-----e-----f-----d-----e-----| Touch the stars for time will not flee RH 5| c c c c c c c-----| 4| g g g g g g g-----| 3| c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c cc-----| LH 3|e-----f-----d-----e-----e-----f-----d-----| 2|e-----f-----d-----e-----e-----f-----d-----| Time will not flee, can you see RH 5| c-- c-- | 4| g--g-- g--g-- | 3| c--c--c-- c--c--c-- | LH 3|e--f--g---afe--f--g---afe--f--g--afe--f--g--af| Just a dream just an ordinary dream as I wake in bed, and the boy that ordinary boy was it all in my head RH 5| c-- c-- c--| 4| g--g-- g--f--e--defg--g--g-- g--g--| 3|c--c--c--c--c--c--c--cccc--c--c-- c--c--c--| LH 3|e--f--g--a--e--f--g---afe--f--g--a--e--f--g--| 2|e--f--g--a-- | Did he ask if I would come along, it all seemed so real, but as I looked to the door I saw that boy standing there with a deal and he said RH 5| cc cc cc cc cc cc ccccc| 4| gg ee dddef gg fe dddef gg gg gg gg gg gg ggggg| 3| cc cc ccccc cc cc ccccc cc cc cc cc cc cc ccccc| LH 3|e--f--g---afe--f--g---afe--f--g--a--e--f--g--a--| 2|e--f--g---afe--f--g---afe--f--g--a--e--f--g--a--| Take my hand live while you can, don’t you see your dreams are right in the palm of your hand RH 5| cc cc ccccc cc cc cc cc| 4| gg gg ggggg gg gg gg gg| 3| cc cc ccccc cc cc cc cc| LH 3|e--f--g--a--e--f--g-- af| 2|e--f--g--a--e--f--g-- af| Right in the palm of your hand, right in the palm of your hand RH 5| c c 4| b g f e d ded b g f e d ded | 3| c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c| LH 3|c-----d-----e-----f-----c-----d-----e-----f-----| 2|c-----d-----e-----f-----c-----d-----e-----f-----| RH 5| c c 4| b g f e d ded b g f e d gfed| 3| c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c | LH 3|c-----d-----e-----f-----c-----d-----e-----f-----| 2|c-----d-----e-----f-----c-----d-----e-----f-----| RH 5| c-- c--| 4| g--g-- g--f--e--d--g--| 3|c-- c--c--c-- c--c--c--c--c--| LH 3|e--f--g---afe--f--g---afe--f--g--afe--f--g--a--e--| Just a day just an ordinary day, just trying to get by, just a boy just an ordinary boy but he was looking to the sky