BEFORE YOU PLAY – a few things to know:
This is only the first half of the song, I’m working on the full version but it will take some time. I may also add in the instrumental parts at some point if anyone asks for them.
This song moves fairly quickly and has quite a few difficult chords, so try to get the hang of it before going full-speed. If even going slowly is too hard, the melody is always the first note in the chord, so feel free to ignore the other notes inside parenthesis for easier playing.
I created a new type of notation, the curly brackets {1} to indicate optional notes. If you don’t want to play them, the song will still sound the same, but they can add a bit of extra fanciness. If you see an optional note inside parenthesis with a non-optional note (3°{7°} ), play these at the same time for the intended sound.
Also, square brackets around multiple lines simply means that everything that lines up inside vertically is at the same time, like in piano sheet music.🎹 If you don’t sing along, this doesn’t matter too much, so don’t worry.
[ {1°} {1°°} (2°{7°}) (3°{5°}) 2° 1° 5 ]
[ from the milk carton? ]
[ {oh-ooo——ooo——ooo} ]
For this particular song, I like to lay my kalimba flat on a table or hard surface and play with my other, non-thumb fingers in order to go faster and more accurately. This also reduces pain under the thumbnails. However, feel free to play however is comfortable for you, of course.
Good luck!

5 6 7 1° 2° 3° 5° (6°1°6)
I think I really miss my bed
5 (3°5) 2° 1° (1°3)
Oh, when, ohh, when
6 1° 6 5 6 5 6 (2°4) (3°5)
Will the night-mare end~~~~~~~~~?
5 6 7 1° 2° 3° 5° (1°1°°)
I had it good, I had it good~
6° (5°2) 4° (3°5) 2° 1°
And yet, I left and can’t
2° 3° 1° 5 1° (1°2)
Retrace my steps.
5 (3°1°) (2°7°4)
My steps~~~…

(1°1) 1° 2° 3° 3° 5°
You’re gonna be eaten
(6°4) 6° 5° 3° 2°
By a coyote
(1°2) 6 6 6 6 1°
Run, little one, though the
(2°4) 1° 6 5
Pack may follow
(1°1) 2° 3° 5°
Two quite thin, their
(6°4) 5° 3° 2°
Brother fatter
(1°2) 6 6 6 2° 3°
You can still win, you just
2° 1° 6 6 (1°3 5)
Gotta be faster!

(1°1) 1° 2° 3°
Run for the yard
5° (6°4) 6° 5° 3° 2°
They’ve barred up the gutter
(1°2) 6 6 6 6 1°
That was our route better
2° 1° 6 5
find another.
1° 1° 2° 3° 5°
Was that a wabbit?
(6°1°°) (5°1) (5°1) (3°1) (3°1)
Real—ly not like the
(2°6°) (1°5) (1°5) 2° 3° 2° 1° 6 (1°1)
one I’ve seen on the cereal box.

2° 3° 2° 1° (6 3)
And the birds don’t talk
2° 3° 2° 1° (3°5)
Like the ones on screen.
2° 3° 2° 1° 6 3° 2° 1° 5 (1°3)
Have they really domesticated me?
(2°4°) (3°5°) (2°4°) (1°3°) (6 1°)
And the birds don’t talk
(2°4°) (3°5°) (2°4°) (1°3°) (2°4°) (3°5°)
Like the ones on screeeen
(2°4°) (3°5°) (2°4°) (1°3°) (6 1°) (3°5°) (2°4°) (1°3°) 5 (1° 3° 3 5)
Have they real—ly do—-mes—–tic——a—ted me?

(instrumentals; might write the notes for this one day :l)

(1°1) 2° 3° 3° 5° (6°4) 5° 5°(5°5)
Cotton tail, gonna end up in jail
3° 2° 2° (1°3°)
Wrong place, wrong time
3° (2°4°) (2°4°) (2°4°) (1°3°)
Bad tune, but it rhymed
6 (1°3°) (6 1°) (1°3°) (6 1°) (1°3°) (6 1°) (1°3°)
And lined up per—-fect—–ly to blame
1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 5 1° 5 6
the one who’s far too tame, and he say:
1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 1°
“‘Out, let me in, let me in, let me out’
1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 6 5 1°
Stop tellin’ me all about your problems.
1° (1° 1) (1° 3) 1° (1° 5) 1° 1° (1°°1° )
‘I’m in hell, still in, get me out’
1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 6 5 1°
Whatever they are, I don’t know how to solve em’ ”

(1°1) 1° 2° 3°
Out, let me in
3° 5° (6°4) 5° 5° (5°5)
Let me in, let me out
3° (1°1°°) (1°1°°) (1°1°°) (1°1°°) (1°1°°) (1°1°°) (6°6) (5°5) (1°3°)
Stop tell—–in’ me all about your problems!
1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 6 1°
I’m in hell, still in, get me out
1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 6 5 (2°4°) (3°5°) 2°
Whatever they are, I don’t know how to solve- (woah-oh-oh)

2° 3° 2° 1° 3°
Say, is that the kid
[ {1°} {1°°} (2°{7°}) (3°{5°}) 2° 1° 5 ]
[ from the milk carton? ]
[ {oh-ooo——ooo——ooo} ]
5 3° 3° 2° 1° 3° 2° 3° 2° 1° 6 (1°3 5)
Can I do anything when I’m also missing?
{4°} {5°} 2° 3° 2° 1° 3° {1°} {1°°} (2°{7°}) (3°{5°}) 2° 1° 6
Something tells me kid nev—-er learned to swim
{Oo-ooh} {oh-ooo——oo——-ooh}
5 5 3° 3° 2° 1° 3° 2° 3° 2° 1° 6 (1°3 5)
But can I do anything when I’m also drowning?

• Artist: Madylin Mei
• Mood: Calm

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How To Read The Tabs

SOLFEGE	DO	RE	MI	FA	SO	LA	TI
Letter Notes	C	D	E	F	G	A	B
Number Notes	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

-A dot above a musical note (ex: 1° 2°°) raises it to a higher octave.
-Notes inside a parentheses (ex: (135) ) are played together (slide/glissando)
-The tabs/notes posted on this site are designed to be played on kalimba, but you can also play it on other instruments like: piano ,flute, recorder, ocarina , glockenspiel, clarinet, xylophone, otamatone, and etc. Simply use our online kalimba tab converter to convert the tabs/notes to SOLFEGE (do re mi) or letter notation (C D E).