• Song:

    Piano Man

  • Artist:

    Billy Joel

  • Album:

    The Essential Billy Joe...

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Artist: Billy Joel
Song: Piano Man 
Email: LiquIdfir3@msn.com


Intro: C, Em, Am, C/G

Verse 1:
     C (x32010@1)    Em (022000@1)         AmIt's (x02210@1)nine o clock on a saturday

C/G (3x555x@1)F (133211@1)     C/E (x3111x@5)           D7The (xx0212@1)regular crowd shuffles in

G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)   Em (022000@1)      Am (x02210@1)       C/GThere's (3x555x@1)an old man sitting next to me

C/G (3x555x@1)  F (133211@1)         G11 (3x3211@1)     C (x32010@1)   F/C (133211@1)Cmaj7 (x32000@1)G11Makin' (3x3211@1)love to his tonic and gin

G11 (3x3211@1)    C (x32010@1)         Em (022000@1)      Am (x02210@1)      C/GHe (3x555x@1)says "son can you play me a memory?"

C/G (3x555x@1)name="chord_133211@1">F          C/E (x3111x@5)       D7 (xx0212@1)      G (320003@1)I'm not really sure how it goes
G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)        Em (022000@1)        Am (x02210@1)     C/G (3x555x@1)      
But it's sad and its sweet and I knew it complete

C/G (3x555x@1)F (133211@1)      G11 (3x3211@1)        CWhen (x32010@1)I wore a younger mans clothes 

Am (x02210@1)     Am/G (302210@1)       D7/F# (200212@1)   F (133211@1)     AmDa (x02210@1)da da______  de de da_____         Da da__

Am/G (302210@1)D7/F# (200212@1)  D7 (xx0212@1)         G (320003@1)    G/F (120003@1)   C/E (x3111x@5)G7/D  
de de da____       dada______ (xx0232@1)  


Chorus: 

C (x32010@1)       Em (022000@1)             Am (x02210@1)        C/GSing (3x555x@1)us a song, you're the piano man 

F (133211@1)       C/E (x3111x@5)   D7Sing (xx0212@1)us a song to-night 

G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)        Em (022000@1)        Am (x02210@1)well, we're all in the mood for a melody 

C/G (3x555x@1)F (133211@1)          G11 (3x3211@1)       C (x32010@1)   F/C (133211@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7 
and you've got us feelin' al-right 

Verse 2:
    C (x32010@1)         Em (022000@1)     Am (x02210@1)           
Now john at the bar is a friend of mine

C/G (3x555x@1)name="chord_133211@1">F          C/E (x3111x@5)      D7He (xx0212@1) gets me my drinks for free

G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)          Em (022000@1)       Am (x02210@1)          C/GAnd (3x555x@1)hes quick with a joke or to light up your smoke

C/G (3x555x@1)      F (133211@1)            G11 (3x3211@1)       C (x32010@1)   F/C (133211@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7 
But theres someplace that he'd rather be

G11 (3x3211@1)    C/E (x3111x@5)       Em (022000@1)         AmHe (x02210@1)says, bill, I be-lieve this is killing me.

C/G (3x555x@1)  F (133211@1)        C/E (x3111x@5)        D7As (xx0212@1)a  smile ran a-way from his face

G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)         Em (022000@1)       Am (x02210@1)  C/G (3x555x@1)Well Im sure that I could be a movie star

C/G (3x555x@1)F (133211@1)         G11 (3x3211@1)       CIf (x32010@1)  I could get out of this place

PreChorus:

Am (x02210@1)     Am/G (302210@1)       D7/F# (200212@1)   F (133211@1)     AmDa (x02210@1)da da______  de de da_____         Da da__

Am/G (302210@1)D7/F# (200212@1)  D7 (xx0212@1)         G (320003@1)    G/F (120003@1)   C/E (x3111x@5)G7/D  
de de da____       dada______ (xx0232@1)  

Chorus: 
C (x32010@1)       Em (022000@1)             Am (x02210@1)        C/GSing (3x555x@1)us a song, you're the piano man 

F (133211@1)       C/E (x3111x@5)   D7Sing (xx0212@1)us a song to-night 

G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)        Em (022000@1)        Am (x02210@1)well, we're all in the mood for a melody 

C/G (3x555x@1)F (133211@1)          G11 (3x3211@1)       C (x32010@1)   F/C (133211@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7 
and you've got us feelin' al-right 

Verse 3:

    C (x32010@1)       Em (022000@1)        Am (x02210@1)Now paul is a real estate novelist

C/G (3x555x@1)F (133211@1)       C/E (x3111x@5)      D7 (xx0212@1)   GWho (320003@1) never had time for a wife

G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)         Em (022000@1)      Am (x02210@1)         C/GAnd (3x555x@1)hes talkin with davy whos still in the navy

C/G (3x555x@1)F (133211@1)      G11 (3x3211@1)       C (x32010@1)    F/C (133211@1)Cmaj7 (x32000@1)
And  probably will be for life 

G11 (3x3211@1)   C (x32010@1)         Em (022000@1)       Am (x02210@1)    
And the waitress is practicing politics

C/G (3x555x@1)    F (133211@1)         C/E (x3111x@5)      D7As (xx0212@1)  the businessmen slowly get stoned

G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)       Em (022000@1)             Am (x02210@1)  C/GYes, (3x555x@1)theyre sharing a drink they call loneli-ness

C/G (3x555x@1)   F (133211@1)         G11 (3x3211@1)      CBut (x32010@1)its better than drinkin a-lone

PreChorus:

Am (x02210@1)     Am/G (302210@1)       D7/F# (200212@1)   F (133211@1)     AmDa (x02210@1)da da______  de de da_____         Da da__

Am/G (302210@1)D7/F# (200212@1)  D7 (xx0212@1)         G (320003@1)    G/F (120003@1)   C/E (x3111x@5)G7/D  
de de da____       dada______ (xx0232@1)  

Chorus: 
C (x32010@1)       Em (022000@1)             Am (x02210@1)        C/GSing (3x555x@1)us a song, you're the piano man 

F (133211@1)       C/E (x3111x@5)   D7Sing (xx0212@1)us a song to-night 

G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)        Em (022000@1)        Am (x02210@1)well, we're all in the mood for a melody 

C/G (3x555x@1)F (133211@1)          G11 (3x3211@1)       C (x32010@1)   F/C (133211@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7 
and you've got us feelin' al-right 

Verse 4: 

      C (x32010@1)    Em (022000@1)             AmIts (x02210@1)a pretty good crowd for a saturday

C/G (3x555x@1)   F (133211@1)     C/E (x3111x@5)      D7 (xx0212@1)   GAnd (320003@1)the manager gives me a smile

G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)            Em (022000@1)            Am (x02210@1)     C/Gcause (3x555x@1)he knows that its me they've been comin to see

C/G (3x555x@1)    F (133211@1)       G11 (3x3211@1)      C (x32010@1)    F/C (133211@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7 
To   for-get about life for a while

G11 (3x3211@1)   C (x32010@1)   Em (022000@1)          Am (x02210@1)     C/G (3x555x@1)    
And the piano sounds like a carnival

C/G (3x555x@1)   F (133211@1)        C/E (x3111x@5)         D7And (xx0212@1)the microphone smells like a beer

G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)        Em (022000@1)        Am (x02210@1)        C/GAnd (3x555x@1)they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
C/G (3x555x@1)    F (133211@1)           G11 (3x3211@1)     CAnd (x32010@1)say, man, what are you doin' here?

PreChorus:

Am (x02210@1)     Am/G (302210@1)       D7/F# (200212@1)   F (133211@1)     AmDa (x02210@1)da da______  de de da_____         Da da__

Am/G (302210@1)D7/F# (200212@1)  D7 (xx0212@1)         G (320003@1)    G/F (120003@1)   C/E (x3111x@5)G7/D  
de de da____       dada______ (xx0232@1)  

Chorus: 
C (x32010@1)       Em (022000@1)             Am (x02210@1)        C/GSing (3x555x@1)us a song, you're the piano man 

F (133211@1)       C/E (x3111x@5)   D7Sing (xx0212@1)us a song to-night 

G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)        Em (022000@1)        Am (x02210@1)well, we're all in the mood for a melody 

C/G (3x555x@1)F (133211@1)          G11 (3x3211@1)       C (x32010@1)   F/C (133211@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7 
and you've got us feelin' al-right 










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