PIANO MAN - Billy Joel Intro: Dm7 - D?7 - C - G/B - F/A - C/G - F - C/E - D7 - G - C - G/B - F/A - C/G - F - G7sus4 - C - F/C - G/C - F/C - C - F/C - G/C - F/C C G/B F/A C/G It's nine o' - clock on a Saturday F C/E D7 G The regular crowd shuffles in C G/B F/A C/G There's an old man sitting next to me F G7sus4 C Making love to his tonic and gin C - G/B - F/A - C/G - F - G7sus4 - C - F/C C G/B F/A C/G He says, " Son, can you play me a memory? F C/E D7 G I'm not really sure how it goes, C G/B F/A C/G But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it com - plete F G7sus4 C When I wore a younger man's clothes" Am Am/G D7/F# Am/F - G - Laa la laa litty daah, Am Am/G D7/F# G G/F - C/Ei - G/D La laa litty daa daah da dum Chorus: C G/B F/A C/G Sing us a song, you're the piano man F C/E D7 G Sing us a song to - night C G/B F/A C/G 'Cause we're all in the mood for a melody F G7sus4 C And you've got us feeling all - right C - G/B - F/A - C/G - F - G7sus4 - C - F/C - G/C - F/C - C - F/C - G/C - F/C C G/B F/A C/G Now John at the bar is a friend of mine F C/E D7 G He gets me my drinks for free C G/B F/A C/G And he's quick with a joke or a light up your smoke, F G7sus4 C F/C But there's some place that's he'd rather be C G/B F/A C/G He says, " Bill, I be - lieve this is killing me," F C/E D7 G As the smile ran a - way from his face C G/B F/A C/G "Well, I'm sure that I could be a movie star F G7sus4 C If I could get out of this place." Am Am/G D7/F# Am/F - G - Oh, Laa la laa litty daah, Am Am/G D7/F# G G/F - C/Ei - G/D La laa litty daa daah da dum C G/B F/A C/G Now Paul is a real estate novelist F C/E D7 G Who never had time for a wife C G/B F/A C/G And he's talking to Davy who's still in the Navy F G7sus4 C And probably will be for life C - G/B - F/A - C/G - F - G7sus4 - C - F/C C G/B F/A C/G And the Waitress is practicing politics F C/E D7 G As the businessmen slowly get stoned C G/B F/A C/G Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness, F G7sus4 C But it's better than drinking a - lone Break: Am - Am/G - D7/F# - Am/F - G - 2x Am - Am/G - D7/F# - G - G/F - C/Ei - G/D Chorus: C G/B F/A C/G Sing us a song, you're the piano man F C/E D7 G Sing us a song to - night C G/B F/A C/G 'Cause we're all in the mood for a melody F G7sus4 C And you've got us feeling all - right C - G/B - F/A - C/G - F - G7sus4 - C - F/C - G/C - F/C - C - F/C - G/C - F/C C G/B F/A C/G It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday F C/E D7 G And the manager gives me a smile C G/B F/A C/G 'Cause he knows that it's me they've been coming to see F G7sus4 C To for - get about life for a while C - F/C C G/B F/A C/G And the piano sounds like a carnival F C/E D7 G And the microphone smells like a beer C G/B F/A C/G And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar F G7sus4 C And say, " Man, what are you doin' here?" Am Am/G D7/F# Am/F - G - Oh, Laa la laa litty daah, Am Am/G D7/F# G G/F - C/Ei - G/D La laa litty daa daah da dum Chorus: C G/B F/A C/G Sing us a song, you're the piano man F C/E D7 G Sing us a song to - night C G/B F/A C/G 'Cause we're all in the mood for a melody F G7sus4 C And you've got us feeling all - right C - G/B - F/A - C/G - F - G7sus4 - C - (slow down) F/C - G/C - F/C - C - F/C - G/C - F/C - C // Dm7 xx0211 D?7 xx0101 C x32010 G/B x20033 F/A x03211 C/G 332010 F 133211 C/E 032010 D7 xx0212 G 320003 G7sus4 330011 F/C x33211 G/C x35433 Am x0221x Am/G 3x221x D7/F# 2x021x Am/F 1x221x G 3xxxxx G/F 120033 C/Ei 032013 G/D x55433