INTRO C G Am C F C D G C G Am C F G C C F F C C F F FIRST VERSE: C G Am C Its nine o?clock on a saturday F C D G The regular crowd shuffles in C G Am C There?s an old man sitting next to me F G C C Making love to his tonic and gin C G Am C F G C C F F C G Am C He says son can you play me a memory F C D G I?m not really sure how it goes C G Am C But it?s sad and its sweet and I knew it complete F G C C when I wore a younger man?s clothes Am C D7 D7 Am La da da de de Da C D7 D7 G G7 G(3) G7(3) da da de de Da da DA CHORUS: C G Am C Sing us a song you?re the piano man F C D G Sing us a song tonight C G Am C Well we?re all in the mood for a melody F G C C and you?ve got us feeling all right C G Am C F G C C F F C C F F VERSE 2 C G Am C Now John at the bar ? he?s a friend of mine, F C D G he gets me my drinks for free C G Am C And he?s quick with a joke or to light up your smoke F G C C but there?s some place that he?d rather be C G Am C He says bill I believe this is killing me, F C D G as the smile ran away from his face, C G Am C Well I?m sure that I could be a movie star, F G C C if I could get out of this place Am C D7 D7 Am La da da de de Da C D7 D7 G G7 G(3) G7(3) da da de de Da da DA VERSE 3 C G Am C Now Paul is a real estate novelist F C D G who never had time for a wife C G Am C And he?s talking with Davy who?s still in the navy F G C C and probably will be for life C G Am C F G C C F F C G Am C And the waitress is practising politics F C D G As the businessmen slowly get stoned C G Am C yes they're sharing a drink they call loneliness F G C C but its better than drinking alone PIANO SOLO CHORUS: C G Am C Sing us a song you?re the piano man F C D G Sing us a song tonight C G Am C Well we?re all in the mood for a melody F G C C and you?ve got us feeling all right C G Am C F G C C F F C C F F VERSE 4 C G Am C It?s a pretty good crowd for a saturday F C D G And the manager gives me a smile C G Am C Cause he knows that it?s me they've been coming to see F G C C To forget about life for a while C G Am C And the piano sounds like a carnival F C D G and the microphone smells like a beer C G Am C And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar F G C C and say man what are you doing here? Am C D7 D7 Am La da da de de Da C D7 D7 G G7 G(3) G7(3) da da de de Da da DA CHORUS: C G Am C Sing us a song you?re the piano man F C D G Sing us a song tonight C G Am C Well we?re all in the mood for a melody F G C C and you?ve got us feeling all right C G Am C F G C C F F C C F F Chords -G7- -G7(3) -G(3)- 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 3 x
