C5 E5 A5 C5 it's nine o'clock on a Saturday F5 C5 D5 G5 the regular crowd shuffles in C5 E5 A5 C5 There's an old man sitting next to me F5 G5 C5 F5 C5 G5 Makin' love to his tonic and gin C5 E5 A5 C5 He says Son can you play me a memory F5 C5 D5 G5 I'm not really sure how it goes C5 E5 A5 C5 But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete F5 G5 C5 when I wore a younger man's clothes" A5 A5 D5 F5 A5 Da da da de de da A5 D5 D5 G5 G5 C5 G5 da da de de da da da C5 E5 A5 C5 Sing us a song, you're the piano man, F5 C5 D5 G5 sing us a song to night C5 E5 A5 Well we're all in the mood for a melody C5 F5 G5 C5 F5 C5 G5 and you've got us feeling all right C5 E5 A5 C5 Now John at the bar is a friend of mine, F5 C5 D5 G5 he gets me my drinks for free C5 E5 A5 C5 And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke, F5 G5 C5 F5 C5 G5 but there's some place that he'd rather be C5 E5 A5 C5 He says "Bill I believe this is killing me" F5 C5 D5 G5 As a smile ran away from his face C5 E5 A5 C5 "Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star F5 G5 C5 If I could get out of this place" {c:Chorus} C5 E5 A5 C5 Now Paul is a real estate novelist F5 C5 D5 G5 who never had time for a wife C5 E5 A5 C5 And he's talking with Davy, who's still in the Navy, F5 G5 C5 F5 C5 G5 and probably will be for life C5 E5 A5 And the waitress is practicing politics, C5 F5 C5 D5 G5 as the businessmen slowly get stoned C5 E5 A5 C5 Yes they're sharing a drink they call loneliness, F5 G5 C5 but it's better than drinking alone C5 E5 A5 C5 It's a pretty good crowd for a saturday F5 C5 D5 G5 and the manager gives me a smile C5 E5 A5 C5 `Cause he knows that it's me that they've been coming to see F5 G5 C5 F5 C5 G5 To forget about life for a while C5 E5 A5 C5 And the piano sounds like a carnival F5 C5 D5 G5 and the microphone smells like a beer C5 E5 A5 C5 And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar F5 G5 C5 and say "Man what are you doing here ?
