• Song:

    Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

  • Artist:

    Billy Joel

  • Album:

    STRANGER

INTRO:  F (133211@1)Bb (x1333x@1)C (x32010@1)Bb (x1333x@1)F (133211@1)                Gmin7
A bottle of white, a bottle of red
C (x32010@1)                   Bb/F (102220@1)    FPerhaps (133211@1)a bottle of rose instead
C (x32010@1)         C/Bb     FGet (133211@1)a table near the street
             Gm/F   C (x32010@1)  
In our old familiar place
           Bb (x1333x@1)    C (x32010@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)  CYou (x32010@1)and I, face to face, um umm
F (133211@1)              Gmin7
A bottle of red, a bottle of white
C (x32010@1)                    Bb/F (102220@1)name="chord_133211@1">F
It all depends on your appetite
G (320003@1)           G/A (320203@1)   G/B (143121@7)name="chord_x32010@1">C
I'll meet you anytime you want
        C/D (x5555x@1)name="chord_x3111x@5">C/E  F (133211@1)     BbIn (x1333x@1)our Italian Restaurant

SAX SOLO:  C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)Bb (x1333x@1)C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)Bb (x1333x@1)
           Eb (x43121@3)Ab (xx1114@1)Eb (x43121@3)Ab (xx1114@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)                  Dm/GThings (300321@1)are okay with me these days
F/G (303211@1)           C/GGot (3x555x@1)a good job, got a good office
C (x32010@1)             Am7Got (x02010@1)a new wife, got a new life
        D (xx0232@1)           D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0212@1">D7
And the family's fine
    G (320003@1)           Dm/GOh, (300321@1)we lost touch long ago
F/G (303211@1)             C/GYou (3x555x@1)lost weight I did not know
C (x32010@1)            Am7 (x02010@1)              D7You (xx0212@1)could ever look so nice after so much time

Eb (x43121@3)                      Bb (x1333x@1)               FDo (133211@1)you remember those days hanging out at the village green
Eb (x43121@3)                    Bb (x1333x@1)                   FEngineer (133211@1)boots, leather jackets and tight blue jeans
                Eb (x43121@3)                     Bb (x1333x@1)             FWoah (133211@1)you drop a dime in the box play the song about New Orleans
Eb (x43121@3)       BbCold (x1333x@1)beer, hot lights
C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)            GMy (320003@1)sweet romantic teenage nights

RAGTIME BIT:  G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)Am (x02210@1)D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)Am (x02210@1)D (xx0232@1)PIANO SOLO:  G  G
             G (320003@1)G/F (120003@1)G/E (020003@1)D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)G/F (120003@1)G/E (020003@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)G/F (120003@1)  G/E (020003@1)  Dsus4 (xx0233@1)name="chord_xx0230@1">Dsus2
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh
G (320003@1)    G/F (120003@1)  G/E (020003@1)  Dsus4 (xx0233@1)name="chord_xx0230@1">Dsus2
Oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh

GBrenda (320003@1)and Eddie were the popular steadies
        D (xx0232@1)                           D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
And the king and the queen of the prom
G (320003@1)                    G/B (143121@7)                CRiding (x32010@1)around with the car top down and the radio on
G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)  D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
Nobody looked any finer
       G (320003@1)                  COr (x32010@1)was more of a hit at the Parkway Diner
G (320003@1)                    F (133211@1)                        E (022100@1) (Bass:E F# (244322@1)name="chord_xx1114@1">Ab E)
We never knew we could want more than that out of life
       Am (x02210@1)       Am/B (012210@1)      C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)       GSurely (320003@1)Brenda and Eddie would always know how to survive

G/F    G/E    Dsus4 Dsus2
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh
G (320003@1)    G/F (120003@1)  G/E (020003@1)  Dsus4 (xx0233@1)name="chord_xx0230@1">Dsus2
Oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh

G (320003@1)                                            D (xx0232@1)                    D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
Brenda and Eddy were still going steady in the summer of seventy five
G (320003@1)                   G/B (143121@7)                    CWhen (x32010@1)they decided the marriage would be at the end of July
G (320003@1)                     D (xx0232@1)   D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
Everyone said they were crazy
G (320003@1)                         CBrenda (x32010@1)you know that you're much too lazy
G (320003@1)                 F (133211@1)                       E (022100@1) (Bass:E F# (244322@1)name="chord_xx1114@1">Ab E)
Eddie could never afford to live that kind of life
        Am (x02210@1)          Am/B (012210@1) C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)       GOh, (320003@1)but there we were waving Brenda and Eddie goodbye

G/F    G/E    Dsus4 Dsus2
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh

CWell, (x32010@1)they got an apartment with deep pile carpet
      D (xx0232@1)                      GAnd (320003@1)a couple of paintings from Sears
  CA (x32010@1)big waterbed that they bought with the bread
         D (xx0232@1)                   GThey (320003@1)had saved for a couple of years
     CThey (x32010@1)started to fight when the money got tight
         D (xx0232@1)                      Em (022000@1)       AmAnd (x02210@1)they just didn't count on the tears, woh oh, woh oh...yeah rock n roll

SAX SOLO:  G  D 
           G (320003@1)G/B (143121@7)C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
           G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)F (133211@1)E (022100@1)          Am (x02210@1)Am/B (012210@1)C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)G/F (120003@1)  G/E (020003@1)  Dsus4 (xx0233@1)name="chord_xx0230@1">Dsus2
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh

CWell, (x32010@1)they lived for a while in a very nice style
         D (xx0232@1)                       GBut (320003@1)it's always the same in the end
     CThey (x32010@1)got a divorce as a matter of course
         D (xx0232@1)                          GAnd (320003@1)they parted the closest of friends
         CThen (x32010@1)the king and the queen went back to the green
            D (xx0232@1)                  Em (022000@1)     Am (x02210@1)   DBut (xx0232@1)you can never go back there again, oh oh, oh oh

G (320003@1)                                        D (xx0232@1)                   D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
Brenda and Eddie had had it already by the summer of seventy five
         G (320003@1)                    G/B>From (143121@7)the high to the low to the end of the show
        CFor (x32010@1)the rest of their lives
     G (320003@1)                     D (xx0232@1)     D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
They couldn't go back to the greasers
    G (320003@1)                         CThe (x32010@1)best they could do was pick up their pieces
G (320003@1)                       F (133211@1)                    E (022100@1) (Bass:E F# (244322@1)name="chord_xx1114@1">Ab E)
We always knew they would both find a way to get by
Am (x02210@1)         Am/B (012210@1)      C (x32010@1)        DThat's (xx0232@1)all I heard about Brenda and Eddie
Am (x02210@1)           Am/B (012210@1)       C (x32010@1)        DCan't (xx0232@1)tell you more cause I told you already
    Am (x02210@1)        Am/B (012210@1) C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)       GAnd (320003@1)here we are waving Brenda and Eddie goodbye

G/F    G/E    Dsus4 Dsus2
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh
G (320003@1)G/F (120003@1)  G/E (020003@1)  Dsus4 (xx0233@1)name="chord_xx0230@1">Dsus2
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh
G (320003@1)G/F (120003@1)  G/E (020003@1)  Dsus4 (xx0233@1)name="chord_xx0230@1">Dsus2
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh

RUN DOWN:  (NOTES)  F E D C B A
                    C (x32010@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb A (x02220@1)name="chord_320003@1">G F (133211@1)name="chord_022100@1">E

F (133211@1)Bb (x1333x@1)      C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_133211@1">F
   Yeah yeah yeah
C C/Bb F Gm/F C  Bb C  Bb

F (133211@1)              Gmin7
A bottle of red, oooh a bottle of white
C (x32010@1)                          Bb (x1333x@1) FWhatever (133211@1)kind of mood you're in tonight
G (320003@1)           G/A (320203@1)   G/B (143121@7)name="chord_x32010@1">C
I'll meet you anytime you want
        C/D (x5555x@1)name="chord_x3111x@5">C/E  F (133211@1)     BbIn (x1333x@1)our Italian Restaurant

SAX OUTRO:  C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)Bb (x1333x@1)C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)Bb (x1333x@1)           Dm (xx0231@1)Em (022000@1)F (133211@1)G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)
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