• Song:

    Storm Front

  • Artist:

    Billy Joel

  • Album:

    The Bridge/Storm Front/...

"Storm Front" (Capo: 3rd. fret)

____Intro: (2 times)

A (x02220@1)D/A (x00232@1)A7 (x02020@1)/E  /F#  /G  /F#  /E
 A (x02220@1)D/A (x00232@1)A7 (x02020@1)____Verse: 1

A (x02220@1)     D/A (x00232@1) A7 (x02020@1)    A7 (x02020@1)    
 Safe____at____harbor, everything is easy 
 F#m (244222@1)  F#m7sus  F#m (244222@1)      D7 (xx0212@1)                E7 (020130@1)Off____to_______starboard, daylight comes up fast 
 A (x02220@1)    D/A (x00232@1)  A7 (x02020@1)     A7 (x02020@1)    
 Now____I'm____restless for the open water 
 F#m (244222@1)  F#m7sus      F#m (244222@1)  D7 (xx0212@1)                   E7 (020130@1)E (022100@1)F#m (244222@1)Red____flags____are flying from the Coast Guard mast 
G (320003@1)              G (320003@1)   A (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1)                      D7/F# (200212@1)They told me to st____ay, I heard all the information 
G (320003@1)        G (320003@1)   A (x02220@1)    F#7+9      
 I motored aw____ay and steered straight ahead 
            B7+9
 Though the weatherman said

____Chorus:

Em7               C (x32010@1)    B7 (x21202@1) There's a storm front coming (mood indigo) 
 Em7                         C (x32010@1)           B7 (x21202@1) White water running and the pressure is low 
 Em7               C (x32010@1)    B7 (x21202@1) Storm front coming (mood indigo) 
 Bb9-5
 Small craft warning on the radio

____Verse: 2

A (x02220@1)     D/A (x00232@1)     A7 (x02020@1)    A7 (x02020@1)    
 I've____been____sailing a long time on this ocean 
 F#m (244222@1)  F#m7sus  F#m (244222@1)     D7 (xx0212@1)                 E7 (020130@1)Man____gets_____lonesome, all those years at sea 
 A (x02220@1)     D/A (x00232@1)    A7 (x02020@1)   A7 (x02020@1)    
 I've____got____a woman, my life should be easy 
 F#m (244222@1)   F#m7sus  F#m (244222@1)  D7 (xx0212@1)               E7 (020130@1)E (022100@1)F#m (244222@1)Most____men______hunger for the life I lead 
G (320003@1)              G (320003@1)   A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)                 D7/F# (200212@1)The morning was gr____ay, but I had the motivation 
G (320003@1)        G (320003@1)   A (x02220@1)    F#7+9      
 I drifted aw____ay and ran into more 
       B7+9
 heavy weather off shore

____Chorus:

Em7               C (x32010@1)    B7 (x21202@1) There's a storm front coming (mood indigo) 
 Em7                         C (x32010@1)           B7 (x21202@1) White water running and the pressure is low 
 Em7               C (x32010@1)    B7 (x21202@1) Storm front coming (mood indigo) 
 Bb9-5
 Small craft warning on the radio

____Bridge:

A7+9                                      Bb7+9
 We've got a low pressure system and a northeast breeze 
             A7+9                             Bb7+9
 We've got a falling barometer and rising seas 
               A7+9                            Bb7+9
 We've got the cumulonimbus and a possible gale 
             Eaug5
 We've got a force nine blowing on the Beaufort scale

____Verse: 3

A (x02220@1)    D/A (x00232@1) A7 (x02020@1)         A7 (x02020@1)    
 I'm____still rest____less for the open water 
 F#m (244222@1)     F#m7sus  F#m (244222@1)    D7 (xx0212@1)         E7 (020130@1)E (022100@1)F#m (244222@1)Though____she______gives me everything I need 
G (320003@1)              G (320003@1)   A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)                   D7/F# (200212@1)She asked me to st____ay, but I'd done my navigation 
G (320003@1)          G (320003@1)   A (x02220@1)     F#7+9      
 I drove her aw____ay, but I should have known 
         B7+9
 To stay tied up at home

____Chorus:

Em7               C (x32010@1)    B7 (x21202@1) There's a storm front coming (mood indigo) 
 Em7                         C (x32010@1)           B7 (x21202@1) White water running and the pressure is low 
 Em7               C (x32010@1)    B7 (x21202@1) Storm front coming (mood indigo) 
 Bb7+9
 Small craft warning on the radio

____Guitar solo:

C#7+9 (6 bars)
 C#7+9  C9+11  B9  Bb7+9

____Chorus: (twice/ A9 throughout)

A9 (x02423@1) (Storm front coming) There's a storm front coming, babe
                                      (mood indigo)
 
 (White water running) 1st. time: White water running
                       2nd. time: Get into white water running, yeah!
 (Storm front coming) 
              Oh, there's astorm (x02210@1)front coming, babe
                                  (mood indigo) 
 (White water running, running)
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