PIANO MAN
Billy Joel
It's [C] nine o'-[C/B]-clock on a [Am] Saturday [C]
[F] The regular crowd shuffles [D] in [G]
There's an [C] old man [C/B] sitting [Am] next to me [C]
Makin' [F] love to his [G] tonic and [C] gin
He says, [C] "Son, can you [C/B] play me a [Am] melody? [C]
I'm [F] not really sure how it [D] goes [G]
But it's [C] sad and it's [C/B] sweet and I [Am] knew it com-[C]-plete
When [F] I wore a [G] younger man's [C] clothes"
[Am] La la la, de de [D] da
[Am] La la, de de [D] da da [G] da [G7][G6][G]
[C] Sing us a [C/B] song, you're the [Am] piano man [C]
[F] Sing us a song [D] tonight [G]
Well, we're [C] all in the [C/B] mood for a [Am] melody [C]
And [F] you've got us [G] feelin' al-[C]-right
Now [C] John at the [C/B] bar is a [Am] friend of mine. [C]
[F] He gets me my drinks for [D] free [G]
And he's [C] quick with a [C/B] joke or to [Am] light up your [C] smoke
But there's [F] someplace that [G] he'd rather [C] be
He says, [C] "Bill, I be-[C/B]-lieve this is [Am] killing me." [C]
As the [F] smile ran away from his [D] face [G]
"Well I'm [C] sure that I [C/B] could be a [Am] movie star [C]
If [F] I could get [G] out of this [C] place"
[Am] La la la, de de [D] da
[Am] La la, de de [D] da da [G] da [G7][G6][G]
Now [C] Paul is a [C/B] real estate [Am] novelist [C]
Who [F] never had time for a [D] wife [G]
And he's [C] talkin' with [C/B] Davy who's [Am] still in the [C] navy
And [F] probably [G] will be for [C] life
And the [C] waitress is [C/B] practicing [Am] politics [C]
As the [F] businessmen slowly get [D] stoned [G]
Yes, they're [C] sharing a [C/B] drink they call [Am] loneliness [C]
But it's [F] better than [G] drinkin' [C] alone
[Am] La la la, de de [D] da
[Am] La la, de de [D] da da [G] da [G7][G6][G]
[C] Sing us a [C/B] song, you're the [Am] piano man [C]
[F] Sing us a song [D] tonight [G]
Well, we're [C] all in the [C/B] mood for a [Am] melody [C]
And [F] you've got us [G] feelin' al-[C]-right
It's a [C] pretty good [C/B] crowd for a [Am] Saturday [C]
And the [F] manager gives me a [D] smile [G]
'Cause he [C] knows that it's [C/B] me they've been [Am] comin' to [C] see
To [F] forget about [G] life for a [C] while
And the [C] piano, it [C/B] sounds like a [Am] carnival [C]
And the [F] microphone smells like a [D] beer [G]
And they [C] sit at the [C/B] bar and put [Am] bread in my [C] jar
And say, [F] "Man, what are [G] you doin' [C] here?"
[Am] La la la, de de [D] da
[Am] La la, de de [D] da da [G] da [G7][G6][G]
[C] Sing us a [C/B] song, you're the [Am] piano man [C]
[F] Sing us a song [D] tonight [G]
Well, we're [C] all in the [C/B] mood for a [Am] melody [C]
And [F] you've got us [G] feelin' al-[C]-right