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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