Chords for *RARE* Piano Man (1973)

_ _ _ I'm going _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ to be a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
little _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [D#] _
bit more quiet.
[C#] _ _ [Cm] _ [F#] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ [G#] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [A#m] _ [G#] I'm going to be a little bit more quiet.
I'm going to be a little bit more quiet.
I'm going to be a _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [D#] little bit more quiet.
It's [C#] nine o'clock [F#] on a [G#] Saturday.
_ [C#] The regular crowd [D#] shuffles in.
[G#] There's an old man sitting [F#] next to me.
Making love to his [G#] tonic [C#] and gin.
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
He says, son, [G#] can you play me [F#] a [C#] memory?
[F#] I'm not really sure [D#] how it goes.
_ [G#] [C#] But it's sad [G#] and it's sweet and I knew it [C#] complete.
[F#] When I [G#] wore a young [C#] man's clothes.
[A#m] La [G#] la [D#] la dee dee da.
[F#] _ _ [C#] Da da [D#] dee dee da.
[G#] Da da da da.
_ [C#] _ _ [G#] _ Sing us a song, you're the piano man.
[F#] Sing us a [D#] song tonight.
[C#] Well, we're all in [G#] the mood for a [C#] melody.
And you've [G#] got us feeling [C#] all right. _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ [F#] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] Now John [G#] at the bar is a friend of mine.
[F#] He gets me my drinks [D#] for free.
_ [C#] And he's quick with [G#] a joke.
Or to light up your smoke.
But there's some place that he'd [C#] rather be. _
[F#] _ _ [C#] He says, Bill, [G#] I believe this is killing [C#] me.
As the smile ran away from [F] his [G#] face.
[C#] Well, I'm sure that I could [A#] be a movie [C#] star.
If I [G#] could get out of [C#] this place.
[A#m] La [G#] la la [D#] dee dee da.
_ [A#m] _ La [D#] la dee dee da.
[G#] Da da da da.
_ [C#] _ [D#] _
[C#] Now Paul is a real [A#] estate [C#] novelist.
[F#] Who never had [C#] time for a wife.
[G#] _ [C#] And he's talking with David.
[F#] Who's still in the Navy and probably [G#] will be [C#] polite.
The _ _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ waitress [G#] is practicing [F#] politics. _
As the businessman slowly [E] gets stoned.
_ [G#] [C#] Yes, they're sharing [G#] a drink they call loneliness.
[C#] But [F#] it's better [G#] than drinking [C#] alone.
_ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [A#m] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ [F#] _ _
[A#m] _ _ [D#] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ [D#] _ Sing [G#] us a song, you're the piano [C#] man.
[F#] Sing us a [D#] song tonight.
[C#] Well, we're all in the mood [F#] for a melody.
[C#] _ And you [G#m] got us feeling [C#] all right. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#] _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [A#m] It's a pretty good [G#] crowd [F#] for a Saturday.
[C#] And the manager gives me a [D#] smile.
[G#] _
[C#] Because he knows that it's me [A#] they've been coming to [C#] see.
[F#] To forget about [G#] life for a [C#] while.
_ _ [F#] _ [C#] And the piano, it sounds [F#] like a carnival.
[G#] And the microphone [Fm] smells like a [G#] beer.
And they sit at the bar [F#] and put bread in my jar.
And say man, what are you [C#] doing here?
[A#m] Oh, la la dee dee da.
[F#] _ _
[C#] La la [D#] dee dee da.
[G#] Da da da da.
[C#] _ _ _ Sing us [G#] a [F#] song, you're the piano [C#] man.
Sing us a song [D#] tonight.
[G#] Well, [C#] we're all in the mood [F#] for a melody.
[G#] _ [F#] And you got [D#m] us feeling [C#] all right.
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[F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
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