Chords for Billy Joel - Piano Man (Audio)
Tempo:
189.15 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
D
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Dm]
[Bb]
[G]
[C] [G]
[F] [G] [C] [F]
[C] [D]
[G] [C]
[G] [F] [G] [C]
[F] [G]
[C] [F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C] [F]
[C] It's nine [G] o'clock [F] on a Saturday, [G]
[F] a [C] regular crowd [D] shuffles [G] in.
[C] There's an old
[G] man sitting [A] next to [C] me, [F] making love [G] to his tonic [C] and gin.
[G] [F]
[G] [C] [F] [G]
[C]
[F] He [C] says, son, [G] can you play me [F] a memory?
[C] [F] I'm not really [C]
sure how [D] it [G] goes.
But [C] it's sad [G] and it's sweet and [F] I knew it [C] complete [F] when I [Dm] wore a young [C] man's clothes.
[Am] La [G] la la [D] la la [F] la.
[G]
[Am] [G] La la [D] la la [G] la la.
[C] [G]
[C] Sing us [B] a song, [A] you're the piano [G] man.
[F]
Sing us [C] a song [D] tonight.
[G] [C] Well, we're all [G] in the mood [A] for a melody [C]
[F] and you got [G] us feeling [C] all right.
[G] [F] [C]
[F] [G]
[C] [F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C] [F]
Now [C] John at the [G] bar is [A] a [F] friend of [G] mine.
[C] [F] He gets me [C] my drinks [D] for free.
[G] [C] And he's quick with [G] a joke or to [A] light up your [G] smoke, [C] but [F] there's some place that he'd [C] rather be.
[F]
He says, [C] Bill, [G] I believe this is [Am] killing me.
[C] As [F] a smile [C] ran away [D] from his [G] face.
Well, [C] I'm sure that [G] I could be [F] a movie [C] star [F] if I could [G] get out of this [C] place.
[Am] Oh, la [G] la la la [D] la.
[F] [Am] La [D] la la la la [G] la.
[C]
[G] [C] Now Paul is [G] a real estate [A] [G] novelist [F] who never had [C] time for [D] a [G] wife.
[C] And he's talking [G] with David, [F] who's still in the [G] Navy [C] [F] and probably [G] will be [C] polite.
[B] [Am]
[G] [C] [F]
[G] [C]
[F]
[C] Waitress [G] is practicing [F]
[C] politics [F] as the businessmen [C] slowly get [D] stoned.
[G]
Yes, [C] they're sharing [G] a drink they [F] call loneliness, [C] but [F] it's better [G] than drinking [C] alone.
[A] [G]
[D] [F] [Am]
[D]
[F] [Am]
[D] [G]
[C]
[G] [C] Sing us [B] a song, [A] you're the piano [G] [C] man.
[F] Sing us [C] a song [D]
tonight.
[G] Well, [C] we're all in the [G] mood [F] for a melody [C]
[F] and you got [Dm] us feeling [C] all right.
[G] [Am]
[G] [C] [F] [G]
[C] [F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C] [F]
[C] It's a pretty good [B] [G] crowd [A] for a Saturday [G] [C] and [F] the manager [C] gives me [D] a smile.
[G] [C] Because he knows [G] that it's me they've [A] been coming to [G] see [C]
[F] to forget [G] about life for [C] a while.
[F]
[C] And the piano [G]
sounds [F] like a carnival [G] and [F] the microphone [Em] smells [D] like a [G] beer.
And [C] they sit at [G] the bar and [F] put bread in my [C] jar and [F] say, man, what are [G] you [C] doing here?
Oh, [A] la la [G] la la [D] la.
[F]
[A] [G] La la [D] la la la [G] la.
[C]
[G] [C] Sing [G] us a [Am] song, you're the piano [G] man.
[F] Sing us [Em] a [C] song [D]
tonight.
[G] Well, [C] we're all in the [G] mood for [F] a melody [G] [C]
[F] and you got [G] us feeling [C] all right.
[G] [F] [G]
[C] [F] [G]
[C] [F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C] [F]
[C] [F] [C]
[Bb]
[G]
[C] [G]
[F] [G] [C] [F]
[C] [D]
[G] [C]
[G] [F] [G] [C]
[F] [G]
[C] [F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C] [F]
[C] It's nine [G] o'clock [F] on a Saturday, [G]
[F] a [C] regular crowd [D] shuffles [G] in.
[C] There's an old
[G] man sitting [A] next to [C] me, [F] making love [G] to his tonic [C] and gin.
[G] [F]
[G] [C] [F] [G]
[C]
[F] He [C] says, son, [G] can you play me [F] a memory?
[C] [F] I'm not really [C]
sure how [D] it [G] goes.
But [C] it's sad [G] and it's sweet and [F] I knew it [C] complete [F] when I [Dm] wore a young [C] man's clothes.
[Am] La [G] la la [D] la la [F] la.
[G]
[Am] [G] La la [D] la la [G] la la.
[C] [G]
[C] Sing us [B] a song, [A] you're the piano [G] man.
[F]
Sing us [C] a song [D] tonight.
[G] [C] Well, we're all [G] in the mood [A] for a melody [C]
[F] and you got [G] us feeling [C] all right.
[G] [F] [C]
[F] [G]
[C] [F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C] [F]
Now [C] John at the [G] bar is [A] a [F] friend of [G] mine.
[C] [F] He gets me [C] my drinks [D] for free.
[G] [C] And he's quick with [G] a joke or to [A] light up your [G] smoke, [C] but [F] there's some place that he'd [C] rather be.
[F]
He says, [C] Bill, [G] I believe this is [Am] killing me.
[C] As [F] a smile [C] ran away [D] from his [G] face.
Well, [C] I'm sure that [G] I could be [F] a movie [C] star [F] if I could [G] get out of this [C] place.
[Am] Oh, la [G] la la la [D] la.
[F] [Am] La [D] la la la la [G] la.
[C]
[G] [C] Now Paul is [G] a real estate [A] [G] novelist [F] who never had [C] time for [D] a [G] wife.
[C] And he's talking [G] with David, [F] who's still in the [G] Navy [C] [F] and probably [G] will be [C] polite.
[B] [Am]
[G] [C] [F]
[G] [C]
[F]
[C] Waitress [G] is practicing [F]
[C] politics [F] as the businessmen [C] slowly get [D] stoned.
[G]
Yes, [C] they're sharing [G] a drink they [F] call loneliness, [C] but [F] it's better [G] than drinking [C] alone.
[A] [G]
[D] [F] [Am]
[D]
[F] [Am]
[D] [G]
[C]
[G] [C] Sing us [B] a song, [A] you're the piano [G] [C] man.
[F] Sing us [C] a song [D]
tonight.
[G] Well, [C] we're all in the [G] mood [F] for a melody [C]
[F] and you got [Dm] us feeling [C] all right.
[G] [Am]
[G] [C] [F] [G]
[C] [F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C] [F]
[C] It's a pretty good [B] [G] crowd [A] for a Saturday [G] [C] and [F] the manager [C] gives me [D] a smile.
[G] [C] Because he knows [G] that it's me they've [A] been coming to [G] see [C]
[F] to forget [G] about life for [C] a while.
[F]
[C] And the piano [G]
sounds [F] like a carnival [G] and [F] the microphone [Em] smells [D] like a [G] beer.
And [C] they sit at [G] the bar and [F] put bread in my [C] jar and [F] say, man, what are [G] you [C] doing here?
Oh, [A] la la [G] la la [D] la.
[F]
[A] [G] La la [D] la la la [G] la.
[C]
[G] [C] Sing [G] us a [Am] song, you're the piano [G] man.
[F] Sing us [Em] a [C] song [D]
tonight.
[G] Well, [C] we're all in the [G] mood for [F] a melody [G] [C]
[F] and you got [G] us feeling [C] all right.
[G] [F] [G]
[C] [F] [G]
[C] [F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C] [F]
[C] [F] [C]
Key:
C
G
F
D
A
C
G
F
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] It's nine [G] o'clock [F] on a Saturday, [G] _ _ _ _
[F] _ a [C] regular crowd [D] shuffles [G] in.
_ _ [C] There's an old _
[G] _ man sitting [A] next to [C] me, _ [F] making love [G] to his tonic [C] and gin. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ He [C] says, son, [G] can you play me [F] a memory?
_ [C] _ _ [F] I'm not really [C] _
sure how [D] it _ [G] goes.
But [C] it's sad [G] and it's sweet and [F] I knew it [C] complete _ [F] when I [Dm] wore a young [C] man's _ _ clothes.
_ [Am] La [G] la la [D] la la _ [F] la.
_ [G] _
[Am] _ _ [G] La la [D] la la _ _ _ [G] la la. _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] Sing us [B] a song, [A] you're the piano [G] man.
_ _ [F]
Sing us [C] a song [D] tonight. _
[G] _ _ [C] Well, we're all [G] in the mood [A] for a melody _ [C] _ _
[F] and you got [G] us feeling [C] all right. _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
Now [C] John at the [G] bar is [A] a [F] friend of [G] mine.
[C] _ _ [F] He gets me [C] my drinks [D] for free. _
[G] _ _ [C] And he's quick with [G] a joke or to [A] light up your [G] smoke, [C] but [F] there's some place that he'd [C] rather be.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
He says, [C] Bill, [G] I believe this is [Am] killing me.
[C] _ As [F] a smile [C] ran away [D] from his [G] face.
_ Well, [C] I'm sure that [G] I could be [F] a movie [C] star _ _ [F] if I could [G] get out of this [C] _ _ place.
_ [Am] Oh, la [G] la _ la la [D] la. _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ La _ [D] la la la _ _ la [G] la.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] Now _ Paul is [G] a real estate [A] _ _ [G] novelist _ [F] who never had [C] _ time for [D] a _ [G] wife.
_ [C] And he's talking [G] with David, _ [F] who's still in the [G] Navy [C] _ [F] and probably [G] will be [C] _ polite. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] Waitress [G] is practicing [F] _ _
[C] politics _ [F] as the _ businessmen [C] slowly get [D] _ stoned.
[G] _
Yes, [C] they're sharing [G] a drink they [F] call loneliness, [C] _ _ but [F] it's better [G] than drinking _ [C] _ _ alone.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] Sing us [B] a song, [A] you're the piano [G] _ [C] man.
_ [F] Sing us [C] a song [D]
tonight.
_ [G] _ Well, [C] we're all in the [G] mood [F] for a melody _ [C] _
_ [F] and you got [Dm] us feeling [C] all right. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[G] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ It's a pretty good [B] [G] crowd [A] for a Saturday [G] _ _ [C] and [F] the manager [C] gives me [D] a smile.
[G] _ _ [C] Because he knows [G] that it's me they've [A] been coming to [G] see [C] _
[F] to forget [G] about life for [C] a while.
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] And the piano _ [G]
sounds [F] like a carnival [G] _ and [F] the microphone [Em] _ smells [D] like a [G] beer.
And [C] they sit at [G] the bar and [F] put bread in my [C] jar and [F] say, man, what are [G] you [C] doing here?
_ _ Oh, [A] la la [G] la la [D] la.
_ _ [F] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] La la [D] la la _ _ la [G] la.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] Sing [G] us a _ [Am] song, you're the piano [G] _ man. _
[F] Sing us [Em] a [C] song [D] _
tonight.
[G] _ Well, [C] we're all in the [G] mood for [F] a melody [G] _ [C] _
[F] and you got [G] us feeling [C] all right. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] It's nine [G] o'clock [F] on a Saturday, [G] _ _ _ _
[F] _ a [C] regular crowd [D] shuffles [G] in.
_ _ [C] There's an old _
[G] _ man sitting [A] next to [C] me, _ [F] making love [G] to his tonic [C] and gin. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ He [C] says, son, [G] can you play me [F] a memory?
_ [C] _ _ [F] I'm not really [C] _
sure how [D] it _ [G] goes.
But [C] it's sad [G] and it's sweet and [F] I knew it [C] complete _ [F] when I [Dm] wore a young [C] man's _ _ clothes.
_ [Am] La [G] la la [D] la la _ [F] la.
_ [G] _
[Am] _ _ [G] La la [D] la la _ _ _ [G] la la. _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] Sing us [B] a song, [A] you're the piano [G] man.
_ _ [F]
Sing us [C] a song [D] tonight. _
[G] _ _ [C] Well, we're all [G] in the mood [A] for a melody _ [C] _ _
[F] and you got [G] us feeling [C] all right. _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
Now [C] John at the [G] bar is [A] a [F] friend of [G] mine.
[C] _ _ [F] He gets me [C] my drinks [D] for free. _
[G] _ _ [C] And he's quick with [G] a joke or to [A] light up your [G] smoke, [C] but [F] there's some place that he'd [C] rather be.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
He says, [C] Bill, [G] I believe this is [Am] killing me.
[C] _ As [F] a smile [C] ran away [D] from his [G] face.
_ Well, [C] I'm sure that [G] I could be [F] a movie [C] star _ _ [F] if I could [G] get out of this [C] _ _ place.
_ [Am] Oh, la [G] la _ la la [D] la. _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ La _ [D] la la la _ _ la [G] la.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] Now _ Paul is [G] a real estate [A] _ _ [G] novelist _ [F] who never had [C] _ time for [D] a _ [G] wife.
_ [C] And he's talking [G] with David, _ [F] who's still in the [G] Navy [C] _ [F] and probably [G] will be [C] _ polite. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] Waitress [G] is practicing [F] _ _
[C] politics _ [F] as the _ businessmen [C] slowly get [D] _ stoned.
[G] _
Yes, [C] they're sharing [G] a drink they [F] call loneliness, [C] _ _ but [F] it's better [G] than drinking _ [C] _ _ alone.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] Sing us [B] a song, [A] you're the piano [G] _ [C] man.
_ [F] Sing us [C] a song [D]
tonight.
_ [G] _ Well, [C] we're all in the [G] mood [F] for a melody _ [C] _
_ [F] and you got [Dm] us feeling [C] all right. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[G] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ It's a pretty good [B] [G] crowd [A] for a Saturday [G] _ _ [C] and [F] the manager [C] gives me [D] a smile.
[G] _ _ [C] Because he knows [G] that it's me they've [A] been coming to [G] see [C] _
[F] to forget [G] about life for [C] a while.
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] And the piano _ [G]
sounds [F] like a carnival [G] _ and [F] the microphone [Em] _ smells [D] like a [G] beer.
And [C] they sit at [G] the bar and [F] put bread in my [C] jar and [F] say, man, what are [G] you [C] doing here?
_ _ Oh, [A] la la [G] la la [D] la.
_ _ [F] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] La la [D] la la _ _ la [G] la.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] Sing [G] us a _ [Am] song, you're the piano [G] _ man. _
[F] Sing us [Em] a [C] song [D] _
tonight.
[G] _ Well, [C] we're all in the [G] mood for [F] a melody [G] _ [C] _
[F] and you got [G] us feeling [C] all right. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
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