Chords for Billy Joel - Pressure (Audio)

Tempo:
148.55 bpm
Chords used:

G

D

Dm

A

Bb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Billy Joel - Pressure (Audio) chords
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[G]
[D]
[G]
[Dm]
[Am]
[Dm]
[A]
[D] You
[G] have to learn to [D] pace yourself, pressure, you're just [G] like everybody [D] else.
Pressure, [Gm] you've only had to run [Dm] so far, so good, [Bb] but you [Am] will come to [G] a place where [Em] the only thing
[Dm] you'll feel [F] are loaded [Bb]
guns in [Am] your face and you'll have to [A] deal with [Dm] pressure.
[A]
[Dm]
[D] [Dm] [Gm] [A]
[Dm] [D]
You [G] used to call me [Dm] paranoid, [D] pressure, [G] but even you cannot [D] avoid, pressure, [G] you turn [A] the tap dance [D] into your [Dm]
crusade.
[Bb] Now here [F] you are, with your [G] faith and [Em] your Peter Pan [Dm] advice, [F] you have [Bb] no shots on your [A] face
and you cannot handle [Dm] pressure.
[D]
Oh,
[Dm] [A]
[Dm]
[D] [G]
Pola, and [Gbm] no place to go, [G] psych one, psych two, what do you [Gbm] know?
[F] All your life is channel [Em] 13, [Eb] Sesame Street, [D] what does it mean?
[G]
I'll tell you what it [D] means.
Pressure, [G]
[D]
pressure, [G] don't ask for help, you're [D] all alone, pressure, [G] you'll [Gm] have [G] to answer to [D] your own, pressure, I'm sure you'll have some [Dm] positive rationale.
[Bb] But here [F] you are in [G] the night, two men out and breathing [Dm] on the [Bb] weather, look, but [Am] inside, where we all [A]
respond [Dm] to pressure, we need pressure.
[D]
[G]
[Gbm]
[G]
[D]
[F] All your life is [Em] Time Magazine,
[Eb] I read it too,
[D] what does it mean?
[G]
[D] [Dm] [D]
[G] [D]
[Dm] Pressure, [G]
[Gm] I'm sure you'll have some [Dm] cosmic rationale.
[Bb]
But here [F] you are, with [G] your faith and your Peter Pan [Dm] advice, you have [Bb] no shot on your [Am] face and you cannot [Dm] handle pressure.
Pressure, [Gm] [D]
[Dm] pressure, [A]
pressure, one, two, three, four, pressure.
Key:  
G
2131
D
1321
Dm
2311
A
1231
Bb
12341111
G
2131
D
1321
Dm
2311
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To jam and learn the simple chords for Billy Joel - Pressure chords, practice playing Dm, D, G, D, G and Dm in sequence. To build a solid grasp, start slowly at 74 BPM and then match the original tempo of 149 BPM. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: D Minor.

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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ You _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] have to learn to [D] pace yourself, _ _ pressure, _ _ _ you're just [G] like _ everybody [D] else. _ _ _
Pressure, _ [Gm] _ you've only had to run [Dm] so far, so good, _ [Bb] _ but you [Am] will come to [G] a place where [Em] the only thing
[Dm] you'll feel [F] are loaded [Bb]
guns in [Am] your face and you'll have to [A] deal with [Dm] pressure.
_ [A] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [A] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ You [G] used to call me _ [Dm] paranoid, _ _ [D] pressure, _ _ [G] _ but even you cannot [D] avoid, _ _ pressure, _ _ _ [G] you turn [A] the tap dance [D] into your _ [Dm] _
_ crusade.
[Bb] _ Now here [F] you are, with your [G] faith and [Em] your Peter Pan [Dm] advice, [F] you have [Bb] no shots on your [A] face
and you cannot handle [Dm] pressure.
_ _ [D] _
_ Oh, _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
Pola, and [Gbm] no place to go, _ _ [G] psych one, psych two, what do you [Gbm] know?
_ _ _ [F] _ All your life is channel [Em] _ 13, _ _ _ [Eb] Sesame _ _ Street, _ _ [D] what does it mean?
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
I'll tell you what it [D] means. _ _ _
Pressure, _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
pressure, _ _ [G] don't ask for help, you're [D] all alone, _ _ pressure, _ _ [G] you'll [Gm] have [G] to answer to [D] your own, _ _ pressure, _ _ I'm sure you'll have some [Dm] positive _ _ rationale. _
_ _ [Bb] _ But here [F] you are in [G] the night, two men out and breathing [Dm] on the [Bb] weather, look, but [Am] inside, where we all [A]
respond [Dm] to pressure, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
we need pressure. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] All your life is [Em] Time Magazine, _ _ _
[Eb] I read it too, _ _
[D] what does it mean? _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ Pressure, _ [G] _
[Gm] I'm sure you'll have some [Dm] cosmic _ _ rationale.
_ _ _ [Bb]
But here [F] you are, with [G] your faith and your Peter Pan [Dm] advice, you have [Bb] no shot on your [Am] face and you cannot [Dm] handle pressure.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Pressure, [Gm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ pressure, [A]
pressure, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ one, two, three, four, pressure. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was composed by Billy Joel.

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