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