A Real Piano Player chords by Jack Barnett

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D
E
A
F
Bb
F#
Bm
B
Cdim
Gdim
D#dim
Dm
G
Bdim
C

Verse 1
D 
E 
A 
D 
 (D major)  (E major)  (A major) Mr. Rem (D major) brandt needed
a piece of canvas
before he could paint a thing.
F 
Bb 
F 
 (F major) Benvenuto  (B flat major) Cel lini needed  (F major) a chisel
Bb 
F 
before  (B flat major) he could start  (F major) sculpturing.
F# 
 (F sharp major) And trouble needs a great
Bm 
piano player (B minor) 
F# 
be (F sharp major) fore she can start to sing.
B 
A 
 (B major) Helen, stop worry (A major) ing.
I'm here.
B 
 (B major) Go ahead, let your voice start to ring.
E 
 (E major) Jimmy, can you play piano
like Rubenstein
and José Iturbi?
I'm even better. Can José Iturbi
Cdim 
play  (Cdim) this?
Gdim 
E 
B 
 (Gdim) Or this?  (E major) Or this? Or this?  (B major) Or this? this?
E 
Or this?  (E major) this? this? this?
Ah, José, make way for Nosey.
D#dim 
B 
 (D sharpdim) Why, Jimmy, you're sensation (B major) al.
E 
B 
E 
 (E major) What  (B major) are we waiting for, let's  (E major) go,
A 
cause it's a  (A major) thrill,
when the real piano player
B 
 (B major) sits down at the key.
E 
 (E major) It makes me weak in the
B 
Bm 
E 
A 
E 
 (B major) knees  (B minor) to   (E major) hear  (A major) him.  (E major) 
A 
What a  (A major) kick,
when the real piano player
B 
 (B major) starts to tinkle away.
E 
It  (E major) makes my voice light and gay,
A 
E 
when he goes...  (A major)  (E major) 
A 
I'm  (A major) completely gone, I'm beside myself.
D 
I can understand your blis (D major) s.
B 
Don't get it  (B major) tired at Helland.
Compose yourself.
E 
F# 
E 
But  (E major) Horowitz was never  (F sharp major) like  (E major) this.
Listen to this.
A 
B 
F# 
B 
 (A major) I  (B major) never  (F sharp major) took a lesson in my  (B major) life.
Hear those harmonies
A 
D 
You  (A major) know,  (D major) this is very tiring
Dm 
I play with  (D minor) all my might
D 
A 
Here's  (D major) a dol (A major) lar,
F# 
 (F sharp major) kid, don't stop
B 
E 
A 
 (B major) Keep playing all  (E major) night, cause it's a  (A major) thrill
When the real piano player
B 
E 
A 
 (B major) sits down  (E major) and plucks his  (A major) 
What a technique
Bm 
D 
A 
B 
 (B minor) Look  (D major) at the  (A major) way he uses  (B major) his pinky
F# 
Why, you're mar (F sharp major) velous,
you're wonderful
B 
Jimmy, I've got  (B major) goose pimples
E 
Jimmy,  (E major) stop it! Stop it! Please, stop!
I'm only human.
F# 
Sorry, I show no mercy.  (F sharp major) 
B 
Jimmy,  (B major) that's wonderful,
E 
but can you play  (E major) Bill Bailey?
A 
Indubitably!  (A major) 
D 
 (D major) Won't you come home,
Bill Bailey?
Won't you come home?
A 
I've mourned the whole  (A major) day long.
Your Grace!
I'll do the cooking, darling.
I'll pay the rent.
D 
I know I've done  (D major) you wrong.
You're going places!
Remember that rainy evening
I drove you out with nothing but
G 
a fine tooth  (G major) comb.
Stupendous!
Bdim 
I know I'm to  (Bdim) blame,
B 
 (B major) now it is a shame.
E 
A 
But baby,  (E major) won't you  (A major) please
D 
C 
F 
come  (D major) home?  (C major)  (F major) 
Oh...
C 
You said it.  (C major) 
You ought to be singing an opera.
F 
And I'll get you there.  (F major) 
A 
Keep  (A major) go ing, boy, let's hear that beat!
D 
Make that old Diana smolder  (D major) with glee!
Bm 
B 
She  (B minor) can't  (B major) resist us!
Just look at her shake!
Take the break!
Wait a minute!
Wait a minute!
Wait a minute!
E 
A 
I'm working here, too!  (E major)  (A major) 
D 
 (D major) Paderewski, I toby!
Dm 
What guys  (D minor) I admire!
A 
Forget  (A major) them all.
F# 
 (F sharp major) Name your price.
B 
 (B major) Jimmy, you're hired.
E 
A 
 (E major) Now what a  (A major) thrill,
when a real piano player
B 
E 
sit (B major) s  down  (E major) at the key.
A 
F# 
B 
E 
A 
D 
 (A major) Yes,  (F sharp major) sir, when he  (B major) sits down  (E major) at the  (A major) key.  (D major) 