famous last words chords by
Billy Joel
Billy Joel

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Key: C major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Sitting here in Avalon,
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looking at the pouring rain
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Summertime has come and gone and
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everybody's home again
Closing down for the season,
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I found the last of the souvenirs
I can still taste the wedding cake and it's
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sweet after all these years
Verse 2
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These are the last words I
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have to say
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That's why it took so
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long to write
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There will be other words
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some other day
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But that's the story of my life
Verse 3
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Comfort in my coffee cup,
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apples in the early fall
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They're pulling all the moorings up
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and gathering at the Legion Hall
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Swept away all the streamers after
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the Labor Day parade
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There's nothing left for a dreamer now,
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only one final seren ade
Verse 4
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And these are the last words
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I have to say
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Before another age goes by
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With all those other songs
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I have to play
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But that's the story
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of my life
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Verse 5
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And it's so clear standing
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here where I am
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Ain't that what justice is for?
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Frankly, my dear,
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I don't give a damn anymore
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Verse 6
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Hey-hey-hey
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Stack Stack Stack
the chairs on the table tops
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Hang the sheets on the chandeliers
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It slows down but it never stops
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Ain't it sweet after all
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these years
Verse 7
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And these are the last words
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I have to say
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It's always hard to say
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goodbye
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But now it's time to put
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this book away
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And that's the story
of my life
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Verse 8
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These are the last words I
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have to say
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That's why it took so long
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to write
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There will be other words
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some other day
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Ain't that the story of my life,
oh
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Verse 9
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These are the last words I
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have to say
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Before another age goes by
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With all those other songs I have
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to play
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Ain't that the story of my
Outro 1
life
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