Piano Man chords by Billy Joel
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Intro 1
(D minor) (Ddim)
(C major) (G major) (F major) (C major)
(F major) (C major) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (G major) (F major) (C major)
(F major) (G major)
(C major) (F major) (C major) (F major) (E minor) (D minor)
(C major) (F major) (C major) (F major) (E minor) (D minor)
Verse 1
It's (C major) nine o’ (G major) clock on a (F major) saturday (C major)
(F major) The regular (C major) crowd shuffles (D major) in (G major)
There's an (C major) old man
(G major) sittin' (F major) next to me (C major)
Makin' (F major) love to his (G major) tonic and (C major) gin
(C major) (G major) (F major) (C major)
(F major) (G major) (C major) (F major)
He says
(C major) "Son, can you (G major) play me a (F major) memory? (C major)
I'm (F major) not really sure (C major) how it (D major) goes (G major)
But it's (C major) sad, and it's (G major) sweet,
and I (F major) knew it complete (C major)
When (F major) I wore a (G major) younger man's (C major) clothes"
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Pre-chorus 1
(A minor) La, la- (C major) la, di-dee- (D major) da (F major)
(A minor) la-la, (C major) di-dee- (D major) da da-
(G major) dum (C major) (G major)
Chorus 1
(C major) Sing us a (G major) song, you're the (F major) piano man (C major)
(F major) Sing us a song (C major) tonight (D major) (G major)
Well, we're (C major) all in the (G major) mood for a (F major) melody (C major)
And (F major) you've got us (G major) feeling al (C major) right
Interlude 1
(C major) (G major) (F major) (C major)
(F major) (G major)
(C major) (F major) (C major) (F major) (E minor) (D minor)
(C major) (F major) (C major) (F major) (E minor) (D minor)
Verse 2
Now (C major) John at the bar (G major) is a (F major) friend of mine (C major)
He (F major) gets me my (C major) drinks for free (D major) (G major)
And he's (C major) quick with a joke, (G major)
or to light (F major) up your smoke (C major)
But there's (F major) someplace
that he'd (G major) rather be (C major) (F major)
He says,
(C major) "Bill, I believe (G major) this is (F major) killing me" (C major)
As the (F major) smile ran away (C major) from his (D major) face (G major)
"Well I'm (C major) sure that I (G major) could
be a movie (F major) star (C major)
If (F major) I could get out (G major) of this place" (C major)
Pre-chorus 2
Oh, (A minor) la, la-la, (C major) di-dee- (D major) da (F major)
(A minor) la-la, (C major) di-dee- (D major) da da-
(G major) dum (C major) (G major)
Verse 3
Now (C major) Paul is a (G major) real estate (F major) novelist (C major)
Who (F major) never had time (C major) for a (D major) wife (G major)
And he's (C major) talkin' with Davy, (G major)
who's (F major) still in the Navy (C major)
And (F major) probably (G major) will be for life (C major)
(C major) (G major) (F major) (C major)
(F major) (G major)
(C major) (F major) (C major)
And the waitress (C major) is (G major) practicing (F major) politics (C major)
As the (F major) businessmen (C major) slowly get stoned (D major) (G major)
Yes, they're (C major) sharing a drink (G major)
they call (F major) loneliness (C major)
But it's (F major) better than (G major) drinkin' alone (C major)
Solo 1
(A minor) (C major) (D major) (F major)
(A minor) (C major) (D major) (F major)
(A minor) (C major) (D major)
(G major) (C major) (G major)
Chorus 2
(C major) Sing us a (G major) song, you're the (F major) piano man (C major)
(F major) Sing us a song (C major) tonight (D major) (G major)
Well, we're (C major) all in the (G major) mood for a (F major) melody (C major)
And (F major) you've got us (G major) feeling al (C major) right
Interlude 2
(C major) (G major) (F major) (C major)
(F major) (G major)
(C major) (F major) (C major) (F major) (E minor) (D minor)
(C major) (F major) (C major) (F major) (E minor) (D minor)
Verse 4
It's a (C major) pretty good crowd (G major) for a (F major) saturday (C major)
And the (F major) manager (C major) gives me a smile (D major) (G major)
'Cause he (C major) knows that it's (G major) me
they've been (F major) comin' to see (C major)
To (F major) forget about (G major) life for a (C major) while (F major)
And the (C major) piano, it (G major) sounds
like a (F major) carnival (G major)
And the (F major) microphone (C major) smells like a (D major) beer (G major)
And they (C major) sit at the (G major) bar
and put (F major) bread in my (C major) jar
And say, (F major) "Man, what are (G major) you doin' (C major) here?"
Pre-chorus 3
Oh, (A minor) la, la-la, (C major) di-dee- (D major) da (F major)
(A minor) la-la, (C major) di-dee- (D major) da da-
(G major) dum (C major) (G major)
Chorus 3
(C major) Sing us a (G major) song, you're the (F major) piano man (C major)
(F major) Sing us a song (C major) tonight (D major) (G major)
Well, we're (C major) all in the (G major) mood for a (F major) melody (C major)
And (F major) you've got us (G major) feeling al (C major) right
Outro 1
(C major) (G major) (F major) (C major)
(F major) (G major)
(C major) (F major) (C major) (F major) (E minor) (D minor)
(C major) (F major) (C major) (F major) (E minor) (D minor) (C major)
Piano Man
Billy Joel
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