Piano Man chords by Billy Joel (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(D minor7) (Ddim7)
(C major) (G/B) (F/A) (C/G)
(F minoraj7) (C/E) (D7) (G major)
(C major) (G/B) (F/A) (C/G)
(F major) (G7sus4)
(C major) (F/C) (C minoraj7) (F major) (E minor) (D minor)
(C major) (F/C) (C minoraj7) (F major) (E minor) (D minor)
Verse 1
It's (C major) nine o’ (G/B) clock on a (F/A) saturday (C/G)
(F major) The regular (C/E) crowd shuffles (Dsus2) in (G major)
There's an (C major) old man
(G/B) sittin' (F/A) next to me (C/G)
Makin' (F major) love to his (G7sus4) tonic and (C major) gin
(C major) (G/B) (F/A) (C/G)
(F major) (G7sus4) (C major) (F/C)
He says
(C major) "Son, can you (G/B) play me a (F/A) memory? (C/G)
I'm (F major) not really sure (C/E) how it (D major) goes (G major)
But it's (C major) sad, and it's (G/B) sweet,
and I (F/A) knew it complete (C/G)
When (F major) I wore a (G7sus4) younger man's (C major) clothes"
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Pre-chorus 1
(A minor) La, la- (C/G) la, di-dee- (D/F#) da (F major)
(A minor) la-la, (C/G) di-dee- (D/F#) da da-
(G major) dum (G/F) (C/E) (G7/D)
Chorus 1
(C major) Sing us a (G/B) song, you're the (F/A) piano man (C/G)
(F major) Sing us a song (C/E) tonight (Dsus2) (G major)
Well, we're (C major) all in the (G/B) mood for a (F/A) melody (C/G)
And (F major) you've got us (G7sus4) feeling al (C major) right
Interlude 1
(C major) (G/B) (F/A) (C/G)
(F major) (G7sus4)
(C major) (F/C) (C minoraj7) (F major) (E minor) (D minor)
(C major) (F/C) (C minoraj7) (F major) (E minor) (D minor)
Verse 2
Now (C major) John at the bar (G/B) is a (F/A) friend of mine (C/G)
He (F major) gets me my (C/E) drinks for free (Dsus2) (G major)
And he's (C major) quick with a joke, (G/B)
or to light (F/A) up your smoke (C/G)
But there's (F major) someplace
that he'd (G7sus4) rather be (C major) (F/C)
He says,
(C major) "Bill, I believe (G/B) this is (F/A) killing me" (C/G)
As the (F major) smile ran away (C/E) from his (D major) face (G major)
"Well I'm (C major) sure that I (G/B) could
be a movie (F/A) star (C/G)
If (F major) I could get out (G7sus4) of this place" (C major)
Pre-chorus 2
Oh, (A minor) la, la-la, (C/G) di-dee- (D/F#) da (F major)
(A minor) la-la, (C/G) di-dee- (D/F#) da da-
(G major) dum (G/F) (C/E) (G7/D)
Verse 3
Now (C major) Paul is a (G/B) real estate (F/A) novelist (C/G)
Who (F major) never had time (C/E) for a (Dsus2) wife (G major)
And he's (C major) talkin' with Davy, (G/B)
who's (F/A) still in the Navy (C/G)
And (F major) probably (G7sus4) will be for life (C major)
(C major) (G/B) (F/A) (C/G)
(F major) (G7sus4)
(C major) (F/C) (C major)
And the waitress (C major) is (G/B) practicing (F/A) politics (C/G)
As the (F major) businessmen (C/E) slowly get stoned (D major) (G major)
Yes, they're (C major) sharing a drink (G/B)
they call (F/A) loneliness (C/G)
But it's (F major) better than (G7sus4) drinkin' alone (C major)
Solo 1
(A minor) (C/G) (D/F#) (F major)
(A minor) (C/G) (D/F#) (F major)
(A minor) (C/G) (D/F#)
(G major) (G/F) (C/E) (G7/D)
Chorus 2
(C major) Sing us a (G/B) song, you're the (F/A) piano man (C/G)
(F major) Sing us a song (C/E) tonight (D major) (G major)
Well, we're (C major) all in the (G/B) mood for a (F/A) melody (C/G)
And (F major) you've got us (G7sus4) feeling al (C major) right
Interlude 2
(C major) (G/B) (F/A) (C/G)
(F major) (G major)
(C major) (F/C) (C minoraj7) (F major) (E minor) (D minor)
(C major) (F/C) (C minoraj7) (F major) (E minor) (D minor)
Verse 4
It's a (C major) pretty good crowd (G/B) for a (F/A) saturday (C/G)
And the (F major) manager (C/E) gives me a smile (D major) (G major)
'Cause he (C major) knows that it's (G/B) me
they've been (F/A) comin' to see (C/G)
To (F major) forget about (G7sus4) life for a (C major) while (F/C)
And the (C major) piano, it (G/B) sounds
like a (F/A) carnival (G7sus4)
And the (F major) microphone (C/E) smells like a (D major) beer (G major)
And they (C major) sit at the (G/B) bar
and put (F/A) bread in my (C/G) jar
And say, (F major) "Man, what are (G7sus4) you doin' (C major) here?"
Pre-chorus 3
Oh, (A minor) la, la-la, (C/G) di-dee- (D/F#) da (F major)
(A minor) la-la, (C/G) di-dee- (D/F#) da da-
(G major) dum (G/F) (C/E) (G7/D)
Chorus 3
(C major) Sing us a (G/B) song, you're the (F/A) piano man (C/G)
(F major) Sing us a song (C/E) tonight (D major) (G major)
Well, we're (C major) all in the (G/B) mood for a (F/A) melody (C/G)
And (F major) you've got us (G7sus4) feeling al (C major) right
Outro 1
(C major) (G/B) (F/A) (C/G)
(F major) (G7sus4)
(C major) (F/C) (C minoraj7) (F major) (E minor) (D minor)
(C major) (F/C) (C minoraj7) (F major) (E minor) (D minor) (C major)
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