The Downeaster "Alexa"

The Downeaster "Alexa" easy guitar chords by Billy Joel

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  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Well 
    I'm 
    on 
    the 
    Down
    easter 
    A
    lexa 

    And 
    I'm 
    cruising 
    through 
    Block 
    Island 
    Sound 

    have 
    charted 
    course 
    to 
    the 
    Vineyard 

    But 
    to
    night 
    am 
    Nantucket 
    bound 

    Pre-chorus 1
    We 
    took 
    on 
    diesel 

    back 
    in 
    Montauk, 
    yester
    day 

    Left 
    this 
    morning 

    from 
    the 
    bell 
    in 
    Gardiner's 
    Bay 

    Like 
    all 
    the 
    locals 
    here, 

    I've 
    had 
    to 
    sell 
    my 
    home 

    Too 
    proud 
    to 
    leave, 

    worked 
    my 
    fingers 
    to 
    the 
    bone 

    Verse 2
    So 
    could 
    own 
    my 
    Down
    easter 
    Alexa 

    And 
    go 
    where 
    the 
    ocean 
    is 
    deep 

    There 
    are 
    giants 
    out 
    there 
    in 
    the 
    canyons 

    And 
    good 
    captain 
    can't 
    fall 
    asleep 

    Pre-chorus 2
    got 
    bills 
    to 
    pay 

    and 
    children 
    who 
    need 
    clothes 

    know 
    there's 
    fish 
    out 
    there, 
    but 
    where? 

    God 
    only 
    knows 

    They 
    say 
    these 
    waters 
    aren't 

    what 
    they 
    used 
    to 
    be 

    But 
    got 
    people 
    back 
    on 
    land 

    who 
    count 
    on 
    me 

    Verse 3
    So 
    if 
    you 
    see 
    my 
    Down
    easter 
    Alexa 

    And 
    if 
    you 
    work 
    with 
    the 
    rod 
    and 
    the 
    reel 

    Tell 
    my 
    wife 
    am 
    trolling 
    At
    lantis 

    And 
    still 
    have 
    my 
    hands 
    on 
    the 
    wheel 

    Interlude 1



    Verse 4
    Now 
    drive 
    my 
    Down
    easter 
    Alexa 

    More 
    and 
    more 
    miles 
    from 
    shore 
    every 
    year 

    Since 
    they 
    told 
    me 
    can't 
    sell 
    no 
    stripers 

    And 
    there's 
    no 
    luck 
    in 
    swordfishing 
    here 

    Pre-chorus 3
    was 
    bay 
    man 
    like 
    my 
    father 
    was 
    be
    fore 

    Can't 
    make 
    living 
    as 
    bay 
    man 
    any
    more 

    There 
    ain't 
    much 
    future 

    for 
    man 
    who 
    works 
    the 
    sea 

    But 
    there 
    ain't 
    no 
    island 
    left 

    for 
    islanders 
    like 
    me 

    Outro 1
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