The Downeaster "Alexa" chords by Billy Joel
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Intro 1
(A minor) (G major) (A minor) (G major)
(A minor) (G major) (A minor)
Verse 1
Well I'm (C major) on the Down (G major) easter Alexa (A minor)
And I'm (C major) cruising through (G major) Block Island Sound (F major)
I have charted a course (C major) to the Vineyard (D minor)
But tonight (C major) I am (G major) Nantucket bound (F major)
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Pre-chorus 1
(F major) We took on (G major) diesel
back in Montauk, (C major) yesterday (F major)
Left this morning (G major)
from the bell (A minor) in Gardiner's Bay (G major)
(F major) Like all the locals (G major) here,
I've (C major) had to sell my home (F major)
Too proud to (G major) leave,
I worked my (A minor) fingers to the bone (G major)
Verse 2
So I could own (C major) my Down (G major) easter Alexa (A minor)
And I (C major) go where the ocean (G major) is deep (F major)
There are giants out (C major) there in the canyons (D minor)
And a good (C major) captain (G major) can't fall asleep (F major)
Pre-chorus 2
(F major) I got (G major) bills to pay
and (C major) children who need clothes (F major)
I know there's (G major) fish out there, but (A minor) where?
God only knows (G major)
(F major) They say these (G major) waters aren't
what (C major) they used to be (F major)
But I got (G major) people back on land (A minor)
who count on me (G major)
Verse 3
So if you see (C major) my Down (G major) easter Alexa (A minor)
And if you (C major) work with the rod (G major) and the reel (F major)
Tell my wife I am (C major) trolling Atlantis (D minor)
And I (C major) still have my (G major) hands on the wheel (F major)
Interlude 1
(A minor) (A minor) (A minor) (A minor)
(E minor) (E minor) (E minor) (E minor)
(A minor) (A minor) (A minor) (A minor)
Verse 4
Now I (C major) drive my Down (G major) easter Alexa (A minor)
More and more (C major) miles from (G major) shore every year (F major)
Since they told me I (C major) can't sell no stripers (D minor)
And there's (C major) no luck in (G major) swordfishing here (F major)
Pre-chorus 3
(F major) I was a bay (G major) man like my (C major) father was before (F major)
Can't make a (G major) living as a bay (A minor) man anymore (G major)
(F major) There ain't much (G major) future
for a man (C major) who works the sea (F major)
But there ain't no island (G major) left
for islanders (A minor) like me (G major)
Outro 1
Yeah, yeah, yeah, (C major) (G major) oh (A minor)
Yeah, yeah, (C major) yeah, (G major) oh (A minor)
Yeah, yeah, (C major) yeah, (G major) (A minor) oh
Yeah, yeah, (C major) yeah, (G major) (A minor) oh (G major) (A minor)
The Downeaster "Alexa"
Billy Joel
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