Billy Joel: Famous Last Words

Intro
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Verse
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Sitting here i

           
n Avalon, look

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ing at the pou

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ring rain
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Summertime has

           
 come and gone

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 and everybody

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's home again
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Closing down f

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or the season,

             
 I found the l

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ast of the sou

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venirs
             
I can still ta

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ste the weddin

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g cake and it'

      |
s sweet after 

all these 
 –  – 
years

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Chorus
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These are the 

    |        
last words I h

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ave to say
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That's why it 

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took so long t

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o write
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There will be 

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other words so

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me other day
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But that's the

 | 
 story of my l

ife

(verse)
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Comfort in my 

           
coffee cup and

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 apples in the

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 early fall
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They're pullin

           
g all the moor

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ings up and ga

            
thering at the

/ |   
 Legion Hall
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They swept awa

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y all the stre

             
amers after th

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e Labor Day pa

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rade
             
There's Nothin

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g left for a d

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reamer now, on

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ly one final s

  –  –  |
erenade

Chorus
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These are the 

    |        
last words I h

           |  |
ave to say
   |     
Before another

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 age goes by
   |     
With all those

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 other songs I

            |
'll have to pl

  |
ay
   |   – 
But that's the

 |   –  |
 story of my l

 
ife

Bridge
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And it's so cl

    |      | 
ear standing h

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ere where I am
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Ain't that wha

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t justice is f

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or?
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Frankly, my de

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ar, I don't gi

ve a damn anym

ore

Verse*
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Stack the chai

              
rs on the tabl

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e tops, hang t

      |
he sheets on t

he chandeliers
             
It slows down 

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but it never s

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tops, ain't it

      |
 sweet after a

ll these 
 –  – 
years

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Chorus*
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And these are 

    |        
the last words

           |  |
 I have to say
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It's always ha

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rd to say good

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bye
   |     
But now it's t

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ime to put thi

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s book away
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But that's the

 |            
 story of my l

            |  |
ife

   |     
These are the 

 |            
last words I h

            |  |
ave to say
   |     
That's why it 

 |            
took so long t

            |  |
o write
   |     
There will be 

 |            
other words so

            |  |
me other day
   |     
Ain't that the

 |            
 story of my l

            |  |
ife

(chorus)
   |     
These are the 

 |            
last words I h

            |  |
ave to say
   |     
Before another

 |                        |  |
 age goes by
   |     
With all those

 |            
 other songs I

            |
'll have to pl

  |
ay
   |     
Ain't that the

 |            
 story of my l

            |  |
ife

  |  |  |  | 2X


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