Billy Joel: Famous Last Words
steady beat - capo 2 frets or one tone higher

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(intro - same as 1st and 2nd verse line): 
 
 

(verse)
             
Sitting here i

             
n Avalon, look

              
ing at the pou

     
ring rain
             
Summertime has

              
 come and gone

 
 and everybody

's home again
             
Closing down f

              
or the season,

             
 I found the l

              
ast of the sou

  
venirs
             
I can still ta

              
ste the weddin

              
g cake and it'

             
s sweet after 

          
all these year

s

(chorus)
             
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
             
But that's the

             
 story of my l

ife

(verse)
             
There's comfor

              
t in my coffee

     
 cup and apple

s in the early

 fall
             
They're pullin

              
g all the moor

        
ings up and ga

thering at the

 Legion Hall
             
They swept awa

              
y all the stre

              
amers after th

             
e Labor Day pa


rade
             
There's Nothin

              
g left for a d

              
reamer now, on

             
ly one final s

   
erenade

(chorus)
             
And these are 

             
the last words

   
 I have to say
             
Before another

          
 age goes by
             
With all those

              
 other songs I

    
'll have to pl

ay
             
But that's the

             
 story of my l

    
ife

(bridge)
            
And it's so cl

             
ear standing h

            
ere where I am
             
Ain't that wha

            
t justice is f

or?
           
Frankly, my de

           
ar, I don't gi

            
ve a damn anym

ore

(verse - 1st und 2nd line instrumental)
  
  
             
Stack the chai

              
rs on the tabl

              
e tops, hang t

             
he sheets on t

         
he chandeliers
             
It slows down 

              
but it never s

              
tops, ain't it

             
 sweet after a

         
ll these years

(chorus)
             
And these are 

             
the last words

   
 I have to say
             
It's always ha

              
rd to say good


bye
             
But now it's t

              
ime to put thi

  
s book away
             
But that's the

             
 story of my l

ife

(chorus)
             
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

(chorus - instrumental fade out)