Piano Man chords
Billy Joel  1973 *

[Intro]

                    

[Verse 1]

            
It's nine o'cl

             
ock on a Satur


day
            
The regular cr

             
owd shuffles i

 
n
             
There's an old

            
 man sitting n

       
ext to me
             
Making love to

             
 his tonic and

    
 gin

             
He says, "Son,

             
 can you play 

        
me a memory
             
I'm not really

            
 sure how it g

   
oes
             
But it's sad a

             
nd it's sweet 

             
and I knew it 

   
complete
             
When I wore a 

             
younger man's 


clothes."

[Interlude]

            
la la la, di d

  
a da
           
La la, di di d

        
a da dum

[Chorus]

            
Sing us a song

             
, you're the p

     
iano man
            
Sing us a song

      
 tonight
             
Well, we're al

             
l in the mood 

         
for a melody
             
And you've got

             
 us all feelin

         
g alright

[Verse 2]

             
Now John at th

            
e bar is a fri

       
end of mine
             
He gets me my 

           
drinks for fre

 
e
             
And he's quick

             
 with a joke a

             
nd he'll light

         
 up your smoke
             
But there's so

              
me place that 

              
he'd rather be

             
He says, "Bill

             
, I believe th

             
is is killing 


me."
             
As the smile r

             
an away from h

     
is face
             
"Well I'm sure

             
 that I could 

          
be a movie sta

r
             
If I could get

            
 out of this p

lace"

[Interlude]

            
la la la, di d

  
a da
           
La la, di di d

        
a da dum

[Verse 3]

             
Now Paul is a 

            
real estate no

  
velist
             
Who never had 

           
time for a wif

 
e
             
And he's talki

             
ng with Davy, 

             
who's still in

     
 the Navy
             
And probably w

            
ill be for lif

 
e

             
And the waitre

             
ss is practici

      
ng politics
             
As the busines

             
sman slowly ge

       
ts stoned
             
Yes, they're s

             
haring a drink

             
 they call lon

   
eliness
             
But it's bette

             
r than drinkin

       
g alone

[Chorus]

            
Sing us a song

             
, you're the p

     
iano man
            
Sing us a song

      
 tonight
             
Well, we're al

             
l in the mood 

         
for a melody
             
And you've got

             
 us all feelin

         
g alright

[Verse 4]

             
It's a pretty 

             
good crowd for

       
 a Saturday
             
And the manage

            
r gives me a s

    
mile
             
'Cause he know

             
s that it's me

              
 they've been 

         
coming to see
             
To forget abou

             
t life for a w

   
hile

             
And the piano,

             
 it sounds lik

        
e a carnival
             
And the microp

             
hone smells li

       
ke a beer
             
And they sit a

             
t the bar and 

             
put bread in m

  
y jar
             
And say, "Man,

             
 what are you 

           
doing here?"

[Interlude]

            
la la la, di d

  
a da
           
La la, di di d

        
a da dum

[Chorus]

            
Sing us a song

             
, you're the p

     
iano man
            
Sing us a song

      
 tonight
             
Well, we're al

             
l in the mood 

         
for a melody
             
And you've got

             
 us all feelin

         
g alright

* Alternate:

Capo III

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