Piano Man - Billy Joel

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[Harmonica]

              
          
      
      


[Verse]

           
It's nine o'cl

           
ock on a Satur

          
day,       the

           
 regular crowd

             
 shuffles in
             
There's an old

          
 man sitting n

          
ext to me   ma

             
king love to h

          
is tonic and g

in


[Harmonica]

          
       


[Verse]

             
He says son, c

           
an you play me

         
 a memory   I'

             
m not really s

         
ure how it goe

   
s
             
But it's sad a

          
nd it's sweet 

            
and I knew it 

           
complete when 

          
I wore a young

         
er man's cloth

es


[Bridge]

        
Da da da     d

         
e de Da       

          
        dada  

          
        dede d

        
a          da 

   
da

  


[Chorus]
         
Sing us a song

            
 you're the pi

          
ano man      S

           
ing us a song 

      
tonight
             
Well, we're al

          
l in the mood 

           
for a melody  

/           
   and you've 

           
got us feeling

   
 alright


[Harmonica]

          
      
      


[Verse]

             
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 o

            
r to light up 

           
your smoke but

             
 there's some 

            
place that he'

         
d rather be

          
    He says Bi

          
ll I believe t

            
his is killing

          
 me  as the sm

           
ile ran away f

            
rom his face
             
Well, I'm sure

          
 that I could 

            
be a movie sta

          
r if I could g

           
et out of this

  
 place


[Bridge]

        
Da da da     d

         
e de Da       

          
        dada  

          
        dede d

        
a          da 

     
da


[Verse]

             
Now Paul is a 

        
real estate no

          
velist who nev

           
er had time fo

        
r a wife
             
And he's talki

          
ng with Davy w

            
ho's still in 

          
the navy and p

           
robably will b

      
e for life


[Harmonica]

          
        


[Verse]

             
And the waitre

          
ss is practisi

         
ng politics  a

             
s the business

           
men slowly get

      
 stoned
             
Yes, they're s

          
haring a drink

            
 they call lon

           
eliness  but i

             
t's better tha

         
n drinking alo

ne


[Instrumental]

      
      
      
      


[Chorus]

         
Sing us a song

            
 you're the pi

          
ano man      S

           
ing us a song 

      
tonight
             
Well, we're al

          
l in the mood 

           
for a melody  

/           
   and you've 

           
got us feeling

   
 alright


[Harmonica]

          
      
      


[Verse]

            
It's a pretty 

/          
good crowd for

          
 a Saturday an

           
d the manager 

       
gives me a smi

le
            
Cause he knows

           
 that it's me 

            
they've been c

          
oming to see, 

           
to forget abou

     
t life for a w

hile

   
And the piano 

            
sounds like a 

           
carnival and t

         
he microphone 

             
smells like a 

     
beer
             
And they sit a

           
t the bar and 

         
put bread in m

             
y jar and say 

           
man what are y

     
ou doing here?


[Bridge]

        
Da da da     d

         
e de Da       

           
        dada  

          
        dede d

       
a          da 

         
da


[Chorus]

      
            Si

           
ng us a song y

            
ou're the pian

          
o man      Sin

           
g us a song to

    
night
             
Well, we're al

           
l in the mood 

           
for a melody  

/           
   and you've 

           
got us feeling

   
 alright


[Harmonica]