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PIANO MAN       -       Billy Joel


Intro:
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It's    nine o

           
' -       cloc

           
k on a       S

                                              
aturday 
             
    The regula

           
r       crowd 

            
shuffles     i

                                            
n 
             
There's an    

           
 old man      

           
sitting      n

                                             
ext to me 
             
Making     lov

          
e to his      

            
    tonic and 

                                            
    gin 

 -  -  -  -  -  -  -     F/ 


             
He says, "    

              
Son, can you  

           
    play me a 

                                         
      memory? 
             
I'm     not re

           
ally       sur

            
e how it     g

                                            
oes, 
             
But it's     s

             
ad and it's   

/            
   sweet and I

           
      knew it 

           
com -       pl

                    
ete
             
When     I wor

        
e a          y

              
ounger man's  

                                            
   clothes"

          
    Laa la    

/            
    laa litty 

           -  -                                               
        daah, 
          
    La laa    

/            
   litty daa  

         
       daah da

           -  - 
     dum 


Chorus:
             
   Sing us a  

           
     song, you

           
're the      p

                                            
iano man 
             
   Sing us a  

           
     song to -

                                                       
     night 
              
'Cause we're  

             
   all in the 

           
      mood for

           
 a       melod

                               
y 
             
And     you've

         
 got us       

             
   feeling all

                                            
 -     right 

 -  -  -  -  -  -  -
 -  -  -  -  -  -  


             
Now     John a

           
t the       ba

           
r is a       f

                                              
riend of mine 
             
He     gets me

           
 my       drin

            
ks for     fre

                                            
e 
             
And he's     q

             
uick with a   

/            
   joke or a  

           
    light up y

           
our      smoke

                    
,
             
But there's   

              
 some place th

        
at's          

             
he'd rather   

                                
  be      

             
He says, "    

              
Bill, I be -  

           
     lieve thi

           
s is      kill

                               
ing me," 
             
As the    smil

           
e ran a -     

              
 way from his 

                                          
     face 
             
"Well, I'm    

              
 sure that I  

           
     could be 

           
a      movie s

                               
tar 
             
If     I could

        
 get          

             
out of this   

                                             
  place."

            
Oh,      Laa l

          
a       laa li

         
tty         da

      -  -                                           
ah, 
          
   La laa     

/            
   litty daa  

         
      daah da 

         -  - 
    dum 

             
Now    Paul is

           
 a       real 

           
estate       n

                                             
ovelist 
             
Who     never 

           
had       time

            
 for a     wif

                                            
e 
             
And he's     t

           
alking to     

              
  Davy who's  

           
     still in 

                                
the       Navy
             
And    probabl

        
y          wil

             
l be for     l

                                             
ife 

 -  -  -  -  -  -  -     / 


             
And the     Wa

           
itress is     

              
  practicing  

                                          
     politics 
             
As the     bus

           
inessmen      

             
 slowly get   

                                           
   stoned 
              
Yes, they're  

             
   sharing a  

           
     drink the

           
y call       l

                               
oneliness, 
             
But it's     b

            
etter than    

          
      drinking

                                            
 a -    lone 


Break:
 -  -  -  -  -      2x 
 -  -  -       -  - /Ei -  


Chorus:
             
   Sing us a  

           
     song, you

           
're the       

                                             
piano man 
             
   Sing us a  

           
     song to -

                                                        
     night 
              
'Cause we're  

             
   all in the 

           
      mood for

           
 a       melod

                               
y 
             
And     you've

         
 got us       

             
   feeling all

                                            
 -     right 

 -  -  -  -  -  -  -
 -  -  -  -  -  -  


             
It's a     pre

           
tty good      

             
 crowd for a  

/                                           
    Saturday 
             
And the     ma

           
nager       gi

            
ves me a     s

                                            
mile 
             
'Cause he    k

              
nows that it's

           
      me they'

           
ve been      c

           
oming to      

                    
see
             
To for -    ge

         
t about       

             
  life for a  

                                            
   while 

 -  


             
And the     pi

           
ano        sou

            
nds like a    

                                          
   carnival 
             
And the     mi

           
crophone      

              
 smells like a

                                          
      beer 
             
And they     s

           
it at the     

              
  bar and put 

           
      bread in

                               
 my      jar
             
And say, "    

              
Man, what are 

        
         you d

             
oin'     here?

                              
"

            
Oh,      Laa l

          
a        laa l

         
itty        da

      -  -                                           
ah, 
          
   La laa     

/            
   litty daa  

         
       daah da

          -  - 
     dum 


Chorus:
             
   Sing us a  

           
     song, you

           
're the       

                                             
piano man 
             
   Sing us a  

           
     song to -

                                                        
       night 
              
'Cause we're  

             
   all in the 

           
      mood for

           
 a      melody

                               
 
             
And     you've

          
 got us       

            
   feeling all

                                            
 -     right 

 -  -  -  -  -  -  -     (slow down)
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