Piano Man - Billy Joel

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                Piano Man - Billy Joel
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Written by: Billy Joel
From: “Piano Man” (1973)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

I tried to trace as much of the piano accompaniment as possible. It may 
look a little complicated at first, but it isn't that difficult to play 
once you try. Listen to my quick demo recording of the tab here: 

https://soundcloud.com/maguri/piano-man

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[Turnaround]
  C           
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|----0---0---
B|----1---1---
G|----0---0---
D|----2---2---
A|3-----------
E|------------

 F/C          
 1 + 2 + 3 +  
|----1---1---|
|----1---1---|
|----2---2---|
|------------|
|3-----------|
|------------|

G/C          F
1 + 2 + 3 +  1
----3---3---|-
----0---0---|1
----0---0---|2
------------|3
3-----------|-
------------|-

  C/E G/D
 + 2 + 3 + 
-----------|
---1---0---|
---0---0---|
---2---0---|
-----------|
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CHORDS
         E-A-D
PRELUDE       
Dm7      x-x-0
Ddim     x-x-0
              

-G-B-e        
              
-2-1-1        
-1-3-1        
              

              
            [T
            F/
            G/
            F 

       E-A-D-G
urnaround]
C      x-3-x-2
C      x-3-0-0
       x-x-3-2

-B-e
-1-1
-0-3
-1-x
INTRO / VERSE 
G/B      x-2-0
F/A      x-0-3

/ INTERLUDE               C/E      x-x-2-0-1-x
-0-0-x                    G/D      x-x-0-0-0-x
-2-1-1
C/G      3-x-2
Fmaj7 (t)1-3-3
C/E      0-x-2
F/G      3-x-3
              
              

-0-1-0        
-2-1-0        
-0-1-0        
-2-1-1        
              
              

            BR
            Am
            D7
            G/
            G/
            G/

IDGE
/G     3-x-2-0
/F#    2-x-0-2
F      x-x-3-0
E      x-x-2-0
D      x-x-0-0

-1-0
-1-2
-0-3
-0-3
-0-3

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[Prelude]
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[Intro]
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[Turnaround]
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[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
             
Makin' love to

           
 his tonic and

 
 gin

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
             
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"

[Bridge]
        
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 feelin' al


right

[Interlude]
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[Turnaround]
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[Verse 3]
             
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 so

             
meplace that h

/              
e'd rather be

[Verse 4]
             
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"

[Bridge]
        
La la la, di d

      
a da
       
La la, di di d

          
a da dum

[Verse 5]
             
Now Paul is a 

         
real estate no

       
velist
             
Who never had 

          
time for a wif

    
e
             
And he's talki

           
n' with Davy, 

           
who's still in

     
 the Navy
            
And probably w

/         
ill be for lif

e

[Interlude]
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[Verse 6]
             
And the waitre

           
ss is practici

          
ng politics
             
As the busines

           
smen slowly ge

        
t stoned
             
Yes, they're s

           
haring a drink

           
 they call lon

         
eliness
             
But it's bette

           
r than drinkin

   
' alone

[Solo]
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[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 feelin' al


right

[Interlude]
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[Turnaround]
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[Verse 7]
             
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 

       
comin' to see
             
To forget abou

          
t life for a w

        
hile

[Verse 8]
             
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 

      
doin' here?"

[Bridge]
        
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 feelin' al


right

[Coda] (interlude + turnaround)
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