Piano Man - Billy Joel
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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
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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-----------|-
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C/E G/D
+ 2 + 3 +
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---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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(ritardando
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