[INTRO]

                                 
                          

       
              

        
           (wa

/ (#  
lk down the la

st 2 chords)
                          C/E: with middle finger on the 2nd fret D string, 
                          C/D: remove middle finger,keep index, strum first 4 strings 
                          then back to C chord to repeat

                (#3)  

[Verse]

           
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

[Bridge 1]


                                  


[Verse]

             
He says son ca

            
n 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 2]

            
Da da da     d


e de Da
            
dada        de

             
de da         

  
 da da


[Chorus]

           
Sing us a song

              
 you're the pi

       
ano man
           
Sing us a song

             
  tonight
             
Well, we're al

            
l in the mood 

             
for a melody
             
And you've got

             
 us feeling al

   
right


[Interlude]

                          

                
                


[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 a

            
nd a light of 

       
your smoke,
             
But there's so

              
me place that 

             
he'd rather to

  
 be


             
He says Bill I

            
 believe this 

             
is killing me,
             
as the smile r

            
an away from h

            
is face
             
Well I'm sure 

            
that I could b

            
e a movie star

 
,
             
If I could get

             
 out of this p


lace


[Bridge 2]

            
Da da da     d

  
e de Da
            
Dada       ded

            
e da        da

 da


[Verse]

             
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


[Bridge 1]

                              


[Verse]

             
And the waitre

            
ss is practisi

           
ng politics,
             
As the busines

            
smen 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 pi

         
ano man,
           
Sing us a song

            
 tonight
             
Well, we're al

            
l in the mood 

             
for a melody,
             
And you've got

             
 us feeling al

 
right


[Interlude]

                          
                  
                  

[Verse]

             
It's a pretty 

            
good crowd for

            
 a Saturday,
             
And the manage

            
r gives me a s

        
mile
             
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 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 wh

             
at are you doi

      
ng here?


[Bridge 2]

            
Da da da     d

  
e de Da
            
Dada        de

             
de da        d


a da

[Chorus]

           
Sing us a song

            
 you're the pi

        
ano man,
           
Sing us a song

          
  tonight
             
Well, we're al

            
l in the mood 

            
for a melody,
             
And you've got

             
 us feeling al

  
right


[Outro with Harmonica]