Piano Man - Billy Joel

Version 3 of 10
Capo: Fret 5
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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[Intro]
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[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
             
Makin' love to

             
 his tonic and

   
 gin

[Instrumental]
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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"

[Pre-Chorus]
            
La la la, de d

  
e da
           
La la, de de d

         
a da da

[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

[Instrumental]
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[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 so

            
meplace that h

               
e'd rather be
             
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"

[Pre-Chorus]
            
La la la, de d

  
e da
           
La la, de de d

         
a da da

[Verse]
             
Now Paul is a 

           
real estate no

    
velist
             
Who never had 

          
time for a wif

   
e
             
And he's talki

           
n' with Davy w

           
ho's still in 

      
the navy
             
And probably w

            
ill be for lif

   
e

[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
             
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

[Instrumental]
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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

[Instrumental]
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[VEse]
             
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
             
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?"

[Pre-Chorus]
            
La la la, de d

  
e da
           
La la, de de d

         
a da da

[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

[Instrumental]
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