Vienna - Billy Joel

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                      Vienna – Billy Joel
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Written by: Billy Joel
From: “The Stranger” (1977)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Capo: 1st fret
Play: A
Key: Bb

For chords in original key tranpose +1 (and "use flats")

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[Intro] / [Coda]

not all embellishments are included

  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|------------
B|2-----------
G|--------4---
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

4 +  1 + 2 +  
----|---------
5---|------2p0
----|4--------
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------

3 + 4 +   1 + 
---------|----
---------|----
2-----0-1|2---
-----4---|----
---------|----
---------|----

2 + 3 + 4 +  1
------------|-
--------2---|-
----1-------|2
------------|-
------------|-
------------|-

 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
--------------
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--------------
--------------
--------------
--------------

-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
 [Aaug   [Aaug
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|--1---1---1-
B|--2---2---2-
G|--2---2---2-
D|------------
A|0-----------
E|-------3----

/G  [C#7/G# [D
4 +  1 + 2 +  
--1-|---------
--2-|--6---6--
--2-|--4---4--
----|--6---6--
----|---------
----|4--------

/A       [Dm6/
3 + 4 +   1 + 
--2---2--|--1-
--3---3--|--0-
--2---2--|--2-
---------|--0-
0--------|----
---------|1---

F  [E7      [A
2 + 3 + 4 +  1
--1---0---0-|0
--0---0---0-|2
--2---1---1-|2
--0---0---0-|2
------------|0
----0-------|-

 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
---0---0---0--
---2---2---2--
---2---2---2--
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--------------
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CHORDS
          E-A-
G         3-x-
B/C#      x-4-
C#7       x-4-
A/G#      4-x-
A/F#      2-x-
A/E       0-x-
F#m7      2-x-
B7        x-2-
F9        x-x-
E7        x-x-

D-G-B-e
0-0-3-3 (= [G5
4-4-4-x
6-4-6-x
2-2-2-x
2-2-2-x
2-2-2-x
2-2-2-0 or 2-4
4-2-4-x or x-2
3-2-4-3 or (F7
2-1-3-0 or    

)
-2-2-5-2
-4-2-4-2
) 1-3-1-2-1-x
  0-2-0-1-3-x

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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
           
 Slow down you

 
 crazy child
             
You're so ambi

           
tious for a ju

venile
            
But then if yo

u're so smart
             
Tell me, why a

              
re you still s

  |        |
o afraid

[Verse 2]
           
 Where's the f

              
ire, what's th

  
e hurry about
             
You better coo

              
l it off befor

      
e you burn it 

out
        
You got so muc

h to do
             
And only so ma

            | 
ny hours in a 

     
day, hey-ey -e

# |
y

[Pre-Chorus]
             
 But you know 

              
that when the 


truth is told
             
That you can g

            
et what you wa


nt
           
Or you can jus

#     
t get old
              
You're gonna .

             
.. kick off be

          
fore you even 

        | 
get halfway th

#         |
rough, ooh-ooh

[Chorus]
              
When will you 


realize
            
 Vienna waits 

   |        |
for you

[Verse 3]
           
 Slow down, yo

     
u're doing fin

e
             
You can't be e

              
verything you 

             
want to be bef

ore your time
              
Although it's 

             
so romantic on

             
 the borderlin

           
e tonight, ton

  
igh-ight

[Verse 4]
           
 Too bad, but 

         
it's the life 

you lead
             
You're so ahea

              
d of yourself 

            
that you forgo

t what you nee

d
              
Though you can

 
 see when you'

re wrong
             
You know you c

              
an't always se

              
e when you're 

          
right, you're 

 
righ-ight

[Pre-Chorus]
             
 You got your 

            
passion, you g

ot your pride
             
But don't you 

          
know that only

          
 fools are sat

  
isfied
             
 Dream on, but

          
 don't imagine

           
 they'll all c

          
ome true, ooh-


ooh

[Chorus]
              
When will you 


realize
            
 Vienna waits 


for you

[Instrumental]
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[Pre-Chorus]
             
 Slow down you


 crazy child
             
And take the p

            
hone off the h

           
ook and disapp

/       
ear for a whil

e
             
 It's alright,

           
 you can affor

           
d to lose a da

         
y or two, ooh-


ooh

[Chorus]
              
When will you 


realize
            
 Vienna waits 


for you

[Pre-Chorus]
             
 And you know 

             
that when the 

truth is told
             
That you can g

           
et what you wa

#             
nt or you can 

     
just get old
              
You're gonna .

             
.. kick off be

          
fore you even 

         
get halfway th

         
rough, ooh-ooh

[Chorus]
              
Why don't you 


realize
            
 Vienna waits 

  |     |
for you
              
When will you 


realize
            (break)
      [ 
 Vienna waits 

 ]
for you

[Coda]
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