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Piano Man by Billy Joel

tags: 1970s, folk, rock, 

[Prelude] 
Dm7 
  %  
Ddim 
  % 

[Intro]
 
C 
  
G/B 
  
F/A 
  
C/G 
 ;  
Fmaj7 
  
C/E 
  
D 
  
G 
 
 
C 
  
G/B 
  
F/A 
  
C/G 
 ;  
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F/G 
 

[Turnaround] 
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F/C 
  
G/C 
  
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C/E 
 
G/D 
  x2

[Verse 1]
     
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F/A 
       
C/G 

It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
    
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C/E 
            
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G 

The regular crowd shuffles in
           
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G/B 
       
F/A 
         
C/G 

There's an old man sitting next to me
       
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F/G 
       
C 

Makin' love to his tonic and gin

[Interlude]  
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G/B 
  
F/A 
  
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C 
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[Verse 2]
          
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G/B 
       
F/A 
      
C/G 

He says, "Son, can you play me a memory
    
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C/E 
         
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G 

I'm not really sure how it goes
         
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G/B 
         
F/A 
        
C/G 

But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete
     
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F/G 
           
C 

When I wore a younger man's clothes"

[Bridge]

Am 
    
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D7/F 
#   
F 

La la la, di da da

Am 
 
Am/G 
      
D7/F 
# 
G 
   
G/F 
   
G/E 
   
G/D 

La la, di di da da dum

[Chorus]

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G/B 
              
F/A 
      
C/G 

Sing us a song, you're the piano man

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C/E 
    
D 
      
G 

Sing us a song tonight
            
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G/B 
         
F/A 
      
C/G 

Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
    
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F/G 
       
C 

And you've got us feelin' alright

[Interlude] 
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G/B 
  
F/A 
  
C/G 
 ;  
F 
  
F/G 
 

[Turnaround] 
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F/C 
  
G/C 
  
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C/E 
 
G/D 
  x2


[Verse 3] 
C 
  
G/B 
  
F/A 
  
C/G 
 ; 
F 
  
C/E 
  
D 
  
G 
  
C 
  
G/B 
  
F/A 
  
C/G 
 ; 
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F/G 
  
C 
  
C 

Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
But there's someplace that he'd rather be

[Verse 4]
He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me."
As the smile ran away from his face
"Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place"

[Bridge]
[Verse 5]
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the Navy
And probably will be for life

[Interlude] 
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G/B 
  
F/A 
  
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F/G 
  
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  %  
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[Verse 6]
And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinkin' alone

[Solo]
 
Am 
  
Am/G 
  
D7/F 
#  
F 
  x2
 
Am 
  
Am/G 
  
D7/F 
#  % 
 
G 
  
G/F 
  
G/E 
  
G/D 
 

[Chorus]
[Interlude] 
C 
  
G/B 
  
F/A 
  
C/G 
 ; 
F 
  
F/G 
 
[Turnaround] 
C 
  
F/C 
  
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C/E 
 
G/D 
 x2

[Verse 7]
It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
And the manager gives me a smile
'Cause he knows that it's me they've been comin' to see
To forget about life for a while

[Verse 8]
And the piano, it sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
And say, "Man, what are you doin' here?"

[Bridge]
[Chorus]
[Outro]
 
C 
  
G/B 
  
F/A 
  
C/G 
 ; 
F 
  
F/G 
 
 
C 
  
F/C 
  
G/C 
  
F 
 
C/E 
 
G/D 
  x2  
C 
  (ritardando)