PIANO MAN Billy Joel
3/4 | A // | E // | F#m // | A // | D // | A // | B // | E // | (x2) | D // | D / ~ ^Its |
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||: nine ee oo | clock on n^a | Sat^ur day yy | / / The | re gu u^lar |
||: John at the | bar is s^a | friend^of mine ee | / / He | gets me e ^my |
||: Paul is a | real es tate | no^vel ist tt | / / Who | nev er r ^had |
||: pre tty good | crowd for a | Sat^ur day yy | / / And^the | ma na ger |
A B7 E A C#m
| crowd shu^ffles ss | in nn nn.| nn / Theres^an | old man nn | nn nn sitt^ing |
| drinks fo rr | free ee ee.| ee / And^he’s | quick with a | joke or to |
| time for^a a | wife ee ee.| ee / And^he’s | talk ing with | Da vy who^s |
| gives me a | smile ee ee.| ee / Cos^he | knows that its | me theyve been |
F#m A D E7 A D AM7
| next to^me ee | ee ee Ma^king | love ee to^his | to nic and | gin nn nn | / / / | / / / |
| light up your | smoke but theres | some place that | he’d ra ther | be ee ee | / / / | / / / |
| still i^n the | Na vy And | pro ba bly | will be for | life ee ee | / / / | / / / |
| com i^n to | see ee To^for | get tt a^bout | life for a | while ee ee | / / / | / / / |
E7 A C#m F#m A D
| / ~ ^He says | Son can you | play me a | me^mo ry yy.| yy yy Im | not real ly |
| / ~ ^He says | Bill I be | lieve this is | kill^ing me ee.| ee ee As^a | smile ran a |
| / ~ ^And the | wai tress is | prac tic ing | pol^i tics ss.| ss ss As^the | bus iness man |
| / ~ ^And the | pia no it | sounds like a | car^ni val ll.| ll ll And^the | mi cro phone |
A B7 E A C#m
| sure ee how^it | goes ss ss.| ss / But^its | sad and its | sweet tt and^I |
| way yy from^his | face ee ee.| ee / Well^Im | sure that I | could dd be^a |
| slow ly get | stoned dd dd.| dd / Yes^theyre | shar ing a | drink kk they^call |
| smells ss like^a | beer rr rr.| rr / And^they | sit at t^the | bar rr and^put |
F#m A D E7 A
| knew it com | plete ee when | I wore a | young g^er mans | clothes ss ss.| ss ss ss |
| mo vie ee | star rr If | I could get | out t^of this | place ee ee.| ee ee ee |
| lone li ii | ness ss but^its | bet ter than | drink k^ing a | lone ee ee.| ee ee ee |
| bread in my | jar rr and^say | Man what are | you u^do ing | here ee ee.| ee ee ee |
F#m B7 D F#m B7
| Da aa da^da.| aa aa de^de | d^a aa aa | / / / | / / da^da.| aa aa de^de | da aa aa |
E A E7
| aa aa da^da.| aa aa aa | / / / | / / / | / / / |
A C#m F#m A D
|| Sing us s ^a | song youre e ^the | ^pia no ^man nn.| nn nn nn | Sing us s ^a |
A B7 E A C#m F#m
| song gg to | night tt tt.| tt Well we're | all in n^the | mood for r^a | mel^o dy yy |
A D E7 A D AM7 1,2,3 E7 4. E7
| / / And | youve got us | feel ing all | right tt tt.| tt tt tt | / / / | / / 2, 3 Now :|| / / / |
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