Piano Man Chords
by Billy Joel39,709 views, added to favorites 306 times
| Difficulty: | advanced |
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| Key: | C |
| Capo: | no capo |
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PIANO MAN - Billy Joel
Intro:
Dm7 - Dº7 -
C - G/B - F/A - C/G - F - C/E - D7 - G -
C - G/B - F/A - C/G - F - G7sus4 - C -
F/C - G/C - F/C - C - F/C - G/C - F/C
C G/B F/A C/G
It's nine o' - clock on a Saturday
F C/E D7 G
The regular crowd shuffles in
C G/B F/A C/G
There's an old man sitting next to me
F G7sus4 C
Making love to his tonic and gin
C - G/B - F/A - C/G - F - G7sus4 - C - F/C
C G/B F/A C/G
He says, " Son, can you play me a memory?
F C/E D7 G
I'm not really sure how it goes,
C G/B F/A C/G
But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it com - plete
F G7sus4 C
When I wore a younger man's clothes"
Am Am/G D7/F# Am/F - G -
Laa la laa litty daah,
Am Am/G D7/F# G G/F - C/Ei - G/D
La laa litty daa daah da dum
Chorus:
C G/B F/A C/G
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
F C/E D7 G
Sing us a song to - night
C G/B F/A C/G
'Cause we're all in the mood for a melody
F G7sus4 C
And you've got us feeling all - right
C - G/B - F/A - C/G - F - G7sus4 - C -
F/C - G/C - F/C - C - F/C - G/C - F/C
C G/B F/A C/G
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
F C/E D7 G
He gets me my drinks for free
C G/B F/A C/G
And he's quick with a joke or a light up your smoke,
F G7sus4 C F/C
But there's some place that's he'd rather be
C G/B F/A C/G
He says, " Bill, I be - lieve this is killing me,"
F C/E D7 G
As the smile ran a - way from his face
C G/B F/A C/G
"Well, I'm sure that I could be a movie star
F G7sus4 C
If I could get out of this place."
Am Am/G D7/F# Am/F - G -
Oh, Laa la laa litty daah,
Am Am/G D7/F# G G/F - C/Ei - G/D
La laa litty daa daah da dum
C G/B F/A C/G
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
F C/E D7 G
Who never had time for a wife
C G/B F/A C/G
And he's talking to Davy who's still in the Navy
F G7sus4 C
And probably will be for life
C - G/B - F/A - C/G - F - G7sus4 - C - F/C
C G/B F/A C/G
And the Waitress is practicing politics
F C/E D7 G
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
C G/B F/A C/G
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness,
F G7sus4 C
But it's better than drinking a - lone
Break:
Am - Am/G - D7/F# - Am/F - G - 2x
Am - Am/G - D7/F# - G - G/F - C/Ei - G/D
Chorus:
C G/B F/A C/G
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
F C/E D7 G
Sing us a song to - night
C G/B F/A C/G
'Cause we're all in the mood for a melody
F G7sus4 C
And you've got us feeling all - right
C - G/B - F/A - C/G - F - G7sus4 - C -
F/C - G/C - F/C - C - F/C - G/C - F/C
C G/B F/A C/G
It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
F C/E D7 G
And the manager gives me a smile
C G/B F/A C/G
'Cause he knows that it's me they've been coming to see
F G7sus4 C
To for - get about life for a while
C - F/C
C G/B F/A C/G
And the piano sounds like a carnival
F C/E D7 G
And the microphone smells like a beer
C G/B F/A C/G
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
F G7sus4 C
And say, " Man, what are you doin' here?"
Am Am/G D7/F# Am/F - G -
Oh, Laa la laa litty daah,
Am Am/G D7/F# G G/F - C/Ei - G/D
La laa litty daa daah da dum
Chorus:
C G/B F/A C/G
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
F C/E D7 G
Sing us a song to - night
C G/B F/A C/G
'Cause we're all in the mood for a melody
F G7sus4 C
And you've got us feeling all - right
C - G/B - F/A - C/G - F - G7sus4 - C - (slow down)
F/C - G/C - F/C - C - F/C - G/C - F/C - C //
Dm7 xx0211
Dº7 xx0101
C x32010
G/B x20033
F/A x03211
C/G 332010
F 133211
C/E 032010
D7 xx0212
G 320003
G7sus4 330011
F/C x33211
G/C x35433
Am x0221x
Am/G 3x221x
D7/F# 2x021x
Am/F 1x221x
G 3xxxxx
G/F 120033
C/Ei 032013
G/D x55433
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4 comments
This is the real thing. The others are so beginners ca play it.
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Perfect man!
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thanks, this has all the right chords, neither over simplified nor over-complicated.
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