Piano Man Tab

by Billy Joel
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Difficulty: intermediate
Key: C
Capo: no capo
Author Zachhanquier [a] 328. Last edit on Oct 16, 2014
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Piano Man- Bill Joel
 
When I looked, I could find no tabs online, only chords.
These tabs reflect the original piano score because they were
written from it.  As such, octaves may be different, but  the
original melody and most of the chord spellings are the same.
 
 
Intro:
 
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                                         Its
 
Verse 1:
 
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  Nine o'clock on a Saturday     The
 
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   Regular crowd shuffles in       There's an
 
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   Old man    sitting next to me    Making
 
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  Love to his tonic and gin
 
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            He says,
 
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  "Son can you play me a memory      I'm
 
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   Not really sure how it goes     But it's
 
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   Sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete When
 
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   I wore a younger man's clothes"
 
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            Oh
 
Bridge:
 
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   La   da da Da   da da da
 
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        Da da da da da da
 
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Chorus:
 
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   Sing us a song you're the piano man
 
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   Sing us a song tonight     Well we're
 
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   All in the mood for a melody      And
 
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  You've got us feeling alright        Now
 
Verse 2:
 
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
 
He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me"
As a 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"
 
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talking with Davy, who's still in the Navy
And probably will be for life
 
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 drinking alone
 
Bridge:
 
Oh La da da Da da da da
Da da da da da da
 
Chorus:
 
Sing us a song you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feeling alright
 
Verse 3:
 
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 coming to see
To forget about life for a while
 
And the piano 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 doing here?"
 
Bridge:
 
Oh La da da Da da da da
Da da da da da da
 
Chorus:
 
Sing us a song you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well we're all in the mood for a melody
 
Ending:
 
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5 comments
bookworm3141592
This is a pretty good tab. One thing I realized is that Piano Man is, sort of obviously, a song for the piano. When I hear this song, I don't instantly think of guitar. I can play this on the piano, and it sounds more fitting. I still like it.
+4
cmlgsn
PLeeassseeee complete this tab cause I'd love to play the entire song 5 stars
+2
cardo516
can u please add the jazzy lick at the beginning
+1