Pressure Chords

by Billy Joel
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Difficulty: advanced
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author Shoregrey [a] 424.
1 contributor total, last edit on Jun 17, 2022

Chords

G
D
C/D
C
Dm
Gm6/D
C#dim7
Dm6
Gm/D
A7/D
C#dim7/D
Gm
Am/C
Bb
F/A
G7
A7/E
A7/C#
Dmaj7/F#
F
Cmaj7/E
Cm+7/Eb
G/D

Strumming

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[Intro]
| G   | G   | D   | C/D D C D | x2
 
[Synth Riff]
| Dm   Gm6/D | C#dim7    Dm |
| Dm6  Gm/D  | A7/D      Dm |
| Dm   Gm6/D | C#dim7/D  Dm |
| Dm6  Gm/D  | C#dim7/D  D  |
 
[Verse]
G                                D
  You have to learn to pace yourself
C/D D    C D
Pressure
G                            D
  You're just like everybody else
C/D D    C D
Pressure
Gm            C      C#dim7  Dm            Am/C
  You've only had to run so  far, so good
Bb             F/A       G7
  But you will come to a place
          A7/E   A7/C#     Dm
Where the only   thing you feel
    Am/C   Bb           F/A
Are loaded guns in your face
           A7/E    A7/C#
And you'll have to deal with
 
[Chorus]
Dm       Gm6/D     C#dim7     Dm
Pressure
Dm6      Gm/D      A7/D       Dm
Dm       Gm6/D     C#dim7/D   Dm
Dm6      Gm/D      C#dim7/D   D
 
[Verse]
G                         D
  You used to call me paranoid
C/D D      C D
Pressure
G                      D
  But even you cannot avoid
C/D D      C  D
Pressure
Gm               C         C#dim7  Dm           Am/C
  You turned the tap dance into    your crusade
Bb             F/A           G7
  Now here you are with your faith
         A7/E     A7/C#  Dm
And your Pe - ter Pan advice
    Am/C    Bb            F/A
You have no scars on your face
        A7/E     A7/C#
And you cannot handle
 
[Chorus]
Dm       Gm6/D     C#dim7     Dm
Pressure
Dm6      Gm/D      A7/D       Dm
Dm       Gm6/D     C#dim7/D   Dm
Dm6      Gm/D      C#dim7/D   D
 
[Bridge]
G                Dmaj7/F#
All grown up and no place to go
G                 Dmaj7/F#
Psych 1, Psych 2, what do you know?
F                Cmaj7/E
All your life is channel 13
Cm+7/Eb        G/D          D
Sesame Street, what does it mean?
 
G                         D
   (I'll tell you what it means)
C/D D     C  D
Pressure
G                         D
 
C/D D     C  D
Pressure
 
[Verse]
G                                 D
  Don't ask for help, you're all alone
C/D D       C  D
Pressure
G                               D
  You'll have to answer to your own
C/D D       C  D
Pressure
Gm              C         C#dim7  Dm          Am/C
I'm sure you'll have some cosmic  rationale
Bb             F/A        G7
  But here you are in the ninth
        A7/E    A7/C#     Dm
Two men out and three men on
  Am/C     Bb         F/A
Nowhere to look but inside
         A7/E   A7/C#
Where we all respond to
 
[Chorus]
Dm       Gm6/D     C#dim7     Dm
Pressure
Dm6      Gm/D      A7/D       Dm
Dm       Gm6/D     C#dim7/D   Dm
Pressure
Dm6      Gm/D      C#dim7/D   D
 
[Bridge]
G     Dmaj7/F#   x2
 
F                Cmaj7/E
All your life is Time Magazine
Cm+7/Eb        G/D          D
I read it too, what does it mean?
 
[Instrumental]
| G G    Dm Dm G| G Dm Dm   G G| Dm6 Dm6 Dm6 Dm Dm | Dm6 Dm6 Dm6 Dm6 Dm Dm |
| G G    Dm Dm G| G Dm Dm   G G| Dm6 Dm6 Dm6 Dm Dm |             C   D     |
                                                     Pressure!
 
Gm              C         C#dim7  Dm          Am/C
I'm sure you'll have some cosmic  rationale
Bb             F/A           G7
  But here you are with your faith
         A7/E     A7/C#  Dm
And your Pe - ter Pan advice
    Am/C    Bb            F/A
You have no scars on your face
        A7/E     A7/C#
And you cannot handle
 
[Chorus]
Dm       Gm6/D     C#dim7     Dm
Pressure
Dm6      Gm/D      A7/D       Dm
 
Dm       Gm6/D     C#dim7/D   Dm
Pressure
Dm6      Gm/D      C#dim7/D   Dm
 
Dm       Gm6/D     C#dim7     Dm
Pressure
Dm6      Gm/D      A7/D       Dm
                   One  two   three four
Dm
Pressure
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