Chords for Billy Joel and Elton John singing Piano Man
Tempo:
171.05 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Am
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb] First [Ab] time that we actually met [G] face to face in [Cm] person was
[Gm] [F] [Cm] 1976
[Bb]
Five something like that.
I [Gm] don't know [G] we were both in
[Cm] In Holland [Ab] we were in Amsterdam.
I think we were staying at the same Royal Sinester Hotel.
It was [G] snowing
[Cm] Sinester Hotel, that's it
[Dbm] [C] [Eb] and [Ab] we met [G] and
We talked and [Dm] we had [Abm] both admired each other's [Cm] music
So when we got together [Em] all we talked about was how much [Ab] we liked each other's music
[E] [Bb] That's you know, basically the first time we [B] met
[N]
[Dm]
[D]
[G]
[Gm] [G]
[C] [D]
[C]
[D] [C]
[D] [Eb] [D]
[C] [Ab]
[G] [Eb]
[G] [Ab] [G]
[Eb] [D]
[C] [Em] [Am]
[C]
[D] [G]
[C] [G] [Am]
[C] [Am]
[G] [C] Oh, [F]
[C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C] it's nine [Em] o'clock [Am] on a Saturday
[C] the regular crowd shuffles [D] in
[G] [C] There's an old [Em] man
sitting [F] next to [C]
me
[F]
[C]
[G] [Am]
[F] [G]
[C]
[F] [C]
[G] [Am]
[C] [F] [C]
[D] [G]
[C] [G] [C]
[F]
[C] [E]
[Am] [D]
[Dm] [Am]
[D]
[G] Making
[C] [G] [C]
[Am]
[C]
[A] [G]
[Am] [G]
[Am] [F]
[C]
[G]
[Am] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F]
[C] [F] love to his daddy
[C] Now John [Em] the bar, [Am] he's a friend of [C] mine and [F] he gives me [C] my drinks [D] for free
[G] And [C] he's quick with the [G] jams
[Am] I'm a lot of his [C] fun
But [F] there's something clear
[C] that he'd rather be
[F]
[C] Since I [G] believe this [Am] is killing [C] me
[F] As I smile [C] away from [D] his face
[G]
Well [C] I'm sure that [G] I could be [Am] a movie star
If [F] I could get [G] out of this [C] place
[Am]
[D] [F]
[Am] [D]
Now [G]
[C] [G]
[C] Paul [G] is a real estate [Am] [C] novelist
[F] who never had time [C] for [D] a wife
[G] [C] And it's time to kill [G]
me
[Am] We'll sit in the [C] Navy
[F] And probably [C] [Dm] we'll be for [C] life
And
[G] [Am]
[F] [G]
[C]
[F] [C] the waitress is a good friend
[G] To [Am] sing politics
[C] And [F] then [C] slowly get [D] stoned
[G] It's [C] their sharing [G] treat
They [Am] call loneliness
[C] And [F] it's better than a treat
[C] Get a load Of majesty
[Am] [C] [D]
[Dm]
[C] [D] [F] Sing
[C]
[D] [G]
[C]
[G] [C] us a song
Young and old
Sing us a song
[A] Tonight
[G] [C]
[G] [Am] [C]
[F] [C]
[G] [Am]
[C] [F]
[G] [C] [F]
[C]
[F] [C] Tonight
Oh [F] it's [C] a pretty good [G]
crowd
For [Am] a Saturday
[F] The manager [C] gives me [Am] a smile
[G] Cause [C] he knows that [G] it's me
That [Am] he's coming to see
[F] To forget about life [C] for a while
[F] [C] And the jail
[G] Smells like [Am] a cold
[G] And [F] the phone [C] smells like [Am] a beer
[G] And [C] they say that my [G] [Am]
charms [F] Say man
[G] What are you [C] doing here
La [Am] la la la di di [D] da
[F] [G] La [Am]
[Em] la [C] la [D] di di [Bm] da
[G]
[C] [G]
[A]
[Ab]
[D] [A]
[C] She answers the [Am] piano
And [F] sing us a [C] song
[D] Tonight
[G] [C] Color by the [G] moon [Am] Solidarity
[F] You got us [G] feeling [C] alright
[G] [Am]
[C] [F] [Dm]
[C] [F]
[C]
[F] [C]
[Am] [Dm] [C]
[F]
[Gb]
[N]
[Gm] [F] [Cm] 1976
[Bb]
Five something like that.
I [Gm] don't know [G] we were both in
[Cm] In Holland [Ab] we were in Amsterdam.
I think we were staying at the same Royal Sinester Hotel.
It was [G] snowing
[Cm] Sinester Hotel, that's it
[Dbm] [C] [Eb] and [Ab] we met [G] and
We talked and [Dm] we had [Abm] both admired each other's [Cm] music
So when we got together [Em] all we talked about was how much [Ab] we liked each other's music
[E] [Bb] That's you know, basically the first time we [B] met
[N]
[Dm]
[D]
[G]
[Gm] [G]
[C] [D]
[C]
[D] [C]
[D] [Eb] [D]
[C] [Ab]
[G] [Eb]
[G] [Ab] [G]
[Eb] [D]
[C] [Em] [Am]
[C]
[D] [G]
[C] [G] [Am]
[C] [Am]
[G] [C] Oh, [F]
[C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C] it's nine [Em] o'clock [Am] on a Saturday
[C] the regular crowd shuffles [D] in
[G] [C] There's an old [Em] man
sitting [F] next to [C]
me
[F]
[C]
[G] [Am]
[F] [G]
[C]
[F] [C]
[G] [Am]
[C] [F] [C]
[D] [G]
[C] [G] [C]
[F]
[C] [E]
[Am] [D]
[Dm] [Am]
[D]
[G] Making
[C] [G] [C]
[Am]
[C]
[A] [G]
[Am] [G]
[Am] [F]
[C]
[G]
[Am] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F]
[C] [F] love to his daddy
[C] Now John [Em] the bar, [Am] he's a friend of [C] mine and [F] he gives me [C] my drinks [D] for free
[G] And [C] he's quick with the [G] jams
[Am] I'm a lot of his [C] fun
But [F] there's something clear
[C] that he'd rather be
[F]
[C] Since I [G] believe this [Am] is killing [C] me
[F] As I smile [C] away from [D] his face
[G]
Well [C] I'm sure that [G] I could be [Am] a movie star
If [F] I could get [G] out of this [C] place
[Am]
[D] [F]
[Am] [D]
Now [G]
[C] [G]
[C] Paul [G] is a real estate [Am] [C] novelist
[F] who never had time [C] for [D] a wife
[G] [C] And it's time to kill [G]
me
[Am] We'll sit in the [C] Navy
[F] And probably [C] [Dm] we'll be for [C] life
And
[G] [Am]
[F] [G]
[C]
[F] [C] the waitress is a good friend
[G] To [Am] sing politics
[C] And [F] then [C] slowly get [D] stoned
[G] It's [C] their sharing [G] treat
They [Am] call loneliness
[C] And [F] it's better than a treat
[C] Get a load Of majesty
[Am] [C] [D]
[Dm]
[C] [D] [F] Sing
[C]
[D] [G]
[C]
[G] [C] us a song
Young and old
Sing us a song
[A] Tonight
[G] [C]
[G] [Am] [C]
[F] [C]
[G] [Am]
[C] [F]
[G] [C] [F]
[C]
[F] [C] Tonight
Oh [F] it's [C] a pretty good [G]
crowd
For [Am] a Saturday
[F] The manager [C] gives me [Am] a smile
[G] Cause [C] he knows that [G] it's me
That [Am] he's coming to see
[F] To forget about life [C] for a while
[F] [C] And the jail
[G] Smells like [Am] a cold
[G] And [F] the phone [C] smells like [Am] a beer
[G] And [C] they say that my [G] [Am]
charms [F] Say man
[G] What are you [C] doing here
La [Am] la la la di di [D] da
[F] [G] La [Am]
[Em] la [C] la [D] di di [Bm] da
[G]
[C] [G]
[A]
[Ab]
[D] [A]
[C] She answers the [Am] piano
And [F] sing us a [C] song
[D] Tonight
[G] [C] Color by the [G] moon [Am] Solidarity
[F] You got us [G] feeling [C] alright
[G] [Am]
[C] [F] [Dm]
[C] [F]
[C]
[F] [C]
[Am] [Dm] [C]
[F]
[Gb]
[N]
Key:
C
G
F
Am
D
C
G
F
[Bb] First [Ab] time that we actually met [G] face to face in [Cm] person was
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ [Cm] 1976
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
Five something like that.
I [Gm] don't know [G] we were both in
[Cm] _ _ In Holland [Ab] we were in Amsterdam.
I think we were staying at the same Royal Sinester Hotel.
It was [G] _ snowing
[Cm] Sinester Hotel, that's it
_ [Dbm] _ [C] _ [Eb] and [Ab] we met _ [G] and
We talked and [Dm] we had _ [Abm] both admired each other's [Cm] music
So when we got together [Em] all we talked about was how much [Ab] we liked each other's music
_ [E] _ _ [Bb] That's you know, basically the first time we [B] met
_ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] Oh, _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] it's nine [Em] o'clock [Am] on a Saturday _ _
_ [C] the regular crowd _ shuffles [D] in
[G] _ _ [C] There's an old [Em] man
_ sitting [F] next to [C]
me
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] Making _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] love to his daddy
[C] Now John [Em] the bar, _ [Am] he's a friend of [C] mine and [F] he gives me [C] my drinks [D] for free
[G] _ And [C] he's quick with the [G] jams
_ [Am] I'm a lot of his [C] fun
But [F] there's something clear
[C] that he'd rather _ _ be
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] Since I [G] believe this [Am] is killing _ [C] me
[F] As I smile [C] away from [D] his face
[G] _ _
Well [C] I'm sure that [G] I could be [Am] a movie star
If [F] I could get [G] out of this [C] place _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
Now _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ Paul [G] is a real estate [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ novelist
[F] who never had time [C] for [D] a wife
_ [G] _ _ [C] And it's time to kill [G] _
me
[Am] We'll sit in the [C] Navy
[F] And probably [C] [Dm] we'll be for [C] _ life
_ _ And _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] the waitress is a good friend
[G] To [Am] sing _ politics
[C] And _ [F] _ then [C] slowly get [D] _ stoned
[G] _ It's [C] their sharing [G] treat
They [Am] call loneliness
[C] _ And [F] it's better than a treat
[C] Get a _ load Of majesty
[Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] Sing _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] us a song
Young and old _ _ _ _
Sing us a song
[A] _ Tonight
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] Tonight
Oh _ [F] _ it's [C] a pretty good [G]
crowd
For [Am] a Saturday _ _ _
[F] The manager _ [C] gives me [Am] a smile
_ _ [G] Cause [C] he knows that [G] it's me
That [Am] he's coming to see
_ [F] To forget about life [C] for a while _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] And the jail
_ [G] Smells like [Am] a cold
[G] _ And [F] the phone [C] smells like [Am] a beer
[G] _ And [C] they say that my [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ charms [F] Say man
[G] What are you [C] doing here _ _
La [Am] _ _ la la la di di [D] da
[F] _ _ [G] La [Am] _ _
[Em] la [C] la [D] di di _ [Bm] da
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] She answers the _ _ [Am] piano
_ And _ [F] sing us a [C] _ song
[D] Tonight
_ [G] _ _ [C] Color by the [G] _ moon _ [Am] _ Solidarity _
_ _ [F] You got us [G] feeling [C] _ alright _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ [Cm] 1976
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
Five something like that.
I [Gm] don't know [G] we were both in
[Cm] _ _ In Holland [Ab] we were in Amsterdam.
I think we were staying at the same Royal Sinester Hotel.
It was [G] _ snowing
[Cm] Sinester Hotel, that's it
_ [Dbm] _ [C] _ [Eb] and [Ab] we met _ [G] and
We talked and [Dm] we had _ [Abm] both admired each other's [Cm] music
So when we got together [Em] all we talked about was how much [Ab] we liked each other's music
_ [E] _ _ [Bb] That's you know, basically the first time we [B] met
_ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] Oh, _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] it's nine [Em] o'clock [Am] on a Saturday _ _
_ [C] the regular crowd _ shuffles [D] in
[G] _ _ [C] There's an old [Em] man
_ sitting [F] next to [C]
me
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] Making _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] love to his daddy
[C] Now John [Em] the bar, _ [Am] he's a friend of [C] mine and [F] he gives me [C] my drinks [D] for free
[G] _ And [C] he's quick with the [G] jams
_ [Am] I'm a lot of his [C] fun
But [F] there's something clear
[C] that he'd rather _ _ be
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] Since I [G] believe this [Am] is killing _ [C] me
[F] As I smile [C] away from [D] his face
[G] _ _
Well [C] I'm sure that [G] I could be [Am] a movie star
If [F] I could get [G] out of this [C] place _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
Now _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ Paul [G] is a real estate [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ novelist
[F] who never had time [C] for [D] a wife
_ [G] _ _ [C] And it's time to kill [G] _
me
[Am] We'll sit in the [C] Navy
[F] And probably [C] [Dm] we'll be for [C] _ life
_ _ And _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] the waitress is a good friend
[G] To [Am] sing _ politics
[C] And _ [F] _ then [C] slowly get [D] _ stoned
[G] _ It's [C] their sharing [G] treat
They [Am] call loneliness
[C] _ And [F] it's better than a treat
[C] Get a _ load Of majesty
[Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] Sing _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] us a song
Young and old _ _ _ _
Sing us a song
[A] _ Tonight
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] Tonight
Oh _ [F] _ it's [C] a pretty good [G]
crowd
For [Am] a Saturday _ _ _
[F] The manager _ [C] gives me [Am] a smile
_ _ [G] Cause [C] he knows that [G] it's me
That [Am] he's coming to see
_ [F] To forget about life [C] for a while _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] And the jail
_ [G] Smells like [Am] a cold
[G] _ And [F] the phone [C] smells like [Am] a beer
[G] _ And [C] they say that my [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ charms [F] Say man
[G] What are you [C] doing here _ _
La [Am] _ _ la la la di di [D] da
[F] _ _ [G] La [Am] _ _
[Em] la [C] la [D] di di _ [Bm] da
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
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_ _ _ [C] She answers the _ _ [Am] piano
_ And _ [F] sing us a [C] _ song
[D] Tonight
_ [G] _ _ [C] Color by the [G] _ moon _ [Am] _ Solidarity _
_ _ [F] You got us [G] feeling [C] _ alright _ _ _ _ _
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[Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _
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