Chords for Billy Joel & Guests - Piano Man (Gershwin Prize - November 19, 2014)
Tempo:
172.25 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Am
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
You know how to play this?
Well, it's your night Billy and I will accept the challenge.
Yes
Okay, let's see what you got that seems fair
[Dm]
[Bb]
[G]
[C]
[G] [Am]
[C] [F]
[C] [D]
[G] [C]
[G] [Am]
[C] [F]
[C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [Em] [D] It's [C] nine o'clock [G] on [F] a Saturday
[C] the [F]
regular [C] crowd [D] shuffles in
[G] There's [C] an old man
[Em] Sitting [F] next to me
[C] [F] Making love to his tonic [C] and gin
[G] [Am]
[C] [F]
[C]
[F]
He [C] says son, can you [G] play me [Am] a memory?
[C] [F] I'm not really [Em] sure
[D] How it go?
[G] But [C] it's sad and it's [G] sweet and [Am] I knew it [G] complete
[F] When I [Dm] wore a young [C] man's clothes
[B] [Bb] [Am]
[C] [D]
[F] [G] [Am]
[Em] [D] Sing [G]
[C]
[G] [C]
us the [G] song you're [Am] the piano [C] man
[F] Sing us the [C] song [D]
tonight
[G] Well, [C] we're all
[G] You [Am]
[C] [F] got us
[G] [C]
John
[G] [F]
[C] [F]
[G] [C]
[F] [C]
[Dm] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
at the [G] bar [F] is a friend of [C] mine.
[F] It gets me [C] my drinks [D] are free
[G] [C] Not as quick with a [Bm] joke [Am] or light up your smoke, but [F] there's some place [A] that he'd [C] rather be
[F]
He [C] said
[Bm] This [Am] is killing [G] me [C] as [F] a smile run [Em] away from [D] his face
[G] Well, [C] I'm sure
[G] Could be [Am] a movie [C] star [F] if I get [G] out of [C] this place
[Gm] [Am]
[C] [D]
[F] [G] Now [Am]
[Em] [D]
[G]
[Em]
[G]
[C] Paul [Em] the [G] real [Am] estate not who's [G]
[F] who never [C] had time [D] for a while
[G]
[C] And he's talking with [G]
[F] Davey.
He's still in the [C] Navy [F] and probably will be
[C]
[G]
[Am] [C]
[F]
[C]
[F]
[C] [Bm]
[Am] [C]
[F] [Em]
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
[F] [Am]
[F] [G]
[C]
[Am]
[D] [F]
[Am] [C]
[D] [F]
[Am] [C]
[D]
[G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[Am] [C]
[F] [Em]
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
[Am]
[F]
[C] So
[G]
[F] [C]
[F] [G]
[C] [F]
[C]
[F]
[C]
[Dm] [C] It's a pretty good [Bm]
crowd here [Am] in [G] Washington
[F] [C]
Gives me [D] a smile
[G]
[C] Cuz he knows that [G] it's me they've [Am] been coming to see the [F] forget about [G] life
[C] I
[F]
[C]
[G] [F]
[C] [Dm]
[C] [D]
[G] [C]
[G] [F]
[C] [F]
[G] [C]
[Cm] [Gm] [Am]
[Em] [D]
[F] [G] [Am]
[Em] [D]
[G]
[C]
[G]
[N]
Oh
[C] [G]
[F] [C]
[F] [G]
[C] [F]
[C] [F]
[C] [F]
[C]
[F] [Em] [Dm]
[C]
[N]
Well, it's your night Billy and I will accept the challenge.
Yes
Okay, let's see what you got that seems fair
[Dm]
[Bb]
[G]
[C]
[G] [Am]
[C] [F]
[C] [D]
[G] [C]
[G] [Am]
[C] [F]
[C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [Em] [D] It's [C] nine o'clock [G] on [F] a Saturday
[C] the [F]
regular [C] crowd [D] shuffles in
[G] There's [C] an old man
[Em] Sitting [F] next to me
[C] [F] Making love to his tonic [C] and gin
[G] [Am]
[C] [F]
[C]
[F]
He [C] says son, can you [G] play me [Am] a memory?
[C] [F] I'm not really [Em] sure
[D] How it go?
[G] But [C] it's sad and it's [G] sweet and [Am] I knew it [G] complete
[F] When I [Dm] wore a young [C] man's clothes
[B] [Bb] [Am]
[C] [D]
[F] [G] [Am]
[Em] [D] Sing [G]
[C]
[G] [C]
us the [G] song you're [Am] the piano [C] man
[F] Sing us the [C] song [D]
tonight
[G] Well, [C] we're all
[G] You [Am]
[C] [F] got us
[G] [C]
John
[G] [F]
[C] [F]
[G] [C]
[F] [C]
[Dm] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
at the [G] bar [F] is a friend of [C] mine.
[F] It gets me [C] my drinks [D] are free
[G] [C] Not as quick with a [Bm] joke [Am] or light up your smoke, but [F] there's some place [A] that he'd [C] rather be
[F]
He [C] said
[Bm] This [Am] is killing [G] me [C] as [F] a smile run [Em] away from [D] his face
[G] Well, [C] I'm sure
[G] Could be [Am] a movie [C] star [F] if I get [G] out of [C] this place
[Gm] [Am]
[C] [D]
[F] [G] Now [Am]
[Em] [D]
[G]
[Em]
[G]
[C] Paul [Em] the [G] real [Am] estate not who's [G]
[F] who never [C] had time [D] for a while
[G]
[C] And he's talking with [G]
[F] Davey.
He's still in the [C] Navy [F] and probably will be
[C]
[G]
[Am] [C]
[F]
[C]
[F]
[C] [Bm]
[Am] [C]
[F] [Em]
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
[F] [Am]
[F] [G]
[C]
[Am]
[D] [F]
[Am] [C]
[D] [F]
[Am] [C]
[D]
[G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[Am] [C]
[F] [Em]
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
[Am]
[F]
[C] So
[G]
[F] [C]
[F] [G]
[C] [F]
[C]
[F]
[C]
[Dm] [C] It's a pretty good [Bm]
crowd here [Am] in [G] Washington
[F] [C]
Gives me [D] a smile
[G]
[C] Cuz he knows that [G] it's me they've [Am] been coming to see the [F] forget about [G] life
[C] I
[F]
[C]
[G] [F]
[C] [Dm]
[C] [D]
[G] [C]
[G] [F]
[C] [F]
[G] [C]
[Cm] [Gm] [Am]
[Em] [D]
[F] [G] [Am]
[Em] [D]
[G]
[C]
[G]
[N]
Oh
[C] [G]
[F] [C]
[F] [G]
[C] [F]
[C] [F]
[C] [F]
[C]
[F] [Em] [Dm]
[C]
[N]
Key:
C
G
F
Am
D
C
G
F
_ _ You know how to play this?
_ _ Well, it's your night Billy and _ I will accept the challenge.
Yes _ _
_ _ Okay, _ _ let's see what you got that seems fair
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ [Em] _ [D] It's [C] nine o'clock [G] _ on [F] a Saturday
_ [C] _ the [F] _
regular [C] crowd _ [D] shuffles in
_ [G] _ There's [C] an old man
[Em] _ Sitting [F] next to me
[C] _ _ [F] Making love to his tonic [C] and gin
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ He [C] says son, can you [G] play me [Am] a memory?
[C] _ _ [F] I'm not really [Em] sure
_ [D] How it go?
_ [G] _ But [C] it's sad and it's [G] sweet and [Am] I knew it [G] complete
_ [F] When I [Dm] wore a young [C] man's _ clothes
[B] _ [Bb] _ [Am] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] Sing _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
us the [G] song you're [Am] the piano [C] man
_ _ [F] Sing us the [C] _ song [D] _
tonight
[G] _ Well, [C] we're all
_ [G] You _ [Am] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] got us
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ John _
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
at the [G] bar [F] is a friend of [C] _ mine.
[F] It gets me [C] my drinks [D] are free
_ [G] _ _ [C] Not as quick with a [Bm] joke _ [Am] or light up your smoke, but [F] there's some place [A] that he'd [C] rather _ be
_ _ _ [F] _
He _ [C] said _
_ [Bm] This [Am] is killing [G] me [C] as [F] a smile run [Em] away from [D] his face
[G] _ Well, [C] I'm sure
_ [G] Could be [Am] a movie _ [C] star [F] if I get [G] out of [C] this _ place
_ [Gm] _ [Am] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [F] _ [G] Now [Am] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ Paul [Em] the [G] real [Am] estate not who's [G] _ _
[F] who never [C] had time [D] for a while
_ [G] _
[C] And he's talking with [G] _
[F] Davey.
He's still in the [C] Navy [F] and probably will be
[C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ So _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] [C] It's a pretty good _ [Bm]
crowd here [Am] in _ [G] Washington
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C]
Gives me [D] a smile
[G] _
_ [C] Cuz he knows that [G] it's me they've [Am] been coming to _ see the [F] forget about [G] life
_ [C] _ _ I
_ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ [Gm] _ [Am] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Oh
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Well, it's your night Billy and _ I will accept the challenge.
Yes _ _
_ _ Okay, _ _ let's see what you got that seems fair
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ [Em] _ [D] It's [C] nine o'clock [G] _ on [F] a Saturday
_ [C] _ the [F] _
regular [C] crowd _ [D] shuffles in
_ [G] _ There's [C] an old man
[Em] _ Sitting [F] next to me
[C] _ _ [F] Making love to his tonic [C] and gin
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ He [C] says son, can you [G] play me [Am] a memory?
[C] _ _ [F] I'm not really [Em] sure
_ [D] How it go?
_ [G] _ But [C] it's sad and it's [G] sweet and [Am] I knew it [G] complete
_ [F] When I [Dm] wore a young [C] man's _ clothes
[B] _ [Bb] _ [Am] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] Sing _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
us the [G] song you're [Am] the piano [C] man
_ _ [F] Sing us the [C] _ song [D] _
tonight
[G] _ Well, [C] we're all
_ [G] You _ [Am] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] got us
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ John _
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
at the [G] bar [F] is a friend of [C] _ mine.
[F] It gets me [C] my drinks [D] are free
_ [G] _ _ [C] Not as quick with a [Bm] joke _ [Am] or light up your smoke, but [F] there's some place [A] that he'd [C] rather _ be
_ _ _ [F] _
He _ [C] said _
_ [Bm] This [Am] is killing [G] me [C] as [F] a smile run [Em] away from [D] his face
[G] _ Well, [C] I'm sure
_ [G] Could be [Am] a movie _ [C] star [F] if I get [G] out of [C] this _ place
_ [Gm] _ [Am] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [F] _ [G] Now [Am] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ Paul [Em] the [G] real [Am] estate not who's [G] _ _
[F] who never [C] had time [D] for a while
_ [G] _
[C] And he's talking with [G] _
[F] Davey.
He's still in the [C] Navy [F] and probably will be
[C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ So _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] [C] It's a pretty good _ [Bm]
crowd here [Am] in _ [G] Washington
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C]
Gives me [D] a smile
[G] _
_ [C] Cuz he knows that [G] it's me they've [Am] been coming to _ see the [F] forget about [G] life
_ [C] _ _ I
_ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ [Gm] _ [Am] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Oh
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
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