Chords for Billy Joel & Itzhak Perlman - The Downeaster 'Alexa' (MSG - March 9, 2015)

That's Mark Rivera. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I'm gonna bring on the guest musician tonight.
He's gonna do [C] a couple of songs with us here.
Um, and, uh, I'll explain, uh, who he is and what he [B] did.
Uh, please welcome Itzhak Perlman. _ _
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_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ This man is the greatest violinist in the world today.
_ _ _ _ _ _ And he played on a song that we recorded back in, uh, I think it was 1989.
And, uh, he, the credit he got on the album was world famous incognito violinist.
We hadn't quite worked out the deal yet.
Anyway, um, it was very, very kind of him to play on this song.
We played a fiddle on the Downeaster Alexa.
_ _ _ So that's his solo. _ _
_ _ _ You gotta put the, uh, pickup on the mic, I think.
_ _ _ _ _ You're a pickup artist, right?
_ _ Yeah, very funny.
[Dm] Here [G] you go.
You good?
You got it?
You hearing anything? _ _ _ _
_ [C] You good?
You on?
[N] Here we go. _
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[F] _ [Gm] Well, [Bb] I'm on the [F] Downeaster [Gm] Alexa
_ And [Bb] I'm cruising [F] through the [Eb] violin sound
I have changed [Bb] course to [Cm] the vineyard
[C] But [Bb] tonight I [F] am manning fucking [Eb]
ground
_ _ We took [F] on diesel back [Bb] in my top [Eb] yesterday
_ Left us [F] falling from the [Gm] felling [F] gunners' pit
_ [Eb] Like all the [F] locals here [Bb] I plan to sell [Eb] my home
I'll [F] believe I'll work [Gm] my business to [F] the bone
So I could [Bb] own [F] my Downeaster [Gm] Alexa
_ And I [Bb] know where [F] the ocean [Eb] is deep
There are giants [Bb] out there in [C] the canyons
_ [Bb] I'm a good, [F] tempting guy for [Eb] a flea
_ _ I [F] got bills to pay [Bb] and children who'd be [Eb] close
_ I know [F] there's fish out there [Gm] but where God only [Am] knows
[Eb] They say [F] these waters aren't [Bb] what they used [Eb] to be
But I [F] got people back [Gm] on land who count on [F] me
So if you [Bb] see my [F] Downeaster [Gm] Alexa
_ [Cm] And if you [Bb] work with [F] the rod and [Eb] the reel
Tell my wife I [Bb] am trolling [C] in Venice
And [Bb] I still have [F] my hands on [Eb] the wheel
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_ _ [D] Now _ [Dm] _ _ _
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[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] I drive my [F] Downeaster [Gm] Alexa
Up [Bb] more miles [F] from shore [Eb] every year
Since they told me [Bb] I can't sell [C] no shrimers
And [Bb] there's no [F] ocean shark fishing [Eb]
here
_ _ I was [F] a bay man like [Bb] my father was [Eb] before
Can't [F] make a living as [Gm] a bay man [Am] anymore
_ [Eb] There ain't [F] much future [Bb] for a man who works [Eb] the sea
And there ain't [F] no island left [Gm] for islanders [F] like me
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Gm] That's _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ the guy.
_ _ _ You the man.
_ _ _ _ _ Thank you.