Chords for Billy Joel - James (Official Video)

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[Gm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _
[Dm] _ James, _ [Gm] _
we were [C] always friends _ [F] _
from our childhood [D] days.
_ _ [Gm] Then we made [C] our plans, [F] _ _ then we had [Dm] to go [G] our separate [C] _
ways.
_ [F] I went on [Bb] the road, _ _
[Ab] you pursued [B] an education.
[Dm] _ _ _ [Gm] James, do you [C] like your life? _
[F] _ Can you find [Eb] _
[D] release?
_ [Gm] _ Will
you [C] ever change?
_ [F] _
Will you [Dm] ever write [G] your [C] masterpiece?
_ _ _ [F] Are you still [Bb] in school? _ _
[E] Living [Abm] up [A] to _ expectations?
[Dm] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ James, _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Ab] you were so [Gm] relied upon.
_ [C] _
Everybody knows [F] how hard
you [E] tried.
_ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Am] James, _ _ [Ab] oh look at what a [Gm] job you've done. _
[C] _ Carrying the weight [A] of family pride. _ _ _
[Dm] _ James, _ [Gm] _
you've been well [C] behaved. _ _
[F] _ You've been working [Eb] _
[D] hard, _ [Gm] but will you [C] always stay?
_ _ [F] _
Someone [D] else's dream [G] of who [C] you are.
_ _ [F] Do [Dm] what's good [Bb] for you, _ [D]
or you're [Ab] not good [E] for _
[A] anybody.
[Dm] _ _ _
[Gm] James, _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Cm] [A] I went on [Bb] the road, _ [D] and you [Ab] pursued [A] an _ education.
[Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ James, [Am] _ _ _ _ [Ab] how you gonna know [Gm] for
sure? _
[C] When everything was so [F] well _ _ [A] organized? _ _ _
[Dm] _ Hey, [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _
[Ab] now everything is so [Gm] secure, _ [C] and everybody
else is [A] satisfied. _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ James, _
[Gm] do you like [C] your life?
_ _ [F] Can you [Eb] find [D] release?
_ _ [Gm] And will you ever
[C] _ change? _
[F] _ When will you [Dm] write [G] your [C] masterpiece? _ _ _
[F] Do [Dm] what's good [Bb] for you, _ [E] or you're not good
[A] for _ [Dbm] anybody.
[Dm] _
James.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
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