Chords for Billy Joel - Piano Man (from Tonight - Connecticut 1976)
Tempo:
183.2 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
G
Am
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I got a song I don't know.
[Dm]
[B]
[Em]
[C]
[Bm] [F]
[C]
[C] [D]
[G] [C]
[Bm] [F]
[C] [F]
[C]
[F] [C]
[F]
[C] [F]
[C] It's nine [B] o'clock [G] [Am] on a Saturday
[C] [F] A regular [C]
crowd [E] shuffles in
[G]
[C] There's an old [Bm] man [F] sitting next to [C] me
[F] Making love to his tonic [C] and gin
[G]
[F] [C]
[F] [G]
[C]
[F] He [C] says, son, can [G] you play me [Am] a memory?
[C]
[F] I'm not really [Em] sure how it [D] goes
[G] But [C] he said it's [G] sweet and [Am] I knew it [C] complete
[F] When I wore [A] a younger
[C] man's clothes
[G]
[Am] La la [C] [D] la la la
[G]
[Am] [G] La [D] la la la [G] la
Sing
[C] [G]
[C] us a [B] song, yellow [Am] piano [C] man
[F] I'll sing us a [Em] song [D] tonight
[G]
[C] We're all in the [Bm] mood [Am] for a melody
[C]
[F] You've got [G] us feeling [C] o-ring
[Bm]
[F] [C]
[F] [G]
[C] [F]
[C] [F]
[C] [F]
[C] [G]
[C] Out yon at the [B] bar is a [Am] friend of mine
[D]
[F] He gets me [C] my drinks for [D] free
[G]
[C] And he's quick with a joke, [G] ought [F] to light up your smoke
[C] But [F] there's some place [G] that he'd rather [C] be
[F] And the [C] waitress [G] is practicing [A]
[Em] politics
As [F] the [C] businessmen slowly [D] get stoned
[G] Yes, [C] they're sharing a [G] drink [Am] they call [C] loneliness
[F] But it's better [A] than drinking [C]
alone
[Am]
[G] [F#]
[F] [Am]
[G] [F#]
[F] [Am] [G]
[D]
[Em]
[Bm] [C] [B]
[A] [G]
[F] I'll sing us [Em] a song [D] tonight
[G]
[C] We're all in the [G] mood [Am] for a melody
[C]
[F] You've got us [G] feeling [C] o-ring
[G]
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F]
[C] [F]
[C] [F]
[C] [F]
[C] It's a pretty good [Bm] crowd [Am] for a Saturday
[C]
[F] And the manager [Em] gives me [D] a smile
[G] Cause [C] he knows [Bm] that it's me [Am] they've been coming to [C] see
[F] To forget [G] about life for [C] a while
[F] And [C] the piano, [G] it sounds like [Am] a carnival
[G] [F] And the microphone [E] smells [D] like a beer
[G] And [C] they sit at the [G] bar [Am] and put bread in [C] my jar
[F] And say, man, [G] what are you [C] doing here?
[Am] Oh, la [C] la la [D] la la
[F] [Am]
La [Em] [D] la la la la
[G]
[A] [C]
[Dm] [C] Sing us a [B] song, you're the [A] piano
[D] man
[F] Sing us [Em] a song [D] tonight
[G] [C] We're all in [G] the mood for [Am] a melody
[C] [F] You've got [G] us feeling [C] o-ring
[G]
[F]
[C] [F]
[G] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
[Dm] [C]
[Dm]
[B]
[Em]
[C]
[Bm] [F]
[C]
[C] [D]
[G] [C]
[Bm] [F]
[C] [F]
[C]
[F] [C]
[F]
[C] [F]
[C] It's nine [B] o'clock [G] [Am] on a Saturday
[C] [F] A regular [C]
crowd [E] shuffles in
[G]
[C] There's an old [Bm] man [F] sitting next to [C] me
[F] Making love to his tonic [C] and gin
[G]
[F] [C]
[F] [G]
[C]
[F] He [C] says, son, can [G] you play me [Am] a memory?
[C]
[F] I'm not really [Em] sure how it [D] goes
[G] But [C] he said it's [G] sweet and [Am] I knew it [C] complete
[F] When I wore [A] a younger
[C] man's clothes
[G]
[Am] La la [C] [D] la la la
[G]
[Am] [G] La [D] la la la [G] la
Sing
[C] [G]
[C] us a [B] song, yellow [Am] piano [C] man
[F] I'll sing us a [Em] song [D] tonight
[G]
[C] We're all in the [Bm] mood [Am] for a melody
[C]
[F] You've got [G] us feeling [C] o-ring
[Bm]
[F] [C]
[F] [G]
[C] [F]
[C] [F]
[C] [F]
[C] [G]
[C] Out yon at the [B] bar is a [Am] friend of mine
[D]
[F] He gets me [C] my drinks for [D] free
[G]
[C] And he's quick with a joke, [G] ought [F] to light up your smoke
[C] But [F] there's some place [G] that he'd rather [C] be
[F] And the [C] waitress [G] is practicing [A]
[Em] politics
As [F] the [C] businessmen slowly [D] get stoned
[G] Yes, [C] they're sharing a [G] drink [Am] they call [C] loneliness
[F] But it's better [A] than drinking [C]
alone
[Am]
[G] [F#]
[F] [Am]
[G] [F#]
[F] [Am] [G]
[D]
[Em]
[Bm] [C] [B]
[A] [G]
[F] I'll sing us [Em] a song [D] tonight
[G]
[C] We're all in the [G] mood [Am] for a melody
[C]
[F] You've got us [G] feeling [C] o-ring
[G]
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F]
[C] [F]
[C] [F]
[C] [F]
[C] It's a pretty good [Bm] crowd [Am] for a Saturday
[C]
[F] And the manager [Em] gives me [D] a smile
[G] Cause [C] he knows [Bm] that it's me [Am] they've been coming to [C] see
[F] To forget [G] about life for [C] a while
[F] And [C] the piano, [G] it sounds like [Am] a carnival
[G] [F] And the microphone [E] smells [D] like a beer
[G] And [C] they sit at the [G] bar [Am] and put bread in [C] my jar
[F] And say, man, [G] what are you [C] doing here?
[Am] Oh, la [C] la la [D] la la
[F] [Am]
La [Em] [D] la la la la
[G]
[A] [C]
[Dm] [C] Sing us a [B] song, you're the [A] piano
[D] man
[F] Sing us [Em] a song [D] tonight
[G] [C] We're all in [G] the mood for [Am] a melody
[C] [F] You've got [G] us feeling [C] o-ring
[G]
[F]
[C] [F]
[G] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
[Dm] [C]
Key:
C
F
G
Am
D
C
F
G
_ _ I got a song I don't know.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] It's nine [B] o'clock [G] _ [Am] on a Saturday _
[C] _ _ [F] A regular [C]
crowd [E] shuffles in
_ [G] _
[C] There's an old [Bm] man [F] sitting next to [C] me _
[F] Making love to his tonic [C] _ and gin _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ He [C] says, son, can [G] you play me [Am] a memory?
[C] _ _
[F] I'm not really [Em] sure how it [D] goes
_ [G] _ But [C] he said it's [G] sweet and [Am] I knew it [C] complete _
[F] When I wore [A] a younger _
[C] man's clothes
[G] _ _
[Am] _ La la [C] _ [D] la la la
_ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ [G] La [D] la la _ _ la [G] la
_ _ Sing _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] us a [B] song, yellow [Am] piano [C] man _
[F] I'll sing us a [Em] _ song [D] tonight
_ [G] _ _
[C] We're all in the [Bm] mood [Am] for a melody
[C] _ _ _
[F] You've got [G] us feeling [C] o-ring _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] Out yon at the [B] bar is a [Am] friend of mine
[D] _ _
[F] He gets me [C] my drinks for [D] free
_ [G] _ _
[C] And he's quick with a joke, [G] ought [F] to light up your smoke
[C] But [F] there's some place [G] that he'd rather [C] be _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ And the [C] waitress [G] is practicing [A] _
_ [Em] politics
As [F] the _ [C] businessmen slowly [D] get stoned
_ [G] _ Yes, [C] they're sharing a [G] drink [Am] they call [C] loneliness
_ [F] But it's better [A] than drinking [C] _ _
alone
_ _ [Am] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ [B] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[F] I'll sing us [Em] a song [D] _ tonight
[G] _ _
[C] We're all in the [G] mood [Am] for a melody
[C] _ _
_ [F] You've got us [G] feeling [C] o-ring _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] It's a pretty good [Bm] crowd [Am] for a Saturday
_ [C] _
[F] And the manager [Em] gives me [D] a smile
_ [G] _ Cause [C] he knows [Bm] that it's me [Am] they've been coming to [C] see
[F] To forget [G] about life for [C] a while _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ And [C] the piano, [G] it sounds like [Am] a carnival
[G] _ [F] And the microphone [E] smells [D] like a beer
[G] _ And [C] they sit at the [G] bar [Am] and put bread in [C] my jar
[F] And say, man, [G] what are you [C] doing here?
_ _ [Am] Oh, la [C] la la [D] la la
[F] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
La [Em] _ [D] la la la la
_ _ [G] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] Sing us a [B] song, you're the [A] piano _
[D] man
_ [F] Sing us [Em] a song [D] _ tonight
[G] _ _ [C] We're all in [G] the mood for [Am] a melody _
[C] _ _ _ [F] You've got [G] us feeling [C] o-ring _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] It's nine [B] o'clock [G] _ [Am] on a Saturday _
[C] _ _ [F] A regular [C]
crowd [E] shuffles in
_ [G] _
[C] There's an old [Bm] man [F] sitting next to [C] me _
[F] Making love to his tonic [C] _ and gin _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ He [C] says, son, can [G] you play me [Am] a memory?
[C] _ _
[F] I'm not really [Em] sure how it [D] goes
_ [G] _ But [C] he said it's [G] sweet and [Am] I knew it [C] complete _
[F] When I wore [A] a younger _
[C] man's clothes
[G] _ _
[Am] _ La la [C] _ [D] la la la
_ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ [G] La [D] la la _ _ la [G] la
_ _ Sing _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] us a [B] song, yellow [Am] piano [C] man _
[F] I'll sing us a [Em] _ song [D] tonight
_ [G] _ _
[C] We're all in the [Bm] mood [Am] for a melody
[C] _ _ _
[F] You've got [G] us feeling [C] o-ring _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] Out yon at the [B] bar is a [Am] friend of mine
[D] _ _
[F] He gets me [C] my drinks for [D] free
_ [G] _ _
[C] And he's quick with a joke, [G] ought [F] to light up your smoke
[C] But [F] there's some place [G] that he'd rather [C] be _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ And the [C] waitress [G] is practicing [A] _
_ [Em] politics
As [F] the _ [C] businessmen slowly [D] get stoned
_ [G] _ Yes, [C] they're sharing a [G] drink [Am] they call [C] loneliness
_ [F] But it's better [A] than drinking [C] _ _
alone
_ _ [Am] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ [B] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[F] I'll sing us [Em] a song [D] _ tonight
[G] _ _
[C] We're all in the [G] mood [Am] for a melody
[C] _ _
_ [F] You've got us [G] feeling [C] o-ring _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] It's a pretty good [Bm] crowd [Am] for a Saturday
_ [C] _
[F] And the manager [Em] gives me [D] a smile
_ [G] _ Cause [C] he knows [Bm] that it's me [Am] they've been coming to [C] see
[F] To forget [G] about life for [C] a while _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ And [C] the piano, [G] it sounds like [Am] a carnival
[G] _ [F] And the microphone [E] smells [D] like a beer
[G] _ And [C] they sit at the [G] bar [Am] and put bread in [C] my jar
[F] And say, man, [G] what are you [C] doing here?
_ _ [Am] Oh, la [C] la la [D] la la
[F] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
La [Em] _ [D] la la la la
_ _ [G] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] Sing us a [B] song, you're the [A] piano _
[D] man
_ [F] Sing us [Em] a song [D] _ tonight
[G] _ _ [C] We're all in [G] the mood for [Am] a melody _
[C] _ _ _ [F] You've got [G] us feeling [C] o-ring _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _