Chords for Billy Joel - Piano Man (LIVE in Tokyo + Lyrics)
Tempo:
123.6 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
F
Eb
Gm
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Gm] [F] [Bb]
[Gm] [Cm] [Bb]
[Gm] [D]
[F] [Bb]
[Cm] [C] [D]
[G] [D] [C]
[Bb] [Eb] [Bb] [Cm]
[Gb]
[D] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [C] [F] [Bb]
[F] [Gm]
[Eb] [F] [Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] It's nine [F] o'clock [Gm] on a Saturday, [Bb] [Eb] the regular [Bb] crowd [C] shuffles in.
[F] [Bb] There's an old [Am] man [Eb] sitting next to [Bb] me, [Eb] making love [F] to his [Bb] tonic and gin.
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
[F] [Eb]
He says, son, [G] can you play me a memory?
[Bb] [Eb] I'm not really [Bb] sure how [C] it goes.
[F] [Bb] But it's [F] endlessly sweet, [Gm] and I knew it complete, [Eb] when I [F] wore a younger [Bb] man's clothes.
[Gm] La la [C] la dee dee [G] da, [Gm] [F] la [C] la dee dee da [F] dee da.
[Fm] [Bb]
[F] [Bb] [F] [Gm]
[Bb] [Eb] Sing us [Bb] a song [C] tonight.
[F] [Bb] [Am]
[Gm] [Bb] [C]
[Bb] [F]
[Gm] [Bb] [Eb] [F]
[Bb] Everybody out there.
[Eb]
[Gm] Now Johnny [F] the bar [Gm] is a friend of [Bb] mine.
[Eb] He gets [Bb] me my drinks [D] for free.
[F]
[Bb] And he's quick with [F] a joke, [Gm] or to light up [Bb] the smoke.
[F] But there's some place that [Bb] he'd rather be.
[Eb] [Bb] Says Bill, [F] I believe [Gm] this is killing [Bb] me.
[Eb] There's a [Bb] smile on the way [C] from his face.
[F] [Bb] Bill, I'm sure [F] that I could [Gm] be a movie [Bb] star.
[Eb] I [F] could get out [Bb] of this place.
[Gm] La la [C] la dee dee [Eb] da, [Gm] la [D] la dee dee da [F] dee da.
[Fm]
[Dm] [F] [Bb] Now Paul is a real estate novelist, [Eb] who never had [Bb] time for a [C] wife.
[F] I'm just talking with Davy, [Eb] who's still in [F] the Navy, [Eb] and probably [F]
will [Bb] be for life.
[Gm] [Eb] [F]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] And the [F] waitress is [Gm] practicing [Bb] politics, [Eb] and the [Bb] businessmen slowly [C] get stoned.
[F]
[Bb] Yes, they're sharing [F] a drink they [Gm] call movie [Bb]-ness, [Eb] but it's better [F] to drink [Bb] it alone, you [Gm] see.
[C] [Gm]
[Fm] [Bb]
[F] [Eb]
[C] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[F]
[Am] [Gm] [Bb] [Eb]
[F] [Bb]
Ah, it's a pretty [Am] good crowd [Gm] for Tokyo.
[Bb] [Eb] And it's my [Bb] turn, gives me a smile.
[F] [Bb] Cause he [Am] knows that it's me [Gm] they've been coming [Bb] to see, [Eb] to forget [F] about [Bb] life for a while.
[Eb] [Bb] And the piano [F] sounds [Gm] like a car, [Bb] [Eb] the [A] microphone smells [C] like a beer.
[F] [Bb] And they sit at [F] the bar, [Gm] and quit prepping [Bb] my jaw, [Eb] and say, man, [F] what are you [Bb] doing here?
[Gm] La la [C] la dee dee da, [Eb] [Gm]
[F] la [C] la dee dee da [F] dee da.
[Fm] [Bb] [F] [Bb]
[F]
[D]
[Gm] [N]
[F] [Bb]
[F] [Gm] [Bb] [Eb]
[F] [Bb]
[Eb] [Cm] [Bb]
[F] Thank you, Tokyo!
Thank you!
[N]
[Gm] [Cm] [Bb]
[Gm] [D]
[F] [Bb]
[Cm] [C] [D]
[G] [D] [C]
[Bb] [Eb] [Bb] [Cm]
[Gb]
[D] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [C] [F] [Bb]
[F] [Gm]
[Eb] [F] [Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] It's nine [F] o'clock [Gm] on a Saturday, [Bb] [Eb] the regular [Bb] crowd [C] shuffles in.
[F] [Bb] There's an old [Am] man [Eb] sitting next to [Bb] me, [Eb] making love [F] to his [Bb] tonic and gin.
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
[F] [Eb]
He says, son, [G] can you play me a memory?
[Bb] [Eb] I'm not really [Bb] sure how [C] it goes.
[F] [Bb] But it's [F] endlessly sweet, [Gm] and I knew it complete, [Eb] when I [F] wore a younger [Bb] man's clothes.
[Gm] La la [C] la dee dee [G] da, [Gm] [F] la [C] la dee dee da [F] dee da.
[Fm] [Bb]
[F] [Bb] [F] [Gm]
[Bb] [Eb] Sing us [Bb] a song [C] tonight.
[F] [Bb] [Am]
[Gm] [Bb] [C]
[Bb] [F]
[Gm] [Bb] [Eb] [F]
[Bb] Everybody out there.
[Eb]
[Gm] Now Johnny [F] the bar [Gm] is a friend of [Bb] mine.
[Eb] He gets [Bb] me my drinks [D] for free.
[F]
[Bb] And he's quick with [F] a joke, [Gm] or to light up [Bb] the smoke.
[F] But there's some place that [Bb] he'd rather be.
[Eb] [Bb] Says Bill, [F] I believe [Gm] this is killing [Bb] me.
[Eb] There's a [Bb] smile on the way [C] from his face.
[F] [Bb] Bill, I'm sure [F] that I could [Gm] be a movie [Bb] star.
[Eb] I [F] could get out [Bb] of this place.
[Gm] La la [C] la dee dee [Eb] da, [Gm] la [D] la dee dee da [F] dee da.
[Fm]
[Dm] [F] [Bb] Now Paul is a real estate novelist, [Eb] who never had [Bb] time for a [C] wife.
[F] I'm just talking with Davy, [Eb] who's still in [F] the Navy, [Eb] and probably [F]
will [Bb] be for life.
[Gm] [Eb] [F]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] And the [F] waitress is [Gm] practicing [Bb] politics, [Eb] and the [Bb] businessmen slowly [C] get stoned.
[F]
[Bb] Yes, they're sharing [F] a drink they [Gm] call movie [Bb]-ness, [Eb] but it's better [F] to drink [Bb] it alone, you [Gm] see.
[C] [Gm]
[Fm] [Bb]
[F] [Eb]
[C] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[F]
[Am] [Gm] [Bb] [Eb]
[F] [Bb]
Ah, it's a pretty [Am] good crowd [Gm] for Tokyo.
[Bb] [Eb] And it's my [Bb] turn, gives me a smile.
[F] [Bb] Cause he [Am] knows that it's me [Gm] they've been coming [Bb] to see, [Eb] to forget [F] about [Bb] life for a while.
[Eb] [Bb] And the piano [F] sounds [Gm] like a car, [Bb] [Eb] the [A] microphone smells [C] like a beer.
[F] [Bb] And they sit at [F] the bar, [Gm] and quit prepping [Bb] my jaw, [Eb] and say, man, [F] what are you [Bb] doing here?
[Gm] La la [C] la dee dee da, [Eb] [Gm]
[F] la [C] la dee dee da [F] dee da.
[Fm] [Bb] [F] [Bb]
[F]
[D]
[Gm] [N]
[F] [Bb]
[F] [Gm] [Bb] [Eb]
[F] [Bb]
[Eb] [Cm] [Bb]
[F] Thank you, Tokyo!
Thank you!
[N]
Key:
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[Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ It's nine [F] o'clock [Gm] on a Saturday, [Bb] _ _ [Eb] the regular [Bb] crowd [C] shuffles in.
[F] _ [Bb] There's an old [Am] man [Eb] sitting next to [Bb] me, [Eb] making love [F] to his [Bb] tonic and gin. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ He says, son, [G] can you play me a memory?
[Bb] _ [Eb] I'm not really [Bb] sure how [C] it goes.
[F] _ [Bb] But it's [F] endlessly sweet, [Gm] and I knew it complete, [Eb] when I [F] wore a younger [Bb] man's clothes.
_ [Gm] La la [C] la dee dee [G] da, _ [Gm] _ _ [F] la [C] la dee dee da [F] dee da.
[Fm] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ [Gm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] Sing us [Bb] a song [C] tonight.
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ Everybody out there.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] Now Johnny [F] the bar [Gm] is a friend of [Bb] mine.
[Eb] He gets [Bb] me my drinks [D] for free.
[F] _
[Bb] And he's quick with [F] a joke, [Gm] or to light up [Bb] the smoke.
[F] But there's some place that [Bb] he'd rather be. _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] Says Bill, [F] I believe [Gm] this is killing [Bb] me.
[Eb] There's a [Bb] smile on the way [C] from his face.
[F] _ [Bb] Bill, I'm sure [F] that I could [Gm] be a movie [Bb] star.
_ [Eb] I [F] could get out [Bb] of this place.
_ _ [Gm] La la [C] la dee dee [Eb] da, _ [Gm] _ _ la [D] la dee dee da _ [F] dee da.
[Fm] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] Now Paul is a real estate novelist, _ [Eb] who never had [Bb] time for a [C] wife.
_ [F] _ I'm just talking with Davy, [Eb] who's still in [F] the Navy, [Eb] and probably [F]
will [Bb] be for life. _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] And the [F] waitress is [Gm] practicing [Bb] politics, [Eb] and the [Bb] businessmen slowly [C] get stoned.
[F] _
[Bb] Yes, they're sharing [F] a drink they [Gm] call movie [Bb]-ness, [Eb] but it's better [F] to drink [Bb] it alone, you [Gm] see. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
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[Fm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Ah, it's a pretty [Am] good crowd [Gm] for Tokyo.
[Bb] _ [Eb] And it's my [Bb] turn, gives me a smile.
[F] _ [Bb] Cause he [Am] knows that it's me [Gm] they've been coming [Bb] to see, [Eb] to forget [F] about [Bb] life for a while.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] And the piano [F] sounds [Gm] like a car, [Bb] _ _ [Eb] the [A] microphone smells [C] like a beer.
[F] _ [Bb] And they sit at [F] the bar, [Gm] and quit prepping [Bb] my jaw, [Eb] and say, man, [F] what are you [Bb] doing here?
_ _ [Gm] La la [C] la dee dee da, [Eb] _ _ [Gm] _
[F] la [C] la dee dee da [F] dee da.
[Fm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
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_ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] Thank you, Tokyo! _ _ _ _
_ Thank you!
_ _ _ [N] _ _
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[Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
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_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ It's nine [F] o'clock [Gm] on a Saturday, [Bb] _ _ [Eb] the regular [Bb] crowd [C] shuffles in.
[F] _ [Bb] There's an old [Am] man [Eb] sitting next to [Bb] me, [Eb] making love [F] to his [Bb] tonic and gin. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ He says, son, [G] can you play me a memory?
[Bb] _ [Eb] I'm not really [Bb] sure how [C] it goes.
[F] _ [Bb] But it's [F] endlessly sweet, [Gm] and I knew it complete, [Eb] when I [F] wore a younger [Bb] man's clothes.
_ [Gm] La la [C] la dee dee [G] da, _ [Gm] _ _ [F] la [C] la dee dee da [F] dee da.
[Fm] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ [Gm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] Sing us [Bb] a song [C] tonight.
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ Everybody out there.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] Now Johnny [F] the bar [Gm] is a friend of [Bb] mine.
[Eb] He gets [Bb] me my drinks [D] for free.
[F] _
[Bb] And he's quick with [F] a joke, [Gm] or to light up [Bb] the smoke.
[F] But there's some place that [Bb] he'd rather be. _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] Says Bill, [F] I believe [Gm] this is killing [Bb] me.
[Eb] There's a [Bb] smile on the way [C] from his face.
[F] _ [Bb] Bill, I'm sure [F] that I could [Gm] be a movie [Bb] star.
_ [Eb] I [F] could get out [Bb] of this place.
_ _ [Gm] La la [C] la dee dee [Eb] da, _ [Gm] _ _ la [D] la dee dee da _ [F] dee da.
[Fm] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] Now Paul is a real estate novelist, _ [Eb] who never had [Bb] time for a [C] wife.
_ [F] _ I'm just talking with Davy, [Eb] who's still in [F] the Navy, [Eb] and probably [F]
will [Bb] be for life. _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] And the [F] waitress is [Gm] practicing [Bb] politics, [Eb] and the [Bb] businessmen slowly [C] get stoned.
[F] _
[Bb] Yes, they're sharing [F] a drink they [Gm] call movie [Bb]-ness, [Eb] but it's better [F] to drink [Bb] it alone, you [Gm] see. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Ah, it's a pretty [Am] good crowd [Gm] for Tokyo.
[Bb] _ [Eb] And it's my [Bb] turn, gives me a smile.
[F] _ [Bb] Cause he [Am] knows that it's me [Gm] they've been coming [Bb] to see, [Eb] to forget [F] about [Bb] life for a while.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] And the piano [F] sounds [Gm] like a car, [Bb] _ _ [Eb] the [A] microphone smells [C] like a beer.
[F] _ [Bb] And they sit at [F] the bar, [Gm] and quit prepping [Bb] my jaw, [Eb] and say, man, [F] what are you [Bb] doing here?
_ _ [Gm] La la [C] la dee dee da, [Eb] _ _ [Gm] _
[F] la [C] la dee dee da [F] dee da.
[Fm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
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_ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] Thank you, Tokyo! _ _ _ _
_ Thank you!
_ _ _ [N] _ _