VERSION: Edited
Getting Started - by TuneTitan
To learn Billy Joel - Piano Man chords with lyrics, - Album Versionyour first step should be understanding these chords: F, C, F, G, F, G, C, G. Begin your practice at a relaxed 94 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 189. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: C.
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C It's nine
G o'clock
F on a Saturday,
G _
C _ _
F _ .
_
C the regular crowd
D shuffles in.
G _ _
C There's an old _ .
G man
A sitting next to
G me,
C _ .
making
F love to
G his tonic
C and gin.
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G _ _ _
F _ _ _ .
C _ _ _
F _ _ _
G _ _ .
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C _ _ _ _ _ _ .
F _ _ _ _ _
C He says, son, can you
G play me
F a memory?.
C _ _
F I'm not
C really sure _
D how it _
G goes, _
C but it's sad and
G it's sweet, and
F I knew it _
C complete.
_
F when I wore
Dm a young
C man's _ _ clothes.
_
Am La
G la la la
D la _ _
F _ _
G _
Am.
la,
G la la
D la la _ _ _ la
G la.
_ _ .
_ _
C _ _ _ _
G _ _ .
_
C Sing us
B a song,
A you're the piano
G man.
_ _
F Sing us
C a song
D tonight.
_
G _ .
_
C Well we're all in the
G mood
A for a melody.
C _ _ _
F.
And you got
G us feeling _
C alright.
_ _ _ _ Now _ _ .
G _ _
F _ _ _
C _ _ _ .
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C _ .
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C _ _ .
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F _ _ .
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C _ John at
G the bar is a
F friend of
G mine.
_
C _
F He gets me
C my drinks
D for free _ .
G _ And
C he's quick with a
G joke or
A to light up your
G smoke.
F But there's some place that he'd rather
C be.
_ _ _ _
F _ _ _ _ .
He says,
C Bill I
G believe this
Am is killing
C me.
_
F As a smile ran
C away from
D his _
G face.
Well
C I'm sure that
G I could be
A a movie _
C star _ .
F If I could
G get out of
C this _ place.
_ Oh
A la
G la la _
D _ _ _
F _ .
_ _ _
Am _ la _ la la
D la la la la.
_ _ _
G _ .
_ _ _ _ _
C _ _ _ .
_
G _ Now
C _ Paul
G is a real
A estate _
G novelist _ _ .
F Who never had
C time
D for a wife.
_
G _
C And he's talking with
G Davy,
F who's still in the
G.
C Navy.
And
F _ probably
G will be
C polite.
_ The _ _ .
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C _ _
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_
F _ _ _ _ _ _
C _ .
waitress
G is practicing
F _ _ .
G politics.
_ As
F the businessmen
C.
slowly get
D _ stoned.
G _ Yes
C they're sharing a
G drink they
F call loneliness.
C _ But
F it's better
G than drinking
C _ _ alone _ .
_
A _ _ _ _
G Sing _ .
D _ _ _
F _ _ _ _
Am _ .
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D _ _ _
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Am _ _ _ _ _ .
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D _ _ _ _ _ _
G _ .
_ _ _ _ _
C _ _ _ .
G _ _ _ _
C _ us a
B _ .
song,
A you're the piano _
C man _ .
F Sing us
C a song _
D.
tonight.
G _ _ Well
C we're all in
G the mood
A for a melody.
C _ _ .
_
F And you got us
Dm feeling
C _ .
alright.
_ _ _ _ It's _
G _ _ _
Am _ _ _
G _ .
C _ _ _
F _ _ _
G _ _ .
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C _ _ _
F _ _ _
C _ .
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_
F _ _ _
C _ _ _
F _ .
C _ _ a pretty good
B crowd
G _ .
A for a Saturday.
G _
C _
F And the manager
C _ gives me a
D _ .
smile.
G _ Cause
C he knows that
G it's me
A they've been coming to
G C see.
F To forget about
G life
C for a _ while.
And _
F _ _ _ .
_ _
C the piano _
G sounds
F like a
G carnival.
_ And the
F _ microphone
Em smells
D like a beer.
G _ And
C they sit at the
G bar and
F put bread in my
C jar.
And say
F _ man what are
Dm you doing
C _ .
here.
_ _
A Oh la
G la _
F#m la la la
D _ _
F la _ _
A _ _ _
G _ la
D la la la.
_ _ _ Sing
G _ _ .
_ _ _ _
C _ _ _
G _ .
_ _ _
C _ us
G a song,
Am you're the piano _
C _ man.
F Sing us a
Em _
C D song _ tonight.
G _ Well
C we're all
G _ .
in the mood
F for a melody.
G _ _
C _ .
F And you got
G us feeling
C alright.
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