Chords for Billy Joel "Pianoman" Original Video
Tempo:
197 bpm
Chords used:
C#
F#
G#
A#m
D#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[N] [D#m]
[G#]
[C#]
[A#m] [G#] [F#]
[D#]
[G#] [C#]
[Cm] [A#m]
[C#] [F#] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
It's nine o [G#]'clock [F#] on a Saturday, [C#]
[F#] the [Fm] regular crowd [D#] shuffles in.
[G#] [C#] There's an old [Fm] man sitting [A#m] next to me, [C#] [F#] making love to his tonic [C#] and gin.
He
[Cm] [A#m]
[C#] [F#] [C#]
[F#] [C#] says, son, [G#] can you play me [F#] a memory?
[C#] [F#] I'm not really [Fm] sure how it [D#] goes.
[G#]
But [C#] it's sad and [Fm] sweet and [A#m] I knew it [C#] complete [F#] when I wore a young [C#] man's clothes.
[A#m] La la la, [D#] dee dee dum, [F#]
[A#m] da da, [Cm] dee dee dum, [G#] da dum.
[C#] [G#]
[C#] Sing us a [G#] song, [A#m] you're the piano man.
[C#] [F#]
Sing us [C#] a song [D#] tonight.
[G#] [C#] Well, we're all in the [F#] mood for a melody.
[C#]
[F#] And you've got us feeling [C#] all right.
[G#] [A#m]
[C#] [F#] [G#]
[C#] [F#]
[C#] [F#] [C#]
[F#] [C#] [F#]
[C#] Now John at the [G#] bar is [A#m] a friend of mine.
[C#] [F#] He gets me my [C#] drinks for [D#] free.
[G#] And [C#] he's quick with a joke, [Fm] ought [A#m] to light up your [C#] smoke.
But [F#] there's some place that [C#] he'd rather be.
[F#]
[C#] He says, Bill, I [Cm]
believe this is [A#m] chilling me, [C#] as [F#] the smile [C#] ran away from his [D#]
face.
[G#] But [C#] I'm sure that [G#] I could [A#m] be a movie star, [C#] [F#] if I could get out of [C#] this place.
La [A#m]
la la, [D#] dee dee dum, [F#] [A#m] da da, dee [Cm] dee dum.
[G#] [Fm]
[G#] [C#] Now Paul is a [G#] real [A#m] estate novelist,
[C#] who [F#] never had [D#] time for a wife.
[G#] And [C#] he's talking with [G#] David, [A#m] who's still in the [F#] Navy and probably will be [C#] for life.
[G#] [A#m]
[C#] [F#]
[C#]
[F#]
[C#] Chris [G#] is practicing [A#m]
politics, [C#] as [F#] the businessman [G#] slowly gets stoned.
Yes, [C#] they're sharing a [G#] drink they [A#m] call loneliness.
[C#] But [F#] it's better than [C#] drinking alone.
[A#m]
[D#] [F#] [A#m]
[D#]
[F#] [A#m]
[D#]
[G#] [C#]
[G#] [C#] Sing us a [G#] song, you're [F#] the piano [C#] man.
[F#] Sing us [C#] a song [D#]
tonight.
[G#] [C#] Well, we're all in the [G#] mood [F#] for a melody.
[C#] [F#] And you've got us feeling [C#] all right.
[Cm] [A#m]
[C#] [F#]
[C#] [F#]
[C#]
It's a pretty good crowd [G#] for [A#m] a Saturday.
[C#]
[F#] And the manager [D#] gives me a smile.
[G#] Cause [C#] he knows that it's [G#] me they've [A#] been coming to [C#] see.
[F#] To forget about life for [C#] a while.
[Cm] [A#] Carnival, [C#]
and the [F#] microphone [Fm] smells [D#] like a beer.
[G#] And [C#] they sit at the [G#] bar and [A#m] put bread in my [C#] jar.
And [F#] say, man, what are you [C#] doing here?
[A#m] La la la, [D#] dee dee dum, [F#] [A#m] da da, [Cm] dee dee [D#] dum.
[G#]
[C#]
[G#] [C#] Sing us a [Cm] song, [A#m] you're the piano [C#] man.
[F#] Sing us a [C#] song [D#]
tonight.
[G#] Well, [C#] we're all in the [G#] mood [F#] for a melody.
[C#] [F#] And you've got us feeling [C#] all right.
[Cm] [A#m]
[C#] [F#] [G#]
[C#] [F#]
[C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#]
[G#]
[C#]
[A#m] [G#] [F#]
[D#]
[G#] [C#]
[Cm] [A#m]
[C#] [F#] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
It's nine o [G#]'clock [F#] on a Saturday, [C#]
[F#] the [Fm] regular crowd [D#] shuffles in.
[G#] [C#] There's an old [Fm] man sitting [A#m] next to me, [C#] [F#] making love to his tonic [C#] and gin.
He
[Cm] [A#m]
[C#] [F#] [C#]
[F#] [C#] says, son, [G#] can you play me [F#] a memory?
[C#] [F#] I'm not really [Fm] sure how it [D#] goes.
[G#]
But [C#] it's sad and [Fm] sweet and [A#m] I knew it [C#] complete [F#] when I wore a young [C#] man's clothes.
[A#m] La la la, [D#] dee dee dum, [F#]
[A#m] da da, [Cm] dee dee dum, [G#] da dum.
[C#] [G#]
[C#] Sing us a [G#] song, [A#m] you're the piano man.
[C#] [F#]
Sing us [C#] a song [D#] tonight.
[G#] [C#] Well, we're all in the [F#] mood for a melody.
[C#]
[F#] And you've got us feeling [C#] all right.
[G#] [A#m]
[C#] [F#] [G#]
[C#] [F#]
[C#] [F#] [C#]
[F#] [C#] [F#]
[C#] Now John at the [G#] bar is [A#m] a friend of mine.
[C#] [F#] He gets me my [C#] drinks for [D#] free.
[G#] And [C#] he's quick with a joke, [Fm] ought [A#m] to light up your [C#] smoke.
But [F#] there's some place that [C#] he'd rather be.
[F#]
[C#] He says, Bill, I [Cm]
believe this is [A#m] chilling me, [C#] as [F#] the smile [C#] ran away from his [D#]
face.
[G#] But [C#] I'm sure that [G#] I could [A#m] be a movie star, [C#] [F#] if I could get out of [C#] this place.
La [A#m]
la la, [D#] dee dee dum, [F#] [A#m] da da, dee [Cm] dee dum.
[G#] [Fm]
[G#] [C#] Now Paul is a [G#] real [A#m] estate novelist,
[C#] who [F#] never had [D#] time for a wife.
[G#] And [C#] he's talking with [G#] David, [A#m] who's still in the [F#] Navy and probably will be [C#] for life.
[G#] [A#m]
[C#] [F#]
[C#]
[F#]
[C#] Chris [G#] is practicing [A#m]
politics, [C#] as [F#] the businessman [G#] slowly gets stoned.
Yes, [C#] they're sharing a [G#] drink they [A#m] call loneliness.
[C#] But [F#] it's better than [C#] drinking alone.
[A#m]
[D#] [F#] [A#m]
[D#]
[F#] [A#m]
[D#]
[G#] [C#]
[G#] [C#] Sing us a [G#] song, you're [F#] the piano [C#] man.
[F#] Sing us [C#] a song [D#]
tonight.
[G#] [C#] Well, we're all in the [G#] mood [F#] for a melody.
[C#] [F#] And you've got us feeling [C#] all right.
[Cm] [A#m]
[C#] [F#]
[C#] [F#]
[C#]
It's a pretty good crowd [G#] for [A#m] a Saturday.
[C#]
[F#] And the manager [D#] gives me a smile.
[G#] Cause [C#] he knows that it's [G#] me they've [A#] been coming to [C#] see.
[F#] To forget about life for [C#] a while.
[Cm] [A#] Carnival, [C#]
and the [F#] microphone [Fm] smells [D#] like a beer.
[G#] And [C#] they sit at the [G#] bar and [A#m] put bread in my [C#] jar.
And [F#] say, man, what are you [C#] doing here?
[A#m] La la la, [D#] dee dee dum, [F#] [A#m] da da, [Cm] dee dee [D#] dum.
[G#]
[C#]
[G#] [C#] Sing us a [Cm] song, [A#m] you're the piano [C#] man.
[F#] Sing us a [C#] song [D#]
tonight.
[G#] Well, [C#] we're all in the [G#] mood [F#] for a melody.
[C#] [F#] And you've got us feeling [C#] all right.
[Cm] [A#m]
[C#] [F#] [G#]
[C#] [F#]
[C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#]
Key:
C#
F#
G#
A#m
D#
C#
F#
G#
[N] _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A#m] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ It's nine o [G#]'clock [F#] on a Saturday, _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ the [Fm] regular crowd [D#] shuffles in.
_ [G#] _ _ [C#] There's an old _ [Fm] man sitting [A#m] next to me, [C#] _ [F#] making love to his tonic [C#] and gin.
_ _ He _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [A#m] _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] says, son, [G#] can you play me [F#] a memory?
_ [C#] _ [F#] I'm not really [Fm] sure how it [D#] goes.
_ [G#] _
But [C#] it's sad and [Fm] sweet and [A#m] I knew it [C#] complete _ [F#] when I wore a young _ [C#] man's clothes.
_ _ _ [A#m] La la la, [D#] dee dee dum, [F#] _ _ _
[A#m] _ _ da da, _ [Cm] dee dee _ dum, [G#] da dum.
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ [C#] Sing us a [G#] song, [A#m] you're the piano _ man.
[C#] _ _ [F#]
Sing us [C#] a song [D#] tonight. _
[G#] _ _ [C#] Well, we're all in the [F#] mood for a melody.
_ _ [C#] _
[F#] And you've got us feeling _ [C#] all right. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [C#] Now John at the [G#] bar is [A#m] a friend of mine.
_ [C#] _ [F#] He gets me my [C#] drinks for [D#] free. _ _
[G#] And _ [C#] he's quick with a joke, [Fm] ought [A#m] to light up your [C#] smoke.
But [F#] there's some place that [C#] he'd rather _ be.
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [C#] He says, Bill, I [Cm]
believe this is [A#m] chilling me, [C#] as [F#] the smile [C#] ran away from his [D#]
face.
_ [G#] _ But [C#] I'm sure that [G#] I could [A#m] be a movie _ star, [C#] _ [F#] if I could get out of [C#] this place.
_ _ La [A#m] _
la la, _ _ [D#] dee dee dum, [F#] _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ da da, dee [Cm] dee _ _ dum. _
[G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ [C#] Now Paul is a [G#] real [A#m] estate _ novelist, _
[C#] who [F#] never had [D#] time for a wife.
_ [G#] _ _ And [C#] he's talking with [G#] David, [A#m] who's still in the [F#] Navy and _ probably will be [C#] for life. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [A#m] _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ Chris [G#] is practicing [A#m] _ _
politics, _ [C#] as [F#] the businessman [G#] slowly gets _ stoned. _
Yes, [C#] they're sharing a [G#] drink they [A#m] call loneliness.
[C#] _ But [F#] it's better than [C#] drinking _ alone. _
_ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [A#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] Sing us a [G#] song, you're [F#] the piano [C#] man. _
_ [F#] Sing us [C#] a song [D#]
tonight.
_ [G#] _ _ [C#] Well, we're all in the [G#] mood [F#] for a melody. _
[C#] _ _ [F#] And you've got us feeling [C#] all right. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [A#m] _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ It's a pretty good crowd [G#] for [A#m] a Saturday.
_ [C#] _
[F#] And the manager [D#] gives me a smile.
[G#] _ _ Cause [C#] he knows that it's [G#] me they've [A#] been coming to [C#] see.
[F#] To forget about life for [C#] a while. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [A#] _ _ Carnival, _ [C#]
and the [F#] microphone _ [Fm] smells [D#] like a beer.
[G#] _ And [C#] they sit at the [G#] bar and [A#m] put bread in my [C#] jar.
And [F#] say, man, what are you [C#] doing here?
_ _ [A#m] La _ la la, _ [D#] dee dee dum, [F#] _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ da da, [Cm] dee dee _ [D#] dum.
_ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [G#] _ [C#] Sing us a [Cm] song, [A#m] you're the piano _ [C#] man. _
[F#] Sing us a [C#] song _ [D#]
tonight.
_ [G#] _ Well, [C#] we're all in the [G#] mood [F#] for a melody. _
[C#] _ [F#] And you've got us feeling [C#] all right. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A#m] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ It's nine o [G#]'clock [F#] on a Saturday, _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ the [Fm] regular crowd [D#] shuffles in.
_ [G#] _ _ [C#] There's an old _ [Fm] man sitting [A#m] next to me, [C#] _ [F#] making love to his tonic [C#] and gin.
_ _ He _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [A#m] _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] says, son, [G#] can you play me [F#] a memory?
_ [C#] _ [F#] I'm not really [Fm] sure how it [D#] goes.
_ [G#] _
But [C#] it's sad and [Fm] sweet and [A#m] I knew it [C#] complete _ [F#] when I wore a young _ [C#] man's clothes.
_ _ _ [A#m] La la la, [D#] dee dee dum, [F#] _ _ _
[A#m] _ _ da da, _ [Cm] dee dee _ dum, [G#] da dum.
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ [C#] Sing us a [G#] song, [A#m] you're the piano _ man.
[C#] _ _ [F#]
Sing us [C#] a song [D#] tonight. _
[G#] _ _ [C#] Well, we're all in the [F#] mood for a melody.
_ _ [C#] _
[F#] And you've got us feeling _ [C#] all right. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [C#] Now John at the [G#] bar is [A#m] a friend of mine.
_ [C#] _ [F#] He gets me my [C#] drinks for [D#] free. _ _
[G#] And _ [C#] he's quick with a joke, [Fm] ought [A#m] to light up your [C#] smoke.
But [F#] there's some place that [C#] he'd rather _ be.
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [C#] He says, Bill, I [Cm]
believe this is [A#m] chilling me, [C#] as [F#] the smile [C#] ran away from his [D#]
face.
_ [G#] _ But [C#] I'm sure that [G#] I could [A#m] be a movie _ star, [C#] _ [F#] if I could get out of [C#] this place.
_ _ La [A#m] _
la la, _ _ [D#] dee dee dum, [F#] _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ da da, dee [Cm] dee _ _ dum. _
[G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ [C#] Now Paul is a [G#] real [A#m] estate _ novelist, _
[C#] who [F#] never had [D#] time for a wife.
_ [G#] _ _ And [C#] he's talking with [G#] David, [A#m] who's still in the [F#] Navy and _ probably will be [C#] for life. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [A#m] _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ Chris [G#] is practicing [A#m] _ _
politics, _ [C#] as [F#] the businessman [G#] slowly gets _ stoned. _
Yes, [C#] they're sharing a [G#] drink they [A#m] call loneliness.
[C#] _ But [F#] it's better than [C#] drinking _ alone. _
_ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [A#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] Sing us a [G#] song, you're [F#] the piano [C#] man. _
_ [F#] Sing us [C#] a song [D#]
tonight.
_ [G#] _ _ [C#] Well, we're all in the [G#] mood [F#] for a melody. _
[C#] _ _ [F#] And you've got us feeling [C#] all right. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [A#m] _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ It's a pretty good crowd [G#] for [A#m] a Saturday.
_ [C#] _
[F#] And the manager [D#] gives me a smile.
[G#] _ _ Cause [C#] he knows that it's [G#] me they've [A#] been coming to [C#] see.
[F#] To forget about life for [C#] a while. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [A#] _ _ Carnival, _ [C#]
and the [F#] microphone _ [Fm] smells [D#] like a beer.
[G#] _ And [C#] they sit at the [G#] bar and [A#m] put bread in my [C#] jar.
And [F#] say, man, what are you [C#] doing here?
_ _ [A#m] La _ la la, _ [D#] dee dee dum, [F#] _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ da da, [Cm] dee dee _ [D#] dum.
_ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [G#] _ [C#] Sing us a [Cm] song, [A#m] you're the piano _ [C#] man. _
[F#] Sing us a [C#] song _ [D#]
tonight.
_ [G#] _ Well, [C#] we're all in the [G#] mood [F#] for a melody. _
[C#] _ [F#] And you've got us feeling [C#] all right. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _