Chords for Billy Joel - Summer, Highland Falls (Audio)

Tempo:
92.1 bpm
Chords used:

Bb

F

C

Gm

Am

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Billy Joel - Summer, Highland Falls (Audio) chords
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[F] [Bb]
[C] [Bb]
[F] [Gm] [Bb]
[C] [Bb] They [F] say that these are not the best [Gm] of times, they're the [Bb] only times I've [F] ever known
[Gm] [Bb] That [F] I believe there is a time [Bb] for meditation in cathedrals [C] of our own
[Dm] Now I have seen that sad [Bb] surrender in my lover's eyes
I [G] can only stand apart [C] and sympathize
[Bb] For we are always what our [Gm] situations hand us
[F] It's either sadness [Bb] or euphoria
[F]
[Bb] [Am]
[C] [Bb] [F] So we'll argue and we'll compromise [Bb] and realize that nothing's [F] ever
[Am] changed
[Bb] For [F] all our mutual experience, [Gm] our separate [Bb] conclusions are [C] the same
Now we [Dm] are forced to [C] recognize our [Bb] inhumanity
[G] Our reason coexists with [C] our insanity
[Bb] And though we choose between reality and [Gm] madness, it's [C] either sadness [Bb] or euphoria
[F]
[Bb] [Am]
[C] [Bb] [F]
[Am] [Gm] [Bb] [C]
[Dm] How thoughtlessly [C] we dissipate [Bb] our energies
[G] Perhaps we don't fulfill each [C] other's fantasies
Then as [Bb] we stand upon [F] the ledges of [Gm] our lives with [C] our respective [Bb] similarities
[F] It's either sadness or euphoria
[Bb] [F]
Oh
[Bb] [F] [Gm] [Bb] [Am]
[C] [Bb] [F]
[Am] [Gm] [Bb] [Am]
[C] [Bb] [F]
[Am] [Gm] [Bb] [Am]
[C]
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Bb
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F
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C
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Gm
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Am
2311
Bb
12341111
F
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C
3211
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To learn Billy Joel - Summer, Highland Falls chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - Gm, Bb, F, C, Bb, F, Bb and Am of chords. A good strategy is to initiate at 46 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 92 BPM. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: Bb Major.

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[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ They [F] say that these are not the best [Gm] of times, they're the [Bb] only times I've [F] ever known
_ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] That [F] I believe there is a time [Bb] for meditation in cathedrals [C] of our own
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Now I have seen that sad [Bb] surrender in my lover's eyes
I [G] can only stand apart [C] and sympathize
[Bb] For we are always what our [Gm] situations hand us
[F] It's either sadness [Bb] or euphoria
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] So we'll argue and we'll compromise [Bb] and realize that nothing's [F] ever _
[Am] changed
[Bb] _ _ For [F] all our mutual experience, [Gm] our separate [Bb] conclusions are [C] the same
_ _ _ _ Now we [Dm] are forced to [C] recognize our [Bb] inhumanity
_ [G] Our reason coexists with [C] our insanity
_ [Bb] And though we choose between reality and [Gm] madness, it's [C] either sadness [Bb] or euphoria
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Am] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] How thoughtlessly [C] we dissipate [Bb] our energies
_ [G] Perhaps we don't fulfill each [C] other's fantasies
Then as [Bb] we stand upon [F] the ledges of [Gm] our lives with [C] our respective [Bb] similarities
_ _ _ [F] It's either sadness or euphoria
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
Oh
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Am] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Am] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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