Piano Man Lyrics Chords
Tempo:
189.65 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
D
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Dm]
[A#] [G]
[C] [G]
[F] [G] [C] [F]
[C] [D]
[G] [C] [G]
[F] [G] [C]
[F] [G] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C] [F]
[C] It's nine [G] o'clock [F] on a Saturday
[G] [C] [F]
Regular [C] crowd [D] shuffles [G] in
[C] There's an old [G]
man
[A] Sitting next to [G] me
[C]
[F] Making love [G] to his tonic [C] and gin
[G] [F]
[C] [F] [G]
[C]
[F] He [C] says son, [G] can you play me [F] a memory?
[C] [F] I'm not really [C] sure [D] how it [G] goes
But [C] it's sad and [G] it's sweet and [F] I knew it [C] complete
[F] When I [Dm] wore a young [C] man's clothes
[Am] [G]
[D] [F] [G] [Am]
[G] [D]
[G] Sing
[C] [G]
[C] us [G] a song [A] you're the piano [G] man
[F] Sing us [C] a song [D] tonight
[G]
[C] Well, we're all in [G] the mood for [A] a melody [C] [F] and you got [G] us feeling [C] all right
[G]
[F] [C]
[F] [G] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C] [F]
[C] [F]
Now [C] John at the [G] bar [F] is a friend of [G] mine
[C] [F] He gets me [C] my drinks [D] for free
[G] [C] And he's quick with a [G] joke or [A] to light up your [G] smoke, but [F] there's some place that he'd rather [C]
be
[F]
He says [C] bill.
I [G] believe this is [Am] killing me [G] as [F] a smile [Em] ran [C] away from [D] his [G] face
Well, [C] I'm sure [G] I could be [A] a movie [C] star
[F] If I could [G] get out of [C] this place [A] Oh
[G] [D] [F]
[Am] [G]
[D] Now [G]
[C]
[G] [C] Paul [G] is a real [A] estate [F] [G] novelist
[F] Who never had [C] time [D] for a wife?
[G] [C] And he's talking with [G] David [F] who's still in the [C] Navy [F] and [G] probably will be [C] alive
Patrice
[B] [F]
[G] [C] [F] [G]
[C]
[F] [C]
[G] is [F] practicing [G] politics as the [F] businessmen [C]
slowly get [D] stoned
[G] Yes, [C] they're sharing [G] a drink they [Am] call [C] loneliness, but [F] it's better [G] than drinking [C] alone
[A] [G] [D]
[F] [Am]
[D] [F]
[Am]
[D] Sing [G]
[C]
[G] [C] us a [B]
song you're [A] the piano [G] [C] man
[F] Sing us [C] a song [D]
tonight
[G] [C] Well, we're all in [G] the mood [A] for a melody
[C]
[F] And you got [Dm] us feeling [C]
all right
It's
[G] [F] [G]
[C] [F] [Dm]
[C] [F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C] [F]
[C] a pretty good [B] [G] crowd for [A] a Saturday
[G] [C] [F] And the manager [C] gives me a [D]
smile
[G] Cuz [C] he knows that [G] it's me.
[A] They've been coming to [G] [C] see [F] to forget [G] about life [C] for a while
[G]
[Am] [G] [F] And the microphone [Em] smells [D] like a beer
[G] And [C] they sit at the [G]
bar and [F] put bread in [C] my jar [F] and say man.
What are [G] you doing [C]
here?
[A]
[G] [F#m] [D] [F]
[A] [G]
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] Oh
Sing us [G] a
[Am] [G] [F]
[C] [D] song tonight
[G] Well, [C] we're all [B]
[A] [F] in the [G] mood [C]
for a melody
[F] And you got us [G] feeling [C] all right
[G] [F] [G]
[C] [F] [G]
[C] [F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C] [F]
[C] [Dm] [C]
[A#] [G]
[C] [G]
[F] [G] [C] [F]
[C] [D]
[G] [C] [G]
[F] [G] [C]
[F] [G] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C] [F]
[C] It's nine [G] o'clock [F] on a Saturday
[G] [C] [F]
Regular [C] crowd [D] shuffles [G] in
[C] There's an old [G]
man
[A] Sitting next to [G] me
[C]
[F] Making love [G] to his tonic [C] and gin
[G] [F]
[C] [F] [G]
[C]
[F] He [C] says son, [G] can you play me [F] a memory?
[C] [F] I'm not really [C] sure [D] how it [G] goes
But [C] it's sad and [G] it's sweet and [F] I knew it [C] complete
[F] When I [Dm] wore a young [C] man's clothes
[Am] [G]
[D] [F] [G] [Am]
[G] [D]
[G] Sing
[C] [G]
[C] us [G] a song [A] you're the piano [G] man
[F] Sing us [C] a song [D] tonight
[G]
[C] Well, we're all in [G] the mood for [A] a melody [C] [F] and you got [G] us feeling [C] all right
[G]
[F] [C]
[F] [G] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C] [F]
[C] [F]
Now [C] John at the [G] bar [F] is a friend of [G] mine
[C] [F] He gets me [C] my drinks [D] for free
[G] [C] And he's quick with a [G] joke or [A] to light up your [G] smoke, but [F] there's some place that he'd rather [C]
be
[F]
He says [C] bill.
I [G] believe this is [Am] killing me [G] as [F] a smile [Em] ran [C] away from [D] his [G] face
Well, [C] I'm sure [G] I could be [A] a movie [C] star
[F] If I could [G] get out of [C] this place [A] Oh
[G] [D] [F]
[Am] [G]
[D] Now [G]
[C]
[G] [C] Paul [G] is a real [A] estate [F] [G] novelist
[F] Who never had [C] time [D] for a wife?
[G] [C] And he's talking with [G] David [F] who's still in the [C] Navy [F] and [G] probably will be [C] alive
Patrice
[B] [F]
[G] [C] [F] [G]
[C]
[F] [C]
[G] is [F] practicing [G] politics as the [F] businessmen [C]
slowly get [D] stoned
[G] Yes, [C] they're sharing [G] a drink they [Am] call [C] loneliness, but [F] it's better [G] than drinking [C] alone
[A] [G] [D]
[F] [Am]
[D] [F]
[Am]
[D] Sing [G]
[C]
[G] [C] us a [B]
song you're [A] the piano [G] [C] man
[F] Sing us [C] a song [D]
tonight
[G] [C] Well, we're all in [G] the mood [A] for a melody
[C]
[F] And you got [Dm] us feeling [C]
all right
It's
[G] [F] [G]
[C] [F] [Dm]
[C] [F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C] [F]
[C] a pretty good [B] [G] crowd for [A] a Saturday
[G] [C] [F] And the manager [C] gives me a [D]
smile
[G] Cuz [C] he knows that [G] it's me.
[A] They've been coming to [G] [C] see [F] to forget [G] about life [C] for a while
[G]
[Am] [G] [F] And the microphone [Em] smells [D] like a beer
[G] And [C] they sit at the [G]
bar and [F] put bread in [C] my jar [F] and say man.
What are [G] you doing [C]
here?
[A]
[G] [F#m] [D] [F]
[A] [G]
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] Oh
Sing us [G] a
[Am] [G] [F]
[C] [D] song tonight
[G] Well, [C] we're all [B]
[A] [F] in the [G] mood [C]
for a melody
[F] And you got us [G] feeling [C] all right
[G] [F] [G]
[C] [F] [G]
[C] [F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C] [F]
[C] [Dm] [C]
Key:
C
G
F
D
A
C
G
F
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] It's nine [G] o'clock [F] on a Saturday
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
Regular [C] _ crowd [D] shuffles [G] in
_ _ [C] There's an old _ [G] _
man
[A] Sitting next to [G] me
[C] _
[F] Making love [G] to his tonic [C] and _ _ gin _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ He [C] says son, [G] can you play me [F] a memory? _
[C] _ _ [F] I'm not really [C] sure [D] how it _ [G] goes
But [C] it's sad and [G] it's sweet and [F] I knew it [C] complete
_ [F] When I [Dm] wore a young [C] man's _ clothes
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ Sing _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ us [G] a song [A] you're the piano _ [G] man
_ _ [F] Sing us [C] a song [D] tonight
_ [G] _
_ [C] Well, we're all in [G] the mood for [A] a melody _ [C] _ _ [F] and you got [G] us feeling [C] all right
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
Now [C] John at the [G] bar [F] is a friend of [G] mine
[C] _ _ [F] He gets me [C] my drinks [D] for free _ _
[G] _ [C] And he's quick with a [G] joke or [A] to light up your [G] smoke, but [F] there's some place that he'd rather [C] _ _
be
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
He says [C] bill.
I [G] believe this is [Am] killing me [G] _ as [F] a smile [Em] ran [C] away from [D] his _ [G] face
Well, [C] I'm sure [G] I could be [A] a movie _ [C] star _
[F] If I could [G] get out of [C] this _ place _ _ [A] Oh _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] Now _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ Paul [G] is a real [A] estate _ [F] [G] novelist _ _
[F] Who never had [C] time [D] for a wife?
_ [G] _ _ [C] And he's talking with [G] David _ [F] who's still in the [C] Navy _ [F] and _ [G] probably will be [C] _ alive
_ Patrice _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] is _ [F] practicing _ [G] politics _ as the [F] _ businessmen [C]
slowly get [D] _ stoned
[G] _ Yes, [C] they're sharing [G] a drink they [Am] call [C] loneliness, _ but [F] it's better [G] than drinking [C] _ _ alone _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ Sing _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ us a [B] _
song you're [A] the piano _ [G] [C] man _
[F] Sing us [C] a song [D] _
tonight
[G] _ _ [C] Well, we're all in [G] the mood [A] for a melody
[C] _ _
[F] And you got [Dm] us feeling [C]
all right
_ _ _ It's _
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ a pretty good [B] [G] crowd for [A] a Saturday
_ [G] _ [C] _ [F] And the manager [C] gives me a [D] _
smile
[G] _ Cuz [C] he knows that [G] it's me.
[A] They've been coming to [G] [C] see [F] to forget [G] about life [C] for a _ _ _ _ while _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] And the microphone [Em] _ _ smells [D] like a beer
[G] _ And [C] they sit at the [G]
bar and [F] put bread in [C] my jar [F] and say man.
What are [G] you doing [C] _
here?
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F#m] _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] Oh
Sing us [G] a _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] song tonight _
_ [G] Well, [C] we're all _ _ [B] _
_ _ [A] _ [F] in the [G] mood [C]
for a melody
[F] And you got us [G] feeling [C] all _ right _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] It's nine [G] o'clock [F] on a Saturday
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
Regular [C] _ crowd [D] shuffles [G] in
_ _ [C] There's an old _ [G] _
man
[A] Sitting next to [G] me
[C] _
[F] Making love [G] to his tonic [C] and _ _ gin _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ He [C] says son, [G] can you play me [F] a memory? _
[C] _ _ [F] I'm not really [C] sure [D] how it _ [G] goes
But [C] it's sad and [G] it's sweet and [F] I knew it [C] complete
_ [F] When I [Dm] wore a young [C] man's _ clothes
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ Sing _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ us [G] a song [A] you're the piano _ [G] man
_ _ [F] Sing us [C] a song [D] tonight
_ [G] _
_ [C] Well, we're all in [G] the mood for [A] a melody _ [C] _ _ [F] and you got [G] us feeling [C] all right
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
Now [C] John at the [G] bar [F] is a friend of [G] mine
[C] _ _ [F] He gets me [C] my drinks [D] for free _ _
[G] _ [C] And he's quick with a [G] joke or [A] to light up your [G] smoke, but [F] there's some place that he'd rather [C] _ _
be
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
He says [C] bill.
I [G] believe this is [Am] killing me [G] _ as [F] a smile [Em] ran [C] away from [D] his _ [G] face
Well, [C] I'm sure [G] I could be [A] a movie _ [C] star _
[F] If I could [G] get out of [C] this _ place _ _ [A] Oh _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] Now _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ Paul [G] is a real [A] estate _ [F] [G] novelist _ _
[F] Who never had [C] time [D] for a wife?
_ [G] _ _ [C] And he's talking with [G] David _ [F] who's still in the [C] Navy _ [F] and _ [G] probably will be [C] _ alive
_ Patrice _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] is _ [F] practicing _ [G] politics _ as the [F] _ businessmen [C]
slowly get [D] _ stoned
[G] _ Yes, [C] they're sharing [G] a drink they [Am] call [C] loneliness, _ but [F] it's better [G] than drinking [C] _ _ alone _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ Sing _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ us a [B] _
song you're [A] the piano _ [G] [C] man _
[F] Sing us [C] a song [D] _
tonight
[G] _ _ [C] Well, we're all in [G] the mood [A] for a melody
[C] _ _
[F] And you got [Dm] us feeling [C]
all right
_ _ _ It's _
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ a pretty good [B] [G] crowd for [A] a Saturday
_ [G] _ [C] _ [F] And the manager [C] gives me a [D] _
smile
[G] _ Cuz [C] he knows that [G] it's me.
[A] They've been coming to [G] [C] see [F] to forget [G] about life [C] for a _ _ _ _ while _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] And the microphone [Em] _ _ smells [D] like a beer
[G] _ And [C] they sit at the [G]
bar and [F] put bread in [C] my jar [F] and say man.
What are [G] you doing [C] _
here?
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F#m] _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] Oh
Sing us [G] a _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] song tonight _
_ [G] Well, [C] we're all _ _ [B] _
_ _ [A] _ [F] in the [G] mood [C]
for a melody
[F] And you got us [G] feeling [C] all _ right _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _