Chords for Tori Amos - Pianoman (Billy Joel cover) - HQ audio

_ _ _ Okay. _ _ _
_ _ That's my sign.
That means Tori's Piano Bar is open.
Martini glasses.
_ _ And I've had some requests.
So, um, I actually like them. _
_ Um, which [Ab] is not always true.
I don't always like them.
So I don't fucking do them.
_ _ [G] _ Alright.
[N] _
_ But sometimes they do fall on my face and I give it a go.
Because half these I've never done before.
I'm not gonna lie to you.
I've done these before.
So if I suck, then I'm stupid.
_ _ Okay.
But, um, I used to play this [Eb] when I was, I started, Jesus, playing in piano bars a long time ago.
Thirteen years old.
And my dad would sit there with me.
And this was one of his very favorites.
And somebody asked me to do this from Germany tonight.
So here you go.
_ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] It's nine [F] o'clock [Gm] on a Saturday.
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] The [Bb] regular crowd [C] shuffles [F] in.
[Bb] There's an [F] old [Gm] man sitting next [Bb] to me.
[Eb] Making love to his [Bb] Donnie Genji.
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F]
He says, [Bb] hon, [F] can you play [Gm] me a memory?
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] I'm [Bb] not really sure [C] how it [F] goes.
[Bb] But it's [F] sad and it's [Gm] sweet and I knew it [Bb] complete.
[Eb] When I wore a [Bb] young man's collo [Gm]-su.
_ Da [C] dee dee da.
_ _ [Am] _ [Gm] _ [F] Da [Em] dee [C] dee [Em] [F] da.
_ [Eb] _ _
[F] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] Sing [F] us a song, [Gm] you're the piano [Bb] man.
[Eb] Sing [Bb] us a [C] song tonight.
[F] _ [Bb] Cause we're [F] all in the [Gm] mood for a [Bb] melody.
_ [Eb] And you gotta [Bb] feel it all.
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [F] [Gm] Now John [F] and the boy, [Gm] he's a friend of [Bb] mine.
[Eb] He gets [Bb] me my [C] drinks for free.
[F] _ [Bb] And he's quick [F] with a [Gm] joke or to light [Bb] up your smoke.
[Eb] But there's some [Bb] place that he'd rather be.
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] He [Bb] says, [F] build on [Gm] believin' is killing [Bb] me.
[Eb] As I [Bb] smile, run away [C] from the space.
[F]
I'm [Bb] sure [F] I could [Gm] be a movie [Bb] star.
[Eb] If I could [Bb] get out of this place.
_ [Gm] _ Da _ [C] dee dee da. _
_ _ [Gm] _ [Dm] _ _ [C] Da dee dee da.
[F] Da _ [Eb] _ [Bb] dee dee da. _
[F] _ _ [Bb] Sing [F] us a song, [Gm] you're the piano [Bb] man.
[Eb] Sing [Bb] us a [C] song tonight.
[F] Cause [Bb] we're all [F] in the mood [Gm] for a melody.
[Bb] _ [Eb] And you [F] gotta feel [Bb] it all.
[Eb] Tonight.
_ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ [Bb] Paul _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [F] is a real [Gm] estate [Dm] novelist.
[Eb] Never [Bb] had a time [C] for Hawaii.
[F] And [Bb] he's talking [F] with [Gm] Davey, who's still [Bb] in the Navy.
[Eb] And [F] probably will be for [Bb] _ [Eb] life.
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] And the [F] waitress is [Gm] practicing politics.
[Bb] _ [Eb] As the [Bb] businessman slowly [C] gets down.
[F] Yes, [Bb] they're [F] sharing a drink.
[Gm] They call [Bb] loneliness.
[Eb] But it's better than _ drinking [Bb] alone.
_ _ _ [Gm] _
[Dm] Ay la [C] dee dee da.
He ya dee [E] da.
[Gm] _
He [Dm] ya dee da.
Da [Em] dee dee [C] da.
He ya [F] dee da.
_ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] Sing [F] us a [Gm] song, you're the [Bb] piano man.
[Eb] Sing [Bb] us a [C] song tonight.
[F] _ _
[Bb] We're all [F] in the mood [Gm] for a melody.
[Dm] _
[Eb] And you gotta [F] feel it [Bb] all.
[Eb] Tonight.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ It's a [Bb] pretty [F] good crowd [Gm] for a [Bb] Saturday.
[Eb] And the manager [Bb] gives me [C] a smile.
[F] _ _
[Bb] Cause he knows [F] that it's me they've [Gm] been coming to [Bb] see.
[Eb] To [Bb] get by [F] life [Bb] for a [Eb] while.
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] The piano, [F] it sounds [Gm] like a [Bb] carnival.
[Eb] And the [Bb] microphone smells [C] like a beat.
[F] _ [Bb] And they sit [F] at the bar [Gm] and put bread in [Bb] my jar.
[Eb] And say man, [F] what are you [Bb] doing here?
_ _ [Gm] _
_ _ Ay la [C] dee dee da. _ _
[Gm] He ya dee da.
[C] He ya dee da. _
[F] Da dee da.
[Eb] _ [Bb] He ya dee da. _ _
_ Sing [F] us a song, you're the [Gm]
piano [Bb] man.
_ [Eb] Sing [Gm] us [Bb] a song [C] tonight.
[F] _ [Bb] We're all [F] in the mood [Gm] for a melody.
[Bb] _ [Eb] You gotta [Bb] feel it all.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] Tonight.
[F] _ _
[Bb] Sing [F] us a song, [Gm] you're the piano [Bb] _
[Eb] man.
Sing [Bb] us a song [C] tonight.
[F] _
[Bb] We're all [F] in the mood [Gm] for a melody.
[Bb] _ _
[Eb] You gotta [F] feel it [Bb] all.
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _