Chords for Billy Joel - An Innocent Man (Audio)

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_ _ Some [C] people stay [G] far away from the door [N] if there's a chance of it opening up.
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_ _ They hear a voice in the [D] hall outside [E] and hope [F] that it just passes by.
_ _ [B] Some people live with [C] the fear of a touch and the [Dm] anger of having been a fool.
_ _ _ [C] They will not [D] listen to _ .
[Eb] anyone so [C] nobody [G] tells them [C] a lie.
You're _ [Gm] _ _ only [C].
protecting [Em] yourself.
_ [Bb] I know you're [F] thinking of somebody else.
[G] Someone who hurt you but I'm not [C] above making [F] up for the love.
[Ab] You've been [Dm] denying you could ever feel.
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I'm not above [G] doing anything to restore your faith [C] if I can.
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Some people see through the eyes [G] of the old before [F] they ever get a look [Dm] at the young.
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[F] I'm only willing to [G] hear you [A] cry [Em] because I am an [C] innocent _ [F] _ _ [C] _ .
[F] _ [G] man.
_ [C] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ .
[Dm] _ _ [Am] _ [Bb] [F] I am _ _ _ .
[C] _ [F] an [Bb] innocent [F] _ man.
[G] _ .
[Dm] Oh yes I [C] am.
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_ _ _ [N] Some people say they will never believe another promise they hear in the dark.
_ _ _ Because they [A] only [F].
[Em] remember too well they heard somebody tell them before.
[Dm] _ _ [Db] Some people sleep all [G] alone every night [Dm] instead of taking a lover to bed.
[Am] _ _ _ Some people find that it's easier [D] to [G] hate than to wait [C] anymore.
_ [Gm] You're _ _ [C] gonna hear what I say.
[Bb] I know [F] you're gonna keep turning away.
[G] But I've been there and if I can [C] survive I can [Gm] keep you alive.
I'm not [F] above [G] going through it again.
[Dm] _ _ _ [F].
I'm not above [G] being cruel for a while.
If you're cruel to me I'll [C] understand.
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Some people run from a possible fight.
Some [Dm] people figure they can never win.
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And although this [G] is a fight I can lose the accused is an [C] innocent man.
[F] _ [C] _ [F] _ .
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ .
_ [C] _ [Bb] I [F] am _ _ [C] _ .
[F] an [Bb] innocent [F] man.
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[B] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ .
[G] An innocent [C] [F] man.
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ .
[C] _ [Gm] You know you only [C] hurt yourself out of spite.
[Bb] I guess you'd [F] rather be a martyr tonight.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] That's your decision but I'm not [C] below [G] anybody I know.
If there's [Dm] a chance of resurrecting a love.
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_ [F] I'm not above [G] going back to the start to find out where the [C] heartache began.
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Some people hope for a miracle cure.
Some [Dm] people just accept the world as it is.
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[F] _ I'm not willing [G] to lay down and die because I am an [C] innocent [F] _ _ [C] _ .
[F] _ _ [G] [C] man.
_ [F] _ [C] _ _ .
[Dm] _ _ [C] [Bb] I [F] _ _ _ [C] _ .
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ am [G].
an [B] innocent [C] _ [F] man.
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[G] An [C] innocent [F] man.
[C] _ _ [Dm] Oh.
[Em] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
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