VERSION: Edited
Getting Started - by ScaleSorcery
To learn Billy Joel - Honesty chords with lyrics, your first step should be understanding these chords: Gm, F, D, Eb, D, Gm, F, Eb, F, Bb, Eb. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 33 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 67. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: Bb.
Bb _ _
Db _ _
Gb _ _
F _
Dm _ .
Bb If you
Eb search for tenderness.
F It isn't
Dm hard to find.
Eb You can have
Gm the love you need
C to live.
_
Cm _
F.
Bb But if you look
D for
C truthfulness, you
F might just
Db as well be
Dm blind.
It
Eb always seems to
Em be so hard to
C get
D _ Honesty.
Eb _ _
F _
D It's such a lonely
G F word.
Eb Everyone
F is
Bb so untrue.
D _ _
D _ .
Eb _
F Honesty.
D Is hardly
G ever
F heard.
Eb And mostly what
F I
Eb need from
Bb you.
I
F _ .
Bb can
Eb always find
F someone.
Say they sympathize.
Eb If I wear
Gm my heart out on
C my sleeve.
Eb _
F.
Bb But I don't
D want some pretty
C face
F to tell
Db me pretty
Dm lies.
Eb All I want
A is someone to
D believe _ _
Eb _
F Honesty.
D It's such a lonely
Gm F word.
Eb Everyone
F is so
Bb untrue.
_
D _ _ .
Eb _
F Oh Honesty.
D Is hardly ever
Gm F heard.
Eb Mostly what
F I
Bb need from you.
_
Db _
Gb.
I _
F _
Dm _
Gm can find a lover.
G I can find
D a friend I
Fm can have security.
E _ .
_ _ _
Em _
Eb F I'm.
Anyone can comfort
Bb me with promises again.
I
Gm know
C _
F I.
Know.
D When
Eb _ _ _ _
Bb.
I'm
Eb deep inside of
F me.
Don't be
Dm too concerned.
Eb.
I.
Won't
Gm ask for nothing
Am while I'm gone.
Cm _
F _
Bb.
When I want
D C sincerity tell
F me where else
Dm can I turn.
Eb Cuz you're the
A one _
D _ Honesty.
_
Eb _ _ .
F _ _
D It's not a
Gm lonely
F word.
Eb Everyone
F is so
Bb untrue.
D _ _
Eb _ .
F Honesty.
D Is hardly ever
Gm heard.
F Eb Mostly what
F I need
Bb from you.
_
Db _ _
Gb _ _
F _
Dm _
Ebm _ _
Dm _
F _
Bb _ _ .