Chords for Billy Joel - The Downeaster 'Alexa' (Official HD Video)

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_ _ _ _ _ [C] Well I'm on _ [G] _ Easter _ .
[Am] Alexa, _ _ _ _ and [C] I'm cruising [G] through Blog Island [F] _ South.
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_ _ I'm headed [C] _ across to [Dm] the vineyard, _ _ _ but [C] tonight _ [G] I'm _ _ pocket [F] bound.
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_ _ We took [G] on diesel back in [C] Montauk _ [F] yesterday.
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_ _ _ Left this [G] morning from [Am] the Vale in [G] Gardner's Bay.
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[F] Like _ all [G] the locals here, [C] I've had to sell my [F] home.
_ _ _ Too [G] proud to leave, I worked [Am] my fingers to [Bm] the bone,.
so I [C] could own my [G] down _ Easter [Am] Alexa.
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And [C] I know _ [G] the ocean [F] is deep.
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There are jars _ _ [C] _ _ .
in [Dm] the _ canyons, _ _ _ and a [C] good captain [G] can [F] fall asleep.
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_ _ _ I [G] got bills to pay, and [C] children who need [F] _ .
clothes.
_ I know [G] lessons aren't fair, [F] but well God [G] only knows.
_ [F] _ They say [G] these waters are [C] in what they used [F] to be.
_ _ But I [G] got people back [Am] on land who count [G] on me.
So if you [C] see my [G] down Easter _ [Am] Alexa,.
_ _ and if [C] you work with [G] the rod and [F] the reel, _ _ _ .
tell my wife _ [C] I'm trolling _ [Dm] _ Atlantis, _ _ _ .
and [C] I still have [G] my hands on [F] the _ _ wheel.
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[C] Now I drive _ [G] down Easter [Am] Alexa, _ _ _ _ .
more and [C] more miles [G] from shore [F] every _ year.
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Since they told me [C] I can't sell no [Dm] _ _ stripers, _ _ .
and [C] there's no luck [G] in sword fishing [F] _ here.
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_ _ I was [G] a bay man like [C] my father was [F] before.
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_ _ _ Can't [G] make a living as [Am] a bay man [G] anymore.
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_ [F] _ There ain't [G] much future for [C] a man who works the [F] sea.
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_ But there ain't [G] no island left [Am] for _ islanders [G] like me.
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