VERSION: Edited
Getting Started - by LyricLumina
To learn Billy Joel - The Downeaster Alexa chords with lyrics, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: G, F, G, Am, C, F, C, Dm, C, G. Start with a comfortable 90 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 180. With the song's key of C, set your capo to fit your vocal range and chord choice.
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C Well I'm on _
G _ Easter _ .
Am Alexa, _ _ _ _ and
C I'm cruising
G through Blog Island
F _ South.
_ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ I'm headed
C _ across to
Dm the vineyard, _ _ _ but
C tonight _
G I'm _ _ pocket
F bound.
_ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ We took
G on diesel back in
C Montauk _
F yesterday.
_ _ .
_ _ _ Left this
G morning from
Am the Vale in
G Gardner's Bay.
_ _ .
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.
_ _ _ _ .
And
C I know _
G the ocean
F is deep.
_ _ _ .
There are jars _ _
C _ _ .
in
Dm the _ canyons, _ _ _ and a
C good captain
G can
F fall asleep.
_ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ 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.
_ _ .
Since they told me
C I can't sell no
Dm _ _ stripers, _ _ .
and
C there's no luck
G in sword fishing
F _ here.
_ _ _ _ .
_ _ I was
G a bay man like
C my father was
F before.
_ .
_ _ _ Can't
G make a living as
Am a bay man
G anymore.
_ _ .
_
F _ There ain't
G much future for
C a man who works the
F sea.
_ .
_ But there ain't
G no island left
Am for _ islanders
G like me.
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