Piano Man
Billy Joel (1973)


3/4 | d - D - D - |
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| [C] | [G] | [F]   | [C] |
| [F] | [C] | [D7] | [G] |
| [C] | [G] | [F]   | [C] |
| [F] | [G] | [C]   | [F] | [C] | [F]

It's [C] nine o' [G] clock on a [F] Saturday [C]
[F] The regular [C] crowd shuffles [D7] in [G]
There's an [C] old man [G] sitting [F] next to me [C]
Making [F] love to his [G] tonic and [C] gin [C]
| [C] | [G] | [F]   | [C] |
| [F] | [G] | [C]   | [F] | [C] | [F]

He says, [C] "Son can you [G] play me a [F] memory [C]
I'm [F] not really [C] sure how it [D7] goes [G]
But it's [C] sad and it's [G] sweet and I [F] knew it complete [C]
When [F] I wore a [G] younger man's [C] clothes" [C]

Bridge
[Am] La, la- [Am] la, di-di [D7] da [D7]
[Am] La- [Am] la di-di [D7] da, da [D7]
| [G] dum | [F] | [Em] | [G7] |

Chorus
[C] Sing us a [G] song, you're the [F] piano man [C]
[F] Sing us a [C] song to- [D7] night [G]
Well, we're [C] all in the [G] mood for a [F] melody [C]
And [F] you've got us [G] feeling all [C] right [C]
| [C] | [G] | [F]   | [C] |
| [F] | [G] | [C]   | [F] | [C] | [F]

Now [C] John at the [G] bar is a [F] friend of mine [C]
He [F] gets me my [C] drinks for free [D7] [G]
And he's [C] quick with a [G] joke or to [F] light up your [C] smoke
But there's [F] someplace that [G] he'd rather [C] be [C] [F] [F]

He says [C] "Bill, I be- [G] lieve this is [F] killing me" [C]
As the [F] smile ran a- [C] way from his [D7] face [G]
"Well I'm [C] sure that I [G] could be a [F] movie star [C]
If [F] I could get [G] out of this [C] place" [C]

Bridge
[Am] La, la- [Am] la, di-di [D7] da [D7]
[Am] La- [Am] la di-di [D7] da, da [D7]
| [G] dum | [F] | [Em] | [G7] |

Now [C] Paul is a [G] real estate [F] novelist [C]
Who [F] never had time [C] for a [D7] wife [G]
And he's [C] talking with [G] Davey who's [F] still in the [C] Navy
And [F] probably [G] will be for [C] life [C]
| [C] | [G] | [F]   | [C] |
| [F] | [G] | [C]   | [C] | [F] | [F]

And the [C] waitress is [G] practicing [F] politics [C]
As the [F] businessmen [C] slowly gets [D7] stoned [G]
Yes they're [C] sharing a [G] drink they call [F] loneliness [C]
But it's [F] better than [G] drinking a- [C] lone [C]

Instrumental Bridge
| [Am] | [Am] | [D7] | [D7] |
| [Am] | [Am] | [D7] | [D7] |
| [Am] | [Am] | [D7] | [D7] |
| [G]   | [F]   | [Em] | [G7] |

Chorus
[C] Sing us a [G] song, you're the [F] piano man [C]
[F] Sing us a [C] song to- [D7] night [G]
Well, we're [C] all in the [G] mood for a [F] melody [C]
And [F] you've got us [G] feeling all [C] right [C]
| [C] | [G] | [F]   | [C] |
| [F] | [G] | [C]   | [F] | [C] | [F]

It's a [C] pretty good [G] crowd for a [F] Saturday [C]
And the [F] manager [C] gives me a [D7] smile [G]
'Cause he [C] knows that it's [G] me they've been [F] coming to [C] see
To for- [F] get about [G] life for a- [C] while  [C] [F] [F]

And the [C] piano it [G] sounds like a [F] carnival [C]
And the [F] microphone [C] smells like a [D7] beer [G]
And they [C] sit at the bar [G] and put [F] bread in my [C] jar
And say [F] "Man, what are [G] you doing [C] here" [C]

Bridge
[Am] La, la- [Am] la, di-di [D7] da [D7]
[Am] La- [Am] la di-di [D7] da, da [D7]
| [G] dum | [F] | [Em] | [G7] |

Chorus
[C] Sing us a [G] song, you're the [F] piano man [C]
[F] Sing us a [C] song to- [D7] night [G]
Well, we're [C] all in the [G] mood for a [F] melody [C]
And [F] you've got us [G] feeling all [C] right [C]
| [C] | [G] | [F]   | [C] |
| [F] | [G] | [C]   | [F] | [C] | [F] | [C↓]


#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 9/28/18 JJ
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