Angry Young Man
Billy JoelVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Chords Used: :320033 :x2003x :3x333x
:xx0232 :x32010 :x13331
:x02010 :x02220
:xx3211 :x32000
There's a place in the world for the angry young man
With his working class ties and his radical plans
He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl,
And He's always at home with his back to the wall.
And he's proud of his scars and the battles he's lost,
And he struggles and bleeds as he hangs on his cross-
And he likes to be known as the angry young man.
LEAD IN:
Give a moment or two to the angry young man,
With his foot in his mouth and his heart in his hand.
He's been stabbed in the back, he's been misunderstood,
It's a comfort to know his intentions are good.
And he sits in a room with a lock on the door,
With his maps and his medals laid out on the floor
And he likes to be known as the angry young man.
I believe I've passed the age
Of consciousness and righteous rage
I found that just surviving
was a noble fight.
I once believed in causes too,
I had my pointless point of view,
And life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
Oh.
And there's always a place for the angry young man,
With his fist in the air and his head in the sand.
And he's never been able to learn from mistakes,
So he can't understand why his heart always breaks.
And his honor is pure and his courage as well,
And he's fair and he's true and he's boring as hell-
And he'll go to the grave as an angry old man.
(listen for timing)
There's always a place for the angry young man
With his working class ties and his radical plans
He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl,
And He's always at home with his back to the wall.
And he's proud of his scars and the battles he's lost,
And he struggles and bleeds as he hangs on his cross-
And he likes to be known as the angry young man.
extra notes: On the "man" parts, the chord switch is pretty quick.
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Readable chord sheet for Angry Young Man by Billy Joel
Chords Used: [G]:320033 [G/B]:x2003x [Gm7]:3x333x
[D]:xx0232 [C]:x32010 [Bb]:x13331
[Am7]:x02010 [A]:x02220
[F]:xx3211 [Cmaj7]:x32000
There's a p[G]lace in the world for the an[D]gry young man
With his [Am7]working class ties and his r[D]adical plans
He re[G]fuses to bend, he re[D]fuses to crawl,
And He's [Am7]always at home with his bac[D]k to the wall.
And he's p[F]roud of his s[G/B]cars and the b[C]attles he's lost,
And he [G/B]struggles and bl[A]eeds as he h[D]angs on his cross-
And he [G]likes to be known as the a[D]ngry young[Cmaj7] man. [D] [G/B] [C] [Am7] [G/B] [C] [F] [C]
LEAD IN: [Cmaj7] [D] [G/B] [C] [Am7] [G/B] [C]
Give a m[G]oment or two to the a[D]ngry young man,
With his [Am7]foot in his mouth and his [D]heart in his hand.
He's been [G]stabbed in the back, he's been mi[D]sunderstood,
It's a [Am7]comfort to know his int[D]entions are good.
And he [F]sits in a r[G/B]oom with a l[C]ock on the door,
With his [G/B]maps and his [A]medals laid o[D]ut on the floor
And he l[G]ikes to be known as the a[D]ngry young [Cmaj7]man. [D] [G/B] [C] [Am7] [G/B] [C]
[F]I believe I've [Gm7]passed the age
Of[Bb] consciousness and [C]righteous rage
I [F]found that just surv[Bb]iving
was a [C]noble fight. [D]
I[G] once believed in [Am7]causes too,
I [C]had my pointless [D]point of view,
And [G/B]life went on no [C]matter who was wrong[A] or right.
[D]Oh.
And there's [G]always a place for the a[D]ngry young man,
With his [Am7]fist in the air and his he[D]ad in the sand.
And he's [G]never been able to le[D]arn from mistakes,
So he [Am7]can't understand why his h[D]eart always breaks.
And his h[F]onor is p[G/B]ure and his c[C]ourage as well,
And he's [G/B]fair and he's t[A]rue and he's b[D]oring as hell-
And he'll [G]go to the grave as an [D]angry old [Cmaj7]man. [D] [G/B] [C] [Am7] [G/B] [C]
[F](li[Gm7]sten [Bb]for [C]tim[F]ing[Bb]) [C] [D] [G] [Am7] [C] [D] [G/B] [C] [A] [D]
There's [G]always a place for the [D]angry young man
With his [Am7]working class ties and his r[D]adical plans
He re[G]fuses to bend, he re[D]fuses to crawl,
And He's a[Am7]lways at home with his b[D]ack to the wall.
And he's p[F]roud of his s[G/B]cars and the b[C]attles he's lost,
And he [G/B]struggles and [A]bleeds as he ha[D]ngs on his cross-
And he l[G]ikes to be known as the a[D]ngry young [Cmaj7]man. [D] [G/B] [C] [Am7] [G/B] [C] [F] [C]
[Cmaj7] [D] [G/B] [C] [Am7] [G/B] [C] [F] [C]
[Cmaj7] [D] [G/B] [C] [Am7] [G/B] [C]
extra notes: On the "man" parts, the chord switch is pretty quick.