Down Easter Alexa
Billy JoelVersions2
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D-DU-UDU
- - - 2x
Well I'm on the Down- easter A- lexa
And I'm cruising through Block Island Sound.
I have chartered a course to the Vineyard.
But to- night I am Nantucket bound
We took on diesel back in Montauk yester- day,
And left this morning from the bell in Gardiner's Bay.
Like all the locals here I've had to sell my home,
Too proud to leave, I worked my fingers to the bone
So I could own my Down- easter A- lexa
And I go where the ocean is deep.
There are giants out there in the canyons.
And a good captain can't fall a- sleep
I got bills to pay and children who need clothes.
I know there's fish out there but where, God only knows.
They say these waters aren't what they used to be.
But I've got people back on land who count on me.
So when you see my Down- easter A- lexa
And if you work with the rod and the reel,
Tell my wife I am trolling At- lantis,
And I still have my hands on the wheel.
- - - 2x
Now I drive my Down- easter A- lexa
More and more miles from shore ev'ry year,
Since they told me I can't sell no stripers.
And there's no luck in sword fishing here.
I was a bayman like my father was be- fore.
Can't make a living as a bayman any- more.
There ain't much future for a man who works the sea.
But there ain't no island left for islanders like me.
Ya, ya, yaa aaa yo
Ya, ya, yaa aaa yo
Ya, ya, yaa aaa yo
Ya, ya, yaa aaa yo//
not the 1th version. i added and changed some chords. credit to the others
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Readable chord sheet for Down Easter Alexa by Billy Joel
[Am] - [Em] - [G] - [Am] 2x Well I'm[C] on the Down[G]- easter [Am]A- lexa And I'm[C] cruising throu[G]gh Block Isla[F]nd Sound. I have[F] chartered [C]a course to t[Dm]he Vineyard. But to-[C] night I a[G]m Nantuc[F]ket boun[C]d [F] [F] We took o[G]n diesel back [C]in Montauk yes[F]ter- day, [F] And left thi[G]s morning from t[Am]he bell in Gardin[G/B]er's Bay. [F] Like all t[G]he locals here I'[C]ve had to sell[F] my home, [F] Too proud t[G]o leave, I worked [Am]my fingers to [G/B]the bone So I could[C] own my Dow[G]n- easter [Am]A- lexa And I [C]go where th[G]e ocean [F]is deep. There are[F] giants o[C]ut there in t[Dm]he canyons. And a[C] good captai[G]n can't fall [F]a- slee[C]p [F] [F] I go[G]t bills to pay [C]and children who n[F]eed clothes. [F] I know there'[G]s fish out there b[Am]ut where, God o[G/B]nly knows. [F] They say the[G]se waters are[C]n't what they used[F] to be. [F] But I've g[G]ot people back [Am]on land who count[G/B] on me. So when you[C] see my Down[G]- easter [Am]A- lexa And if you[C] work with th[G]e rod and t[F]he reel, Tell my[F] wife I a[C]m trolling A[Dm]t- lantis, And I[C] still have m[G]y hands on t[F]he wheel. [Am] - [Em] - [G] - [Am] 2x [Em] [G] [D] [Em] [Am] [Em] [G] [Am] Now I[C] drive my Dow[G]n- easter [Am]A- lexa More and[C] more miles fro[G]m shore ev[F]'ry year, Since they[F] told me [C]I can't sell [Dm]no stripers. And there's[C] no luck i[G]n sword fishi[F]ng here. [F] I was [G]a bayman like [C]my father was [F]be- fore. [F] Can't make [G]a living as [Am]a bayman a[G/B]ny- more. [F] There ain't muc[G]h future for[C] a man who works [F]the sea. [F] But there ain't n[G]o island left f[Am]or islanders l[G/B]ike me. Ya, ya,[C] ya[G]a a[Am]aa yo Ya, ya,[C] ya[G]a a[Am]aa yo Ya, ya,[C] ya[G]a a[Am]aa yo Ya, ya,[C] ya[G]a a[Am]aa yo// not the 1th version. i added and changed some chords. credit to the others