Piano Man
Billy JoelVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
There's an old man sitting next to me
Making love to his tonic and gin
He says, "Son, can you play me a memory
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes."
la la la, di da da
La la, di di da da dum
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us all feeling alright
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke and he'll light up your smoke
But there's some place that he'd rather be
He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me."
As the smile ran away from his face
"Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place"
la la la, di da da
La la, di di da da dum
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talking with Davy, who's still in the Navy
And probably will be for life
And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessman slowly gets stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinking alone
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us all feeling alright
It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
And the manager gives me a smile
'Cause he knows that it's me they've been coming to see
To forget about life for a while
And the piano, it sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
And say, "Man, what are you doing here?"
la la la, di da da
La la, di di da da dum
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us all feeling alright
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Readable chord sheet for Piano Man by Billy Joel
[C] [G] [F] [C] [F] [C] [D7] [G] [C] [G] [F] [C] [F] [G] [C] [G] It's [C]nine o'[G]clock on a [F]Satur[C]day The [F]regular [C]crowd shuffles [D7]in [G] There's an [C]old man [G]sitting [F]next to [C]me Making [F]love to his [G]tonic and [C]gin [G] He says, "[C]Son, can you [G]play me a [F]memo[C]ry 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 com[C]plete When I [F]wore a [G]younger man's [C]clothes." [Am]la la la, di da [D7]da [Am]La la, di di [D7]da da [G]dum[F] [C] [G7] [C]Sing us a [G]song, you're the [F]piano [C]man [F]Sing us a [C]song to[D7]night[G] Well, we're [C]all in the [G]mood for a [F]melo[C]dy And [F]you've got us all [G]feeling al[C]right [G] Now [C]John at the [G]bar is a [F]friend of [C]mine He [F]gets me my [C]drinks for [D7]free[G] And he's [C]quick with a [G]joke and he'll [F]light up your [C]smoke But there's [F]some place that [G]he'd rather [C]be [G] He says, "[C]Bill, I be[G]lieve this is [F]killing [C]me." 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 [C]star If [F]I could get [G]out of this [C]place" [Am]la la la, di da [D7]da [Am]La la, di di [D7]da da [G]dum[F] [C] [G7] Now [C]Paul is a [G]real estate [F]nove[C]list Who [F]never had [C]time for a [D7]wife[G] And he's [C]talking with [G]Davy, who's [F]still in the [C]Navy And [F]probably will [G]be for [C]life[G] And the [C]waitress is [G]practicing [F]poli[C]tics As the [F]businessman [C]slowly gets [D7]stoned[G] Yes, they're [C]sharing a [G]drink they call [F]loneli[C]ness But it's [F]better than [G]drinking a[C]lone [G] [C]Sing us a [G]song, you're the [F]piano [C]man [F]Sing us a [C]song to[D7]night[G] Well, we're [C]all in the [G]mood for a [F]melo[C]dy And [F]you've got us all [G]feeling al[C]right [G] It's a [C]pretty good [G]crowd for a [F]Satur[C]day 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 [F]forget about [G]life for a w[C]hile[G] And the [C]piano, it [G]sounds like a [F]carni[C]val And the [F]microphone [C]smells like a [D7]beer[G] And they [C]sit at the [G]bar and put [F]bread in my [C]jar And say, "[F]Man, what are [G]you doing [C]here?"[G] [Am]la la la, di da [D7]da [Am]La la, di di [D7]da da [G]dum[F] [C] [G7] [C]Sing us a [G]song, you're the [F]piano [C]man [F]Sing us a [C]song to[D7]night[G] Well, we're [C]all in the [G]mood for a [F]melo[C]dy And [F]you've got us all [G]feeling al[C]right [C] [A] [G] [E] [F] [D] [D7] [B7] [Am] [F#m]