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Scenes From An Italian Restaurant

Billy Joel
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
A  bottle of white, a  bottle of red
Perhaps  a bottle of rose  instead
Get  a table near  the street
 In our old familiar place
 You and I, face  to face, um  umm
A  bottle of red, a  bottle of white
It  all depends on your appetite
I'll  meet you anytime you want
 In our Italian  Restaurant
 
Things  are okay with me these days
Got  a good job, got a good office
Got  a new wife, got  a new life
 And the family's  fine
 Oh, we  lost touch long ago
You  lost weight I did not know
You  could ever look  so nice after so  much time
 Do you remember  those days hanging out  at the village green
Engineer  boots, leather jackets  and tight blue jeans
 Woah you drop a dime  in the box play the song  about New Orleans
Cold  beer, hot  lights
My  sweet romantic  teenage nights
 RAGTIME BIT:
 
 
 
Oh oh,  oh oh,  oh oh  oh oh oh
Oh,  oh oh,  oh oh,  oh oh  oh oh oh
Brenda  and Eddie were the popular steadies
 And the king  and the queen of the prom
Riding  around with the car  top down and the radio  on
Nobody  looked any finer
 Or was more  of a hit at the Parkway  Diner
We  never knew we could want  more than that out of life
 Surely Brenda  and Eddie  would always  know how  to survive
 Oh oh,  oh oh,  oh oh  oh oh oh
Oh,  oh oh,  oh oh,  oh oh  oh oh oh
Brenda  and Eddy were still going steady in the summer  of seventy five
When  they decided the marriage  would be at the end  of July
Everyone  said they were crazy
Brenda  you know that you're much  too lazy
Eddie  could never afford  to live that kind of life
 Oh, but there  we were waving Brenda  and Eddie  goodbye
 Oh oh,  oh oh,  oh oh
 Well, they got  an apartment with deep pile carpet
 And a couple  of paintings from Sears
 A big  waterbed that they bought with the bread
 They had saved  for a couple of years
 They started  to fight when the money got tight
 And they just  didn't count on the tears,  woh oh,  woh oh...yeah rock n roll
 
 
 
 
 
Oh oh,  oh oh,  oh oh
 Well, they lived  for a while in a very nice style
 But it's always  the same in the end
 They got  a divorce as a matter of course
 And they parted  the closest of friends
 Then the king  and the queen went back to the green
 But you can never  go back there again,  oh oh,  oh oh
Brenda  and Eddie had had it already by the summer  of seventy five
 From the high  to the low to the end  of the show
 For the rest  of their lives
 They couldn't  go back to the greasers
 The best  they could do was pick up  their pieces
We  always knew they would both  find a way to get by
That's  all I heard  about Brenda  and Eddie
Can't  tell you more  cause I told  you already
 And here  we are waving Brenda  and Eddie  goodbye
 Oh oh,  oh oh,  oh oh  oh oh oh
Oh oh,  oh oh,  oh oh  oh oh oh
Oh oh,  oh oh,  oh oh  oh oh oh
 RUN DOWN: (NOTES)
 
Yeah  yeah yeah
A  bottle of red, oooh  a bottle of white
Whatever  kind of mood you're in  tonight
I'll  meet you anytime you want
 In our Italian  Restaurant
 SAX OUTRO:
 
Notes:
? Run Down: There are no chords to fit over this part, the whole band plays the run down:
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B----------------|
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A----320-310------|
E-----------310---|

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Readable chord sheet for Scenes From An Italian Restaurant by Billy Joel

[F]  [Bb]  [C]  [Bb]

[F]A bottle of white, [Bb]a bottle of red
[C]Perhaps a bottle of ro[Bb]se instead[F]
[C]Get a table [C/Bb]near the [Am]street
In our old fa[Am]mil[Bb]iar [C]place
You and I, [Bb]face to [C]face, [Bb]um umm
[F]A bottle of red, [Bb]a bottle of white
[C]It all depends on your [Bb]appe[F]tite
[G]I'll meet you [G/A]anytime [G/B]you [C]want
In our I[C/D]tali[C/E]an Re[F]staurant[Bb]

[C]  [F]  [Bb]  [C]  [F]  [Bb]
           [Eb]  [G#]  [Eb]  [G#]  [D]

[G]Things are okay with me these days
[G]Got a good job, got a good office
[C]Got a new wife, [Am7]got a new life
And the [D]family's fine [D]   [D]
Oh, [G]we lost touch long ago
[G]You lost weight I did not know
[C]You could ever [Am7]look so nice after [D]so much time

Do you re[Eb]member those days hanging [Bb]out at the village [F]green
[Eb]Engineer boots, leather [Bb]jackets and tight blue [F]jeans
Woah you drop a [Eb]dime in the box play the [Bb]song about New Or[F]leans
[Eb]Cold beer, [Bb]hot lights
[C]My sweet ro[D]mantic teenage [G]nights

RAGTIME BIT:  [G]    [C]  [Am]  [D]
              [G]    [C]  [Am]  [D]

[G]  [G]
             [G]  [G/F]  [G/E]  [D]
             [G]  [G/F]  [G/E]  [D]

[G]Oh [G/F]oh, oh [G/E]oh, oh [D]oh oh oh oh
[G]Oh, oh [G/F]oh, oh [G/E]oh, oh [D]oh oh oh oh

[G]Brenda and Eddie were the popular steadies
And the [D]king and the queen of the prom[D]  [C]
[G]Riding around with the [G/B]car top down and the [C]radio on
[G]Nobody looked any [D]finer[D]  [C]
Or was [G]more of a hit at the [C]Parkway Diner
[G]We never knew we could [F]want more than that out of [E]life
Surely [Am]Brenda and [Am/B]Eddie would [C]always know [D]how to sur[G]vive

Oh [G/F]oh, oh [G/E]oh, oh [D]oh oh oh oh
[G]Oh, oh [G/F]oh, oh [G/E]oh, oh [D]oh oh oh oh

[G]Brenda and Eddy were still going steady in the [D]summer of seventy five [D]   [C]
[G]When they decided the [G/B]marriage would be at the [C]end of July
[G]Everyone said they were [D]crazy [D]   [C]
[G]Brenda you know that you're [C]much too lazy
[G]Eddie could never af[F]ford to live that kind of [E]life
Oh, but [Am]there we were [Am/B]waving [C]Brenda and [D]Eddie good[G]bye

Oh [G/F]oh, oh [G/E]oh, oh [D]oh

Well, they [C]got an apartment with deep pile carpet
And a [D]couple of paintings from [G]Sears
A [C]big waterbed that they bought with the bread
They had [D]saved for a couple of [G]years
They [C]started to fight when the money got tight
And they [D]just didn't count on the [Em]tears, woh [Am]oh, woh oh...yeah rock n roll

[G]  [D]
           [G]  [G/B]  [C]
           [G]  [D]  [D] [C]
           [G]  [C]
           [G]  [F]  [E]
           [Am]  [Am/B]  [C]  [D]

[G]Oh [G/F]oh, oh [G/E]oh, oh [D]oh

Well, they [C]lived for a while in a very nice style
But it's [D]always the same in the end[G]
They [C]got a divorce as a matter of course
And they [D]parted the closest of friends[G]
Then the [C]king and the queen went back to the green
But you can [D]never go back there a[Em]gain, oh [Am]oh, oh [D]oh

[G]Brenda and Eddie had had it already by the [D]summer of seventy five[D]  [C]
From the [G]high to the low to the [G/B]end of the show
For the [C]rest of their lives
They [G]couldn't go back to the [D]greasers[D]  [C]
The [G]best they could do was pick [C]up their pieces
[G]We always knew they would [F]both find a way to get [E]by
[Am]That's all I [Am/B]heard about [C]Brenda and [D]Eddie
[Am]Can't tell you [Am/B]more cause I [C]told you al[D]ready
And [Am]here we are [Am/B]waving [C]Brenda and [D]Eddie good[G]bye

Oh [G/F]oh, oh [G/E]oh, oh [D]oh oh oh oh
[G]Oh [G/F]oh, oh [G/E]oh, oh [D]oh oh oh oh
[G]Oh [G/F]oh, oh [G/E]oh, oh [D]oh oh oh oh

RUN DOWN:  (NOTES)  [F] [E] [D] [C] [B] [A]
                    [C] [Bb] [A] [G] [F] [E]

[F]   [Bb]Yeah yeah [C]yeah[Bb]   [F]
[C] [C/Bb] [Am] [Am] [Bb] [C]  [Bb] [C]  [Bb]

[F]A bottle of red, [Bb]oooh a bottle of white
[C]Whatever kind of mood you're [Bb]in to[F]night
[G]I'll meet you [G/A]anytime [G/B]you [C]want
In our I[C/D]tali[C/E]an Re[F]staurant[Bb]

SAX OUTRO:  [C]  [F]  [Bb]  [C]  [F]  [Bb]
            [Dm]  [Em]  [F]  [G]  [C]

Notes:
?  Run Down: There are no chords to fit over this part, the whole band plays the run down:
    E-----------------|
     B----------------|
    G-----------------|
    D-320-------------|
    A----320-310------|
    E-----------310---|

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