
A Room Of Our Own
Billy Joel
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Tom : Cm
A7
[Verse 1]
A7 D7
You've got diamonds and I've got spades
F7
You've got pills
C7
And I've got razor blades
A7
You've got yoga honey
D7
I've got beer
F7
You got overpriced
C7
And I got weird
[Chorus]
G7
But it's alright
Bb F7
We're the same even though we're alone
G7
It's alright
F7 A7
Yes we all need a room of our own
[Verse 2]
A7
You've got love darlin'
D7
I've got sex
F7
You've got cash, mama
C7
And I've got checks
A7
You've got business, baby
D7
I've got the kids
F7 C7
You got crowded just the way I did
[Chorus]
G7
But it's alright
Bb F7
'Cause we all need a place to call home
G7
It's alright
E7 A7
Yes we all need a room of our own
[Bridge]
D7 Eb7 E7
I can still remember packed together
Eb7
Like a can of sardines
D7
N.C.
ooo
Db7 C7 B7 Bb7 A7
No, no, no
D7
Pushin', shovin'
Eb7
That's when lovin'
E7 F7
Starts to come apart at the seams
N.C. F7
Oh no
N.C. C C/Bb A7
t-t-t-no, no, no
[Verse 3]
A7
You've got the day shift
D7
I've got nights
F7
We go wrong at times
C7
But we've got rights
A7
You've got TV shows
D7
I've got crime
F7
But you've got your room, honey
C7
And I've got mine
[Chorus]
G7
It's alright
Bb F7
It's the one thing that we should have known
G7
Yes, it's alright
E7 A7
Yes, we all need a room of our own
[Outro]
G7
And it's alright
Bb F7
Yes we all need a place to call home
G7
It's alright
E7 A7
Yes we all need a room of our own
D7
It's alright
Eb7 E7
It's alright
A7
To have a room of your own
D7
No, no, no, it's alright
Eb7 E7
Yeah it's alright mama
A7
To have a room of our own
D7
Sometimes you've got to get away
Got to get away
Eb7 E7
Got to get away
Got to get away
A7
To a room of our own
D7 Eb7 E7 A7
Got to, got to, got to, got to have a room, got to have a little elbow room of my own
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