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Careless Talk

Billy Joel

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CapoNot specified
DifficultyAdvanced
Number of chords16
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Tom : Dm
D
Oh
Bb Bbm
Oh, Ha, ya ya ya
C
N.C.
Ya ya yeah

[Verse 1]
F
Careless talk
Dm F Dm
That's what you heard about me
F
Jealous talk
Dm F Dm
That's what I heard about you
Gm Bbm
Everybody's telling lies
Am7 D7
I don't even know why
G7
Why can't people
Gm7/C C7
Find something better to do

[Verse 2]
F
Careless talk
Dm F Dm
I don't believe what they say
F
I heard them talk
Dm F Dm
They say you've been putting me down
Gm Bbm
In the shadows on the phone
Am7 D7
They won't leave us alone
G7
They've been talking
Gm7/C
N.C.
Ever since you came around

[Interlude]
N.C. F
Oh
D
Oh
Bb Bbm
Oh, Ha, ya ya ya
C
N.C.
Ya ya yeah

[Verse 3]
F
Careless talk
Dm F
Telling you I'm doing wrong
F
Jealous talk
Dm F Dm
Follows wherever you go
Gm Bbm
I'm aware of what you heard
Am7 D7
Every terrible word
Gm Gm/F Gm/E
Everybody's making believe that they know

[Bridge]
A7 Dm
All of the intimate things
Edim7
That we might have said
A7 Dm
In the heat of a passionate moment
Gm
In a conversation shared
C7 Am7
For the ears of nobody else
D7 Gm
There are some things they'll never hear
G7 Gm7/C
There are secrets I'll never tell

[Verse 4]
F
Careless talk
Dm F Dm
Going around on the street
F
Jealous talk
Dm F Dm
I know how bad it can be
Gm Bbm
Let them stand where they fall
Am7 D7
They don't know us at all
  G7   Gm7/C
N.C.
All that talking won't make a difference to me

[Interlude]
N.C. F
Oh
D
Oh
Bb Bbm
Oh, Ha, ya ya ya
C
N.C.
Ya ya yeah
N.C.
Oh

[Outro]
F
Careless talk
Dm F Dm
That's what they say about me
F
Careless talk
Dm F Dm
That's what they say about you
F
Careless talk
Dm F Dm
That's what they say about me
Oh!
F
Careless talk
Dm F Dm
That's what they say about you

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