just the way you are
Billy Joel
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Tom : G
[Intro] Gm6/D G/D D4
Gm6/D G/D D4 D Bm6 G7M Bm D7
Don't go changin' to try please me
G7M Gm7 D/F#
You never let me down before
Am7 D7 G7M Gm7 D/F# Bm7
Mmmm Don't imagine you're too familiar
E4(9) E9 G/A
And I don't see you anymore
D Bm6 G7M Bm D7
I would not leave you in times of trouble
G7M Gm7 D/F#
We never could have come this far
Am7 D7 G7M Gm D/F# Bm7
Mmmm I took the good times I'll take the bad times
Em7 G/A Gm6/D G/D D4 Gm6/D G/D D4
I'll take you just the way you are
D Bm6 G7M Bm D7
Don't go trying some new fashion
G7M Gm D/F#
Don't change the colour of your hair
Am7 D7 G7M Gm D/F# Bm7
Mmmm You always have my unspoken passion
E4(9) E9 G/A
Although I might not seem to care
D Bm6 G7M Bm D7
I don't want clever conversation
G7M Gm D/F#
I never want to work that hard
Am7 D7 G7M Gm D/F# Bm7
Mmmm I just want someone that I can talk to
Em7 G/A Gm6/D G/D D4 Gm6/D G/D D4
I want you just the way you are
[Ponte]
G7M A6 F#m7 B7
I need to know that you will always be
Em7 A7(4) D D/C
The same old someone that I knew
Bb C Am7 D9
What will it take till you believe in me
Gm C/G G/A
The way that I believe in you
D Bm6 G7M Bm D7
I said I love you and that's forever
G7M Gm D/F#
And this I promise from the heart
Am7 D7 G7M Gm D/F# Bm7
Mmmm I couldn't love you any better
Em7 G/A Gm6/D G/D D4 Gm6/D G/D D4
I love you just the way you are
[Solo] D Bm6 G7M Bm D7
G7M Gm D/F# Am7 D7 G7M Gm D/F# Bm7 E4(9) E9 G/A D Bm6 G7M Bm D7
I don't want clever conversation
G7M Gm D/F#
I never want to work that hard
Am7 D7 G7M Gm D/F# Bm7
Mm I just want someone that I can talk to
Em A7(4) Bb C Am7 D9 Gm A7(4) A7
I want you just the way you are
[Solo final] D Bm6 G7M Bm D7
G7M Gm D/F# Am7 D7 G7M Gm D/F# Bm7 E4(9) E9 G/A D Bm6 G7M Bm D7 G7M Gm D/F# Am7 D7
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Detected progression: Gm6/D → G/D → D4 → Gm6/D → G/D → D4 → D → Bm6
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