Last Of The Big Time Spenders
Billy Joel
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Tom : G
[Intro]
G F C G G F C D D G
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VERSE:
G F C C F
Well if money makes a rich man
F Bb Bb F G
Then I might never make the grade
G F C C F
I'll be a small time operator
F Bb Bb F G
If I just get the landlord paid
G F C C F
But if time is an indication
F Bb Bb F G
Of the wealth that I never knew
G F C C F
Then I'm the last of the big time spenders
F Bb
'Cause I've been spending time on you,
D G
Wooo woo woo woo
CHORUS:
G D G D
It takes time to appreciate
G C
Lord knows that you can learn to hate it
Bm Am
I believe, 'cause I've been there too
G D G D
When it gets down to desperation
G C
You make the best of the situation
Bm Am
I can tell, I've seen it thru,
D G
Oh, oh, oh
VERSE:
G F C C F
Though it seems like the day is wasted
F Bb Bb F G
And the nights have been overdue
G F C C F
Well, I'm the last of the big time spenders
F Bb
And I've been spendin' time on you
D G
Wooo woo woo woo
INSTRUMENTAL:
G C F Bb Am G C F Bb D G
CHORUS:
G D G D
It's been so long since we got together
G C
In between it seems to take forever
Bm Am
But I'm a dreamer, I'll be there soon
G D G D
It takes time to appreciate
G C
All of those that you can learn to hate
Bm Am
I believe, I've seen it thru,
D G C G
Oh, oh, oooh, oh, oh, oh
VERSE:
G F C C F
You can call me the Great Pretender
F Bb Bb F G
And in a way it might be true
G F C C F
But I'm the last of the big time spenders
F Bb
And I've been spendin' time on you,
D G
Wooo woo woo woo
OUTRO:
G F C G G F C D D G G
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