
Piano Man
Billy Joel
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Tom:
[Primeira Parte]
Dm7 Dm6 C G/B Am Am/G F C/E D7 G C G/B Am Am/G F G11 C G/B C G/B Am Am/G
It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
F C/E D7 G
The regular crowd shuffles in
C G/B Am Am/G
There's an old man sitting next to me
F G11 C G/B
Makin' love to his tonic and gin
C G/B Am Am/G
He says Son can you play me a memory
F C/E D7 G
I'm not really sure how it goes
C G/B Am Am/G
But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete
F G11 C
When I wore a younger man's clothes"
[Refrão]
Am Am/G F#m7 F7M Am
Da da da de de da
Am/G F#m7 D7 G G/F C/E G7/D
Da da de de da da da
C G/B Am Am/G
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
F C/E D7 G
Sing us a song to night
C G/B Am Am/G
Well we're all in the mood for a melody
F G C
And you've got us feeling all right
[Próxima Parte]
C G/B Am Am/G F G11 C C4
[Segunda Parte]
C G/B Am Am/G
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
F C/E D7 G
He gets me my drinks for free
C G/B Am Am/G
And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
F G11 C G/B
But there's some place that he'd rather be
C G/B Am Am/G
He says "Bill I believe this is killing me"
F C/E D7 G
As a smile ran away from his face
C G/B Am Am/G
"Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star
F G11 C
If I could get out of this place"
[Refrão]
Am Am/G F#m7 F7M Am
Da da da de de da
Am/G F#m7 D7 G G/F C/E G7/D
Da da de de da da da
[Terceira Parte]
C G/B Am Am/G
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
F C/E D7 G
Who never had time for a wife
C G/B Am Am/G
And he's talking with Davy, who's still in the Navy
F G11 C G/B
And probably will be for life
C G/B Am Am/G
And the waitress is practicing politics
F C/E D7 G
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
C G/B Am Am/G
Yes they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
F G11 C
But it's better than drinking alone
[Quarta Parte]
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Próxima Parte]
C G/B Am Am/G F G11 C C4 C G/B Am Am/G
It's a pretty good crowd for a saturday
F C/E D7 G
And the manager gives me a smile
C G/B Am Am/G
`Cause he knows that it's me that they've been coming to see
F G11 C G/B
To forget about life for a while
[Solo PIANO]
Am Am/G D F Am Am/G D F G G/F C/E G/D C G/B Am Am/G
And the piano sounds like a carnival
F C/E D7 G
And the microphone smells like a beer
C G/B Am Am/G
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
F G11 C
And say "Man what are you doing here ?
[Refrão]
C G/B Am Am/G F G11 C
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