Piano Man Lyrics

PIANO MAN - Billy Joel
Intro:
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It's nine o' - clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
There's an old man sitting next to me
Making love to his tonic and gin
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He says, " Son, can you play me a memory?
I'm not really sure how it goes,
But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it com - plete
When I wore a younger man's clothes"
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Laa la laa litty daah,
i
La laa litty daa daah da dum
Chorus:
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song to - night
'Cause we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feeling all - right
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Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke or a light up your smoke,
But there's some place that's he'd rather be
He says, " Bill, I be - lieve this is killing me,"
As the smile ran a - way from his face
"Well, I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place."
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Oh, Laa la laa litty daah,
i
La laa litty daa daah da dum
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talking to Davy who's still in the Navy
And probably will be for life
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And the Waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness,
But it's better than drinking a - lone
Break:
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Am - Am/G - D7/F# - G - G/F - C/Ei - G/D
Chorus:
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song to - night
'Cause we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feeling all - right
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It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
And the manager gives me a smile
'Cause he knows that it's me they've been coming to see
To for - get about life for a while
And the piano sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
And say, " Man, what are you doin' here?"
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Oh, Laa la laa litty daah,
i
La laa litty daa daah da dum
Chorus:
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song to - night
'Cause we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feeling all - right
C - G/B - F/A - C/G - F - G7sus4 - C - (slow down)
G7sus4 330011
D7/F# 2x021x
C/Ei 032013