Big Shot Acoustic chords by Billy Joel

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
       E minorEm        G+G
Well you went uptown riding in your limousine
     E minorEm      G+G
With your fine Park Avenue clothes
      E minorEm        G7G7
You had the Dom Perignon in your hand
           C7C7
And the spoon up your nose

       E minorEm              G+G
And when you wake up in the morning With your head on fire
     E minorEm       G+G
And your eyes too bloody to see
     E minorEm         G7G7
Go on and cry in your coffee but don't
         C7C7
Come -------' to me

Chorus:
            G+G  FF  G+G   C majorC
Because you had to be a big shot, didn't you
 C majorC     G+G  FF   G+G
You had to open up your mouth
        G+G  FF  G+G   FF
You had to be a big shot, didn't you
     G7G7      FF    C7C7
All your friends were so knocked out
         G+G     FF  G+G   FF
You had to have the last word, last night
        C majorC   FF
You know what everything's about
          FF  C majorC  FF  C7C7
You had to have a white hot spotlight
  G7G7      C majorC       D MajorD
You had to be a big shot last night

Verse 2:
     E minorEm          G+G
They were all impressed with your Halston dress
    E minorEm          G+G
And the people that you knew at Elaine's
    E minorEm          G+G
And the story of your latest success
     G7G7       C7C7
Kept 'em so entertained
        E minorEm            G+G
Aw but now you just can't remember all the things you said
      E minorEm          G+G
And you're not sure you want to know
       E minorEm          G7G7
I'll give you one hint, honey you sure
       C7C7
Did put on a show

Chorus:
             G+G  FF   G+G  FF
Yes, yes, you had to be a big shot, didn't you
      G7G7    FF    C majorC
You had to prove it to the crowd
        G+G   FF   G+G   FF
You had to be a big shot, didn't you
     G7G7      FF    C7C7
All your friends were so knocked out
  E minorEm       FF  G+G      C majorC
You had to have the last word, last night
        G+G   FF   C7C7
You're so much fun to be around
          FF  C majorC   FF  C7C7
You had to have the front page, bold type
  G7G7      C majorC          G+G
You had to be a big shot last night Whoa...

Verse 3:
      E minorEm          G+G
Well, it's no big sin to stick your two cents in
    E minorEm           G+G
If you know when to leave it alone
       E minorEm             G7G7
But you went over the line you couldn't see
         C7C7
It was time to go home

Chorus:
                    G+G   FF   G+G  FF
No, no, no, no, no, no, you had to be a big shot, didn't you
 C majorC      G+G  FF  G+G
You had to open up your mouth
        G+G  FF  G+G   FF
You had to be a big shot, didn't you
     G7G7      FF    C7C7
All your friends were so knocked out
  E minorEm       G7G7   FF G+G FF
You had to have the last word, last night
    G+G  FF   C7C7
So much fun to be around
         FF  C majorC  FF C7C7
You had to have a white hot spotlight
  G7G7     C majorC        D MajorD
You had to be a big shot last night