Careless Talk chords by Billy Joel

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
N.C. FF
Oh
   D MajorD
Oh
  Bb majorBb    BbmBbm
Oh, Ha, ya ya ya
   C majorC   N.C.
Ya ya yeah

Verse 1:
FF
Careless talk
DmDm             FF  DmDm
That's what you heard about me
FF
Jealous talk
DmDm             FF  DmDm
That's what I heard about you
G minorGm         BbmBbm
Everybody's telling lies
Am7Am7         D7D7
 I don't even know why
G7G7
 Why can't people
            Gm7/C  C7C7
Find something better to do

Verse 2:
FF
 Careless talk
DmDm            FF  DmDm
I don't believe what they say
FF
I heard them talk
   DmDm             FF  DmDm
They say you've been putting me down
G minorGm           BbmBbm
 In the shadows on the phone
Am7Am7          D7D7
 They won't leave us alone
G7G7
 They've been talking
           Gm7/C N.C.
Ever since you came around

Interlude:
N.C. FF
Oh
   D MajorD
Oh
  Bb majorBb    BbmBbm
Oh, Ha, ya ya ya
   C majorC   N.C.
Ya ya yeah

Verse 3:
FF
 Careless talk
DmDm          FF
Telling you I'm doing wrong
FF
 Jealous talk
DmDm          FF  DmDm
Follows wherever you go
G minorGm           BbmBbm
 I'm aware of what you heard
Am7Am7        D7D7
 Every terrible word
G minorGm       Gm/F          Gm/E
 Everybody's making believe that they know

Bridge:
A7A7           DmDm
All of the intimate things
          Edim7Edim7
That we might have said
    A7A7          DmDm
In the heat of a passionate moment
          G minorGm
In a conversation shared
    C7C7        Am7Am7
For the ears of nobody else
      D7D7            G minorGm
There are some things they'll never hear
      G7G7        Gm7/C
There are secrets I'll never tell

Verse 4:
FF
 Careless talk
DmDm          FF   DmDm
Going around on the street
FF
 Jealous talk
DmDm          FF   DmDm
I know how bad it can be
G minorGm             BbmBbm
 Let them stand where they fall
Am7Am7           D7D7
 They don't know us at all
G7G7                      Gm7/C N.C.
 All that talking won't make a difference to me

Interlude:
N.C. FF
Oh
   D MajorD
Oh
  Bb majorBb    BbmBbm
Oh, Ha, ya ya ya
   C majorC   N.C.
Ya ya yeah
N.C.
Oh

Outro:
FF
 Careless talk
DmDm             FF  DmDm
That's what they say about me
FF
 Careless talk
DmDm             FF  DmDm
That's what they say about you
FF
Careless talk
DmDm             FF   DmDm
That's what they say about me

Oh!
FF
 Careless talk
DmDm             FF  DmDm
That's what they say about you