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billy joel – pianoman (6|8e)

Intro:
fiddle piano

then 7 measures, then:

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E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
(Verse 1)
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A|3----------------------|3----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
      00.31: It’s Nine   o'clock on a Saturday,
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G|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------4-------4--|
D|3-----------2----------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|5---------------0---2--|3----------------------|
E|-----------------------|------------3----------|-----------------------|
 The regular crowd shuffles in.    There’s an old man   sitting
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D|------------5----------|3-----2-3---5----------|-----------------------|
A|--------------------3--|-----------------------|3-----------3-----0-2--|
E|-----------------------|--------------------3--|----------------3------|
 Next to  me,   makin' love to his tonic and gin
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D|-----------------------|------------5----------|3-----------5----------|
A|3----------------------|--------------------3--|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------3--|
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G|-----------------------|5-----------5----------|------------4----------|
D|--------------------5--|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|3-----------3----------|-----------------------|3----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
            Verse 2: 00.57: He says son, can you play me a
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 Memory,      I'm not really sure how it goes       but it's
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A|3----------------------|--------------------3--|-----------------------|
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 Sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete when I  wore a younger man's
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G|-----------------------|----9-----------9------|----7------------------|
D|--------------------9--|-----------------------|----------------10--9--|
A|3-----------3----------|12----------10---------|9-----------8----------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 Clothes.        La  la la,   di da daaa
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G|----9-----------9------|----7------------------|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|5---------5-3---------3|
A|12----------10---------|9-----------9---7---9--|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
    La la,   di da daaa         da dum
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G|-----------------------|5-----------4----------|2----------------------|
D|2---------2------------|-----------------------|------------5-------2--|
A|------------5-------5--|-----------------------|----------------3------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
       Chorus 1: Sing us a song, you're the piano man
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A|-----------------------|5-------------------2--|-----------------------|
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 Sing us a song to -  night    Well, we're all in the mood for a
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A|--------------------3--|-----------------------|3-----------3-----0-2--|
E|-----------------------|--------------------3--|--------------3-3------|
 Melody       And you've got us feelin' alright
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G|5-----------4----------|2----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|------------5----------|3-----------5----------|
A|-----------------------|--------------------3--|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------3--|
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G|------------5-------2--|-----------------------|------------5-------2--|
D|---------------------52|------------3---2---0--|---------------------52|
A|3----------------------|3----------------------|3----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
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G|-----------------------|------------4----------|2----------------------|
D|------------3---2---0--|-----------------------|------------5---->>>---|
A|3----------------------|3----------------------|--------------------3>>|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
      Verse 3: Now John at the bar is a  friend of mine    He
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 Gets me my drinks for  free      And he's quick with a joke or to
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 Light up your smoke but there's someplace that he'd rather be
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    verse 4: He says, Bill, I believe this is killing me    As the
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 Smile ran away from his face      Well I'm sure that I could be a
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G|2----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|------------5----------|3-----2-3---5----------|--------------------9--|
A|--------------------3--|-----------------------|3-----------3----------|
E|-----------------------|--------------------3--|-----------------------|
 movie star      If I could get out of this place       oohh
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G|----9-----------9------|----7------------------|----9-----------9------|
D|-----------------------|----------------10--9--|-----------------------|
A|12----------10---------|9-----------8----------|12----------10---------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 La  la la,   di da daaa             La la,   di da
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G|----7------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|5---------5-3---------3|2-----------0----------|
A|9-----------9---7---9--|-----------------------|--------------------2--|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------3------|
 daaa         da dum               Verse 5: now
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 Paul is a real estate novelist       Who never had time for a
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 Wife      And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the navy and
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 Probably will be for life
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A|--------------------3--|-----------------------|3-----------4----------|
E|-----------------------|--------------------3--|-----------------------|
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G|5-----------5----------|------------4----------|2----------------------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------5-------2--|
A|-----------------------|3----------------------|----------------3------|
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    Verse 6: And the waitress is practicing politics      as a
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 Businessman slowly gets stoned   yes, they're sharing a drink they call
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A|--------------------3--|-----------------------|3----------------------|
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 Loneliness   but it's better than drinkin'  alone     Pianosolo:
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A|12----------10---------|------------8----------|12----------10---------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
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D|----------------10--9--|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|9-----------8----------|12----------10---------|------------9---7---9--|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

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                   Chorus 2: Sing us a song you're the
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A|----------------3------|-----------------------|----------------0---2--|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------3----------|
 Piano man        sing us a song    tonight     Well we're
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A|3----------------------|----------------3------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------3--|
 All in the mood for a melody       and you got us feeling al –
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G|-----------------------|------------4----------|2----------------------|
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E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 Right
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A|-----------------------|3----------------------|3----------------------|
E|--------------------3--|-----------------------|-----------------------|
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G|------------5-------20-|-----------------------|------------4----------|
D|----------------------2|------------3---2---0--|-----------------------|
A|3----------------------|3----------------------|3----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
                Verse 7: It's a pretty good crowd for a
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 Saturday    And the manager gives me a   smile     'Cause he
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 Knows that it's me they've been comin' to see To forget about life for a
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 While            Verse 8: and the piano sounds like a
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 Carnival    And the microphone smells like a beer      and they
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 Sit at the bar and put bread in my jar and say, Man, what are you doin'
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A|3----------------------|12----------10---------|9-----------8----------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 Here        oohh laa    lala,  didi daaaa
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     Lalalaa,  didi         daaa da dum
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D|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------5-------2--|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------3------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
             Sing us a song you're the piano man
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G|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------4----------|
D|3-----------2----------|------2-3-4-5----------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|5-------------------2--|3----------------------|
E|-----------------------|----------------3------|-----------------------|
  Sing us a song to -  night     Well we're all in the mood for a
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G|2----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|------------5----------|3-----2-3---5----------|-----------------------|
A|--------------------3--|-----------------------|3-----------3-----0-2--|
E|-----------------------|--------------------3--|----------------3------|
 Melody       and you got us feeling alright
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G|------------4----------|2----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|------------5----------|3-----------5----------|
A|3----------------------|--------------------3--|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------3--|
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G|------------5-------20-|-----------------------|------------5-------20-|
D|----------------------2|------------3---2---0--|----------------------2|
A|3----------------------|3----------------------|3----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
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