Chords with lyrics
- Submitter: Flyinglibra51
- Tuning: Standard tuning
- Difficulty: Beginner
The Downeaster Alexa Billy Joel Intro A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm Well I`m on the Downeaster Alexa C majorC G+G FF And I`m cruisin` through Block Island Sound C majorC DmDm I have charted a course to the vineyard C majorC G+G FF But tonight I am Nantucket bound G+G C majorC FF We took on diesel back in Montauk yesterday G+G FF G+G FF Left this mornin` from the bell in Gardiner`s Bay G+G C majorC FF Like all the locals here I`ve had to sell my home G+G A minorAm G+G Too proud to leave I worked my fingers to the bone C majorC G+G A minorAm So I could own my Downeaster Alexa C majorC G+G FF And I go where the ocean is deep C majorC DmDm There are giants out there in the canyons C majorC G+G FF And a good captain can`t fall asleep G+G C majorC FF I got bills to pay and children who need clothes G+G A minorAm G+G FF I know there`s fish out there but where God only knows G+G C majorC FF They say these waters aren`t what they used to be G+G C majorC G+G But I got people back on land who count on me C majorC G+G A minorAm So if you see my Downeaster Alexa C majorC G+G FF And if you work with the rod and the reel C majorC DmDm Tell my wife I am trolling Atlantis C majorC G+G FF And I still have my hands on the wheel A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh C majorC G+G A minorAm Now I drive my Downeaster Alexa C majorC G+G FF More and more miles from shore every year C majorC DmDm Since they tell me I can`t sell no stripers C majorC G+G FF And there`s no luck in sword fishin` here G+G C majorC FF I was a bay man like my father was before G+G A minorAm G+G FF Can`t make a living as a bay man anymore C majorC FF There ain`t much future for a man who works the sea G+G C majorC G+G But there ain`t no island left for islanders like me C majorC G+G A minorAm Yeah yeah yeah oh C majorC G+G A minorAm Yeah yeah yeah oh C majorC G+G A minorAm Yeah yeah yeah oh C majorC G+G A minorAm Yeah yeah yeah oh
The Downeaster Alexa chords
The Downeaster Alexa is a song originally written, produced, and performed by Billy Joel for his eleventh studio album Storm Front. The album itself went to number one while the fourth single The Downeaster Alexa placed at #57 in the Billboard Hot 100. The song was included on Billy Joels Greatest Hits Vol. 3 album in 1997.
The Downeaster Alexa is performed in the key of A Minor, with Billy Joels vocal ranging F3 to Bb4. It plays in common time at a tempo of 88 beats per minute. The violin solo is played by virtuoso Itzhak Perlman.