The Downeaster Alexa chords by Billy Joel
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Tuning: Standard tuning
- Difficulty: Beginner 👶
The Downeaster Alexa
Billy Joel
Intro Am
C G Am
Well I`m on the Downeaster Alexa
C G F
And I`m cruisin` through Block Island Sound
C Dm
I have charted a course to the vineyard
C G F
But tonight I am Nantucket bound
G C F
We took on diesel back in Montauk yesterday
G F G F
Left this mornin` from the bell in Gardiner`s Bay
G C F
Like all the locals here I`ve had to sell my home
G Am G
Too proud to leave I worked my fingers to the bone
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C G Am
So I could own my Downeaster Alexa
C G F
And I go where the ocean is deep
C Dm
There are giants out there in the canyons
C G F
And a good captain can`t fall asleep
G C F
I got bills to pay and children who need clothes
G Am G F
I know there`s fish out there but where God only knows
G C F
They say these waters aren`t what they used to be
G C G
But I got people back on land who count on me
C G Am
So if you see my Downeaster Alexa
C G F
And if you work with the rod and the reel
C Dm
Tell my wife I am trolling Atlantis
C G F
And I still have my hands on the wheel
Am Em Am
yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh
C G Am
Now I drive my Downeaster Alexa
C G F
More and more miles from shore every year
C Dm
Since they tell me I can`t sell no stripers
C G F
And there`s no luck in sword fishin` here
G C F
I was a bay man like my father was before
G Am G F
Can`t make a living as a bay man anymore
C F
There ain`t much future for a man who works the sea
G C G
But there ain`t no island left for islanders like me
C G Am
Yeah yeah yeah oh
C G Am
Yeah yeah yeah oh
C G Am
Yeah yeah yeah oh
C G Am
Yeah yeah yeah oh Last updated:
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