Chords with lyrics
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Where's the Orchestra? - Billy Joel
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Billy Joel
Where's the Orchestra? (1982)
(Billy Joel)
From: "The Nylon Curtain"
Beautiful song but not easy ...
What I found out sounds alright to me.
Suggestions for improvements are highly welcome, though.
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CHORDS
e-B-G-D-A-E
*Am 0-1-2-x-x-x
*Am/G 0-1-0-x-x-x
*Am/F 0-1-2-3-x-x
E5E5+ 0-1-1-2-x-x
Am7Am7 3-1-2-2-0-x
Am6Am6 2-1-2-2-0-x
E/G# 0-0-1-2-x-4
G6G6 0-0-0-0-2-3
E5E5+/Ab (0)1-1-2-x-4
Amaj7Amaj7 0-2-1-2-0-x
E minor 7Em7 0-3-0-2-2-0
G/AG/A x-3-4-5-0-x
C/BC/B 0-1-0-x-2-x
Bm7b5 Bm7b5 x-3-2-3-2-x
CdimCdim x-4-2-4-3-x
A/C#A/C# (0)2-2-2-4-x
F#7sus 2-2-4-2-4-2
F#7F#7 2-2-3-2-4-2
*G x-3-0-0-x-3
D/F#D/F# x-3-2-0-x-2
Dm/F x-3-2-0-x-1
E7E7 x-3-1-2-2-0
*A x-2-2-2-0-x
Abm6Abm6 x-4-4-2-x-4
*Emaj7 x-4-4-2-x-0
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Capo 3rd fret
| C majorC | G+G | *Am *Am/G *Am/F | E MajorE | E5E5+ |
A augmentedA
Where's the orchestra?
A minorAm Am7Am7 Am6Am6 E/G#
Wasn't this supposed to be a musical?
G6G6 E5E5+/Ab A augmentedA
Here I am in the balcony
Amaj7Amaj7 E5E5+/Ab E minor 7Em7 G/AG/A
How the hell could I have missed the overture?
Dmaj7Dmaj7 B7B7
I like the scenery
Bm7Bm7 DmDm E5E5+
Even though I have absolutely no
A augmentedA
Idea at all
A minorAm Am7Am7 Am6Am6 E/G#
What is being said despite the dialogue
G6G6 E5E5+/Ab A augmentedA
There's the leading man
Amaj7Amaj7 E5E5+/Ab E minor 7Em7 G/AG/A
The movie star who never faced an audience
Dmaj7Dmaj7 B7B7
Where's the orchestra?
Bm7Bm7
After all
FF G+G C majorC C/BC/B
This is my big night on the town
Am7Am7 E minorEm
My introduction to the theatre crowd
FF Bm7b5 Bm7b5
I assumed that the show would have a song
E5E5+
So I was wrong
A augmentedA
At least I understand
A minorAm Am7Am7 Am6Am6 E/G#
All the innuendo and the irony
G6G6 E5E5+/Ab A augmentedA
And I appreciate
Amaj7Amaj7 E5E5+/Ab E minor 7Em7 G/AG/A
The roles the actors played, the point the author made
Dmaj7Dmaj7 B7(no3rd)
And after the closing lines
Cdim7Cdim7 A/C#A/C# F#7sus F#7F#7
And after the curtain calls
*G D/F#D/F#
The curtain falls
Dm/F E7E7 [A augmentedA]
On empty chairs ... where's the orchestra?
OUTRO
| *A | Abm6Abm6 | *A | Abm6Abm6 |
| *A | Abm6Abm6 *Emaj7 | *A | Abm6Abm6 *Emaj7 | *A | Abm6Abm6 *Emaj7 |
[melody: Allentown] (repeat and fade)