Careless Talk chords by Billy Joel

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
N.C. F
Oh
     D
Oh
    Bb        Bbm
Oh, Ha, ya ya ya
      C     N.C.
Ya ya yeah

Verse 1:
F
Careless talk
Dm                          F   Dm
That's what you heard about me
F

Jealous talk
Dm                         F   Dm
That's what I heard about you
Gm                  Bbm
Everybody's telling lies
Am7                 D7
  I don't even know why
G7
  Why can't people
                        Gm7/C   C7
Find something better to do

Verse 2:
F
  Careless talk
Dm                        F    Dm
I don't believe what they say
F
I heard them talk
     Dm                          F    Dm
They say you've been putting me down
Gm                      Bbm
  In the shadows on the phone
Am7                    D7
  They won't leave us alone
G7
  They've been talking
                     Gm7/C  N.C.
Ever since you came around

Interlude:
N.C. F
Oh
     D
Oh
    Bb        Bbm
Oh, Ha, ya ya ya
      C     N.C.
Ya ya yeah

Verse 3:
F
  Careless talk
Dm                    F
Telling you I'm doing wrong
F
  Jealous talk
Dm                   F   Dm
Follows wherever you go
Gm                      Bbm
  I'm aware of what you heard
Am7               D7
  Every terrible word
Gm             Gm/F                    Gm/E
  Everybody's making believe that they know

Bridge:
A7                     Dm
All of the intimate things
                    Edim7
That we might have said
       A7                    Dm
In the heat of a passionate moment
                   Gm
In a conversation shared
        C7               Am7
For the ears of nobody else
           D7                       Gm
There are some things they'll never hear
           G7                Gm7/C
There are secrets I'll never tell

Verse 4:
F
  Careless talk
Dm                    F      Dm
Going around on the street
F
  Jealous talk
Dm                    F      Dm
I know how bad it can be
Gm                          Bbm
  Let them stand where they fall
Am7                     D7
  They don't know us at all
G7                                            Gm7/C  N.C.
  All that talking won't make a difference to me

Interlude:
N.C. F
Oh
     D
Oh
    Bb        Bbm
Oh, Ha, ya ya ya
      C     N.C.
Ya ya yeah
N.C.
Oh

Outro:
F
  Careless talk
Dm                         F    Dm
That's what they say about me
F
  Careless talk
Dm                          F    Dm
That's what they say about you
F
Careless talk
Dm                         F     Dm
That's what they say about me

Oh!
F
  Careless talk
Dm                          F    Dm
That's what they say about you