Streetlife Serenader chords by Billy Joel

• Difficulty: Advanced

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:
G    Fsus4 F    G    C Csus4  C
G    Fsus4 F    G    Em  E/G#  A



🎸 Verse 1:
            G    FMaj7   G   C/G G
Streetlife serenader
                D      C   A
Never sang on stages
         G      FMaj7   G   C/G C
Needs no orchestration
             D     C  A
Melody comes easy

🎸 Verse 2:
         G       FMaj7   G  C/G G
Midnight masquerader
                   D    C  A
Shoppin' center heroes
          G    FMaj7   G   C/G
Child of Eisenhower
               D
New world celebrator

🎸 Instrumental:
G    Fsus4 F   G   Em  E   A

🎸 Verse 3:
           G     FMaj7    G  C/G G
Streetlife serenaders
                     D   C  A
Have such understanding
         G         FMaj7   G  C/G  G
How the words are spoken
                D
How to make the motions

🎸 Instrumental:
G    Fsus4 F   G   C
G  G/F  A/E
A    F#m  C#m  E  A/E  E  E/D  G  G/D  Em  Bm  Dsus4    D   C  A

🎸 Verse 4:
           G    FMaj7   G  C/G G
Streetlife serenaders
             D        C  A
Have no obligations
         G       FMaj7   G  C/G G
Hold no grand illusions
             D       C  A
Need no stimulation

🎸 Verse 5:
           G   FMaj7   G  C/G G
Midnight masqueraders
                 D      C  A
Workin' hard for wages
         G       FMaj7      G  C/G G
Need no vast arrangements
                  D
To do their harmonizing

🎸 Outro:
A    G    F    Bb  Dm/A  A
A  G  FMaj7    G    D   C
A  G  FMaj7    G    D   C
A    F#m  C#m  E  A/E  E  E/D  G  G/D  Em  Bm  Dsus4    D  C  A