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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About The Downeaster Alexa
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.