Vienna chords by Billy Joel

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


Capo: 1st fret
Play: A
Key: Bb

For chords in original key tranpose +1 (and "use flats")

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Intro: / Coda:

not all embellishments are included

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 +  3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
B|2-----------5---|------2p0---------|------------2---|----------------|
G|--------4-------|4--------2-----0-1|2-------1-------|2---------------|
D|----------------|--------------4---|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
  Aaug    Aaug/G   C#7/G#  D/A        Dm6/F   E7       A
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 +  3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--1---1---1---1-|-----------2---2--|--1---1---0---0-|0---0---0---0---|
B|--2---2---2---2-|--6---6----3---3--|--0---0---0---0-|2---2---2---2---|
G|--2---2---2---2-|--4---4----2---2--|--2---2---1---1-|2---2---2---2---|
D|----------------|--6---6-----------|--0---0---0---0-|2---------------|
A|0---------------|---------0--------|----------------|0---------------|
E|-------3--------|4-----------------|1-------0-------|----------------|

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CHORDS
          E-A-D-G-B-e
G         3-x-0-0-3-3 (= G5)
B/C#      x-4-4-4-4-x
C#7       x-4-6-4-6-x
A/G#      4-x-2-2-2-x
A/F#      2-x-2-2-2-x
A/E       0-x-2-2-2-x
F#m7      2-x-2-2-2-0 or 2-4-2-2-5-2
B7        x-2-4-2-4-x or x-2-4-2-4-2
F9        x-x-3-2-4-3 or (F7) 1-3-1-2-1-x
E7        x-x-2-1-3-0 or      0-2-0-1-3-x

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Intro:
| Aaug Aaug/G | C#7/G# D/A | Dm6/F E7 | A |


Verse 1:
F#m            A
 Slow down you crazy child
       E                 G
You're so ambitious for a juvenile
            D
But then if you're so smart
         A                    | B     B/C# C#7 |
Tell me, why are you still so afraid


Verse 2:
F#m                           A
 Where's the fire, what's the hurry about
          E                       G
You better cool it off before you burn it out
        D
You got so much to do
         A                | G#m7    B/C# C#7 |
And only so many hours in a day, hey-ey -ey


Pre-Chorus:
D                           E
 But you know that when the truth is told
             A            A/G#
That you can get what you want
           A/F#     A/E
Or you can just get old
               D                     G#m7     C#7    | F#m7        B7 |
You're gonna ... kick off before you even get halfway through, ooh-ooh


Chorus:
              F9
When will you realize
E7               |  A     A/G# |
 Vienna waits for you


Verse 3:
F#m                A
 Slow down, you're doing fine
             E                           G
You can't be everything you want to be before your time
              D                 A             B       B/C#  C#7
Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight, tonigh-ight


Verse 4:
F#m                    A
 Too bad, but it's the life you lead
           E                            G
You're so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need
               D
Though you can see when you're wrong
             A                            G#m7          B/C# C#7
You know you can't always see when you're right, you're righ-ight


Pre-Chorus:
D                         E
 You got your passion, you got your pride
    A                   A/G#      A/F#      A/E
But don't you know that only fools are satisfied
D                     G#m7           C#7      F#m7      B7
 Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true, ooh-ooh


Chorus:
              F9
When will you realize
E7            A
 Vienna waits for you


Solo:
| F#m A | E G |
| D A | G#m7   B/C#    C# |


Pre-Chorus:
D             E
 Slow down you crazy child
             A            A/G#           A/F#       A/E
And take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while
D                        G#m7           C#7    F#m7     B7
 It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two, ooh-ooh


Chorus:
              F9
When will you realize
E7            A
 Vienna waits for you


Pre-Chorus:
D                          E
 And you know that when the truth is told
             A           A/G#          F#m      A
That you can get what you want or you can just get old
               D                     G#m7     C#7     F#m7         B7
You're gonna ... kick off before you even get halfway through, ooh-ooh


Chorus:
              F9
Why don't you realize
E7              |  A  F#7 |
 Vienna waits for you
              F9
When will you realize
            (break)
E7       Aaug :
 Vienna waits for you


Coda:
| Aaug Aaug/G | C#7/G# D/A | Dm6/F E7 | A  A