title: Piano Man-
songwriter: Billy Joel
key: General
harp type: Chromatic
genre: D
skill: Any
released: 1973

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5 -5 6 (6 6 -5 5 -5 5) 4 (4 -5 5) -4 4 MP3 Intro
Verse 1:
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| It’s | nine o’ | clock on a | Saturday, | the | regular | crowd
shuffles | in.|
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| There’s an | old man sitting | next to me, | makin’|love to his |
tonic and| gin.|
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| He says, | “Son, can you | play me a | memory? | I’m | not really |
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| sure how it | goes. | But it’s | sad and it’s | sweet and I
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| knew it com | plete, when | I wore a | younger man’s clothes”. |
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| La la la, | de de | da | | La la, | de de | da | da da |
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Chorus:
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| Sing us a | song you’re the | piano man,| | sing us a | song to |
night. |
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| ‘well, we’re | all in the | mood for a | melody | and | you’ve got
us |
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| feelin’ al | right. | | |
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Verse 2:
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| Now | John at the | bar is a | friend of mine, | he | gets me my
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| drinks for |free. | And he’s | quick with a | joke or to | light
up your |
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| smoke, but there’s | someplace that | he’d rather | be. | | |
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| He says, | “Bill, I be | lieve this is | killing me.” | as a | smile
ran a |
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| way from his | face, | “Well I’m | sure that I | could be a |
movie | star if |
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| I could get | out of this | place”. | |
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Verse 3:
Now Paul is a real estate novelist, who never had time for a wife.
And he’s talkin’ with Davy who’s still in the navy, and probably will
be for life.
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And the waitress is practicing politics, as the businessmen slowly get
stoned.
Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness,
but it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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Chorus:
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| Sing us a | song you’re the | piano man,| | sing us a | song to |
night. |
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| ‘well, we’re | all in the | mood for a | melody | and | you’ve got
us |
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| feelin’ al | right. | |
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Verse 4:
It’s a pretty good crowd for a Saturday, and the manager gives me a
smile.
‘Cause he knows that it’s me they’ve been comin’ to see,
to forget about life for a while.
And the piano, it sounds like a carnival, and the microphone smells
like a beer.
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar,
and say, “Man, what are you doin’ here?”
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| La la la, | de de | da | | La la, | de de | da | da da |
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Chorus:
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| Sing us a | song you’re the | piano man,| | sing us a | song to |
night. |
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| ‘well, we’re | all in the | mood for a | melody | and | you’ve got
us |
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| feelin’ al | right. | |
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fade out…