Chord Piano Man - Billy Joel

[Intro 1]
Dm   Ddim
C  G  F  C
F  C  D  G
C  G  F  C
F  G
C  F  C  F  Em   Dm
C  F  C  F  Em   Dm

[Bait 1]
     C      G          F        C
It's nine o’clock on a saturday
F              C                 D     G
The regular crowd shuffles in
           C
There's an old man
G          F          C
sittin' next to me
       F           G         C
Makin' love to his tonic and gin
C  G  F  C
F  G  C  F
He says
C             G         F       C
"Son, can you play me a memory?
    F               C         D    G
I'm not really sure how it goes
         C             G
But it's sad, and it's sweet,
      F                C
and I knew it complete
     F         G             C
When I  wore a younger man's clothes"

[Pre-Reff 1]
Am       C           D  F
La, la- la, di-dee- da
Am          C          D
la-la, di-dee- da da-
G   C  G
dum

[Reff 1]
C         G                F         C
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
F              C          D  G
Sing us a song tonight
            C          G          F      C
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
    F             G         C
And you've got us feeling alright

[Interlude 1]
C  G  F  C
F  G
C  F  C  F  Em   Dm
C  F  C  F  Em   Dm

[Bait 2]
    C               G       F              C
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
   F          C               D  G
He gets me my drinks for free
         C                  G
And he's quick with a joke,
            F                C
or to light up your smoke
            F
But there's someplace
          G            C  F
that he'd rather be
He says,
C                G          F           C
"Bill, I believe this is killing me"
       F              C           D    G
As the smile ran away from his face
          C           G
"Well I'm sure that I could
           F       C
be a movie star
   F                G                 C
If I  could get out of this place"

[Pre-Reff 2]
    Am          C          D  F
Oh, la, la-la, di-dee- da
Am          C          D
la-la, di-dee- da da-
G   C  G
dum

[Bait 3]
    C         G           F        C
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
    F              C        D    G
Who never had time for a wife
         C                  G
And he's talkin' with Davy,
      F                 C
who's still in the Navy
    F        G                C
And probably will be for life
C  G  F  C
F  G
C  F  C
                 C     G          F        C
And the waitress is practicing politics
       F           C                 D  G
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
             C               G
Yes, they're sharing a drink
          F          C
they call loneliness
         F           G              C
But it's better than drinkin' alone

[Solo 1]
Am   C  D  F
Am   C  D  F
Am   C  D
G  C  G

[Reff 2]
C         G                F         C
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
F              C          D  G
Sing us a song tonight
            C          G          F      C
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
    F             G         C
And you've got us feeling alright

[Interlude 2]
C  G  F  C
F  G
C  F  C  F  Em   Dm
C  F  C  F  Em   Dm

[Bait 4]
       C                 G        F        C
It's a pretty good crowd for a saturday
        F       C                D  G
And the manager gives me a smile
          C               G
'Cause he knows that it's me
             F             C
they've been comin' to see
   F            G          C     F
To forget about life for a while
        C         G
And the piano, it sounds
       F        G
like a carnival
        F          C             D    G
And the microphone smells like a beer
         C          G
And they sit at the bar
        F           C
and put bread in my jar
         F              G         C
And say, "Man, what are you doin' here?"

[Pre-Reff 3]
    Am          C          D  F
Oh, la, la-la, di-dee- da
Am          C          D
la-la, di-dee- da da-
G   C  G
dum

[Reff 3]
C         G                F         C
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
F              C          D  G
Sing us a song tonight
            C          G          F      C
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
    F             G         C
And you've got us feeling alright

[Outro 1]
C  G  F  C
F  G
C  F  C  F  Em   Dm
C  F  C  F  Em   Dm  C