Intro: [Amaj7]
[G11]
[C] [Em/B] [Am] [C/G] [F] [C/E] [D7]
[G]
[C] [Em/B] [Am] [C/G] [F] [G11]
[C]
[F/C] [G/C] [F/C]
[Em/C] [Dm/C] x2
v1: It's [C]nine o'[Em/B]clock
on a [Am]saturday. [C/G] [F]The
regular [C/E]crowd shuffles [D7]in
[G]
There's
an [C]old man [Em/B]sitting [Am]next to me [C/G]making
[F]love to his [G11]tonic and [C]gin
[C] [Em/B]
[Am] [C/G] [F] [G11]
[C] [C4]
He says, [C]son can you [Em/B]play
me a [Am]memory. [C/G]I'm
[F]not really [C/E]sure how it [D7]goes[G]
But it's [C]sad
and it's [Em/B]sweet and I [Am]knew it com-[C/G]plete
when [F]I wore a [G11]younger
man's [C]clothes
bk: [Am]La [Am/G]le la
de de [D7/F#]da-a [F]
[Am]Le la [Am/G]le le [D7/F#]la-a de [F]da[G/F]
[C/E] [G7/D]
c:
[C]Sing us a [Em/B]song you're the [Am]piano man[C/G]
[F]Sing us a [C/E]song to-[D7]nite[G]
Well we're [C]all in the [Em/B]mood
for a [Am]melody [C/G] and [F]you've got us [G11]feeling
all [C]right
[C] [Em/B] [Am] [C/G] [F]
[G]
([C]
[F/C] [G/C] [F/C]
[Em/C] [Dm/C] [C])
x2
v2: Now [C]John at the [Em/B]bar
is a [Am]friend of mine[C/G], he [F]gets me my [C/E]drinks
for [D7]free [G]
And
he's [C]quick with a [Em/B]joke
or to [Am]light up your [C/G]smoke but
there's [F]some place that [G11]he'd
rather be[C]
[C4]
He says [C]Bill i be-[Em/B]lieve
this is [Am]killing me [C/G]as the [F]smile ran a-[C/E]way
from his [D7]face[G]
Well I'm [C]sure that I [Em/B]could
be a [Am]movie star [C/G]if [F]I could get [G11]out
of this [C]place oh
bk: [Am]La [Am/G]le la
de de [D7/F#]da-a [F]
[Am]Le la [Am/G]de de [D7/F#]da-a da [G/F]da[C/E]
[G7/D]
v3: Now [C]Paul is a [Em/B]real estate [Am]novelist
[C/G]who [F]never had [C/E]time for a [D7]wife
[G]
And he's [C]talking with [Em/B]Davie
who's [Am]still in the [C/G]Navy and [F]probably [G11]will
be for [C]life
[C] [Em/B]
[Am] [C/G] [F] [G11]
[C] [C4]
And the [C]waitress is [Em/B]practicing
[Am]politics [C/G]as the [F]businessmen [C/E]slowly
get [D7]stoned[G]
Yes they're [C]sharing a [Em/B]drink
they call [Am]loneliness [C/G]but it's [F]better than [G11]drinking
a-[C]lone
solo: [Am] [Am/G] [D7/F#] [F]
x2
[Am] [Am/G] [D7/F#] [G11] [F] [C/E]
[G7/D]
c:
[C]Sing us a [Em/B]song you're the [Am]piano man[C/G]
[F]Sing us a [C/E]song to-[D7]nite[G]
Well we're [C]all in the [Em/B]mood
for a [Am]melody [C/G] and [F]you've got us [G11]feeling
all [C]right
[C] [Em/B] [Am] [C/G] [F]
[G]
([C]
[F/C] [G/C] [F/C]
[Em/C] [Dm/C] [C])
x2
v4: It's a [C]pretty good [Em/B]crowd
for a [Am]Saturday [C/G]and the [F]manager [C/E]gives
me a [D7]smile [G]
Cause he [C]knows
that it's [Em/B]me they've been [Am]coming
to [C/G]see to for-[F]get about [G11]life
for a [C]while
[C4]
And the [C]piano it [Em/B]sounds
like a [Am]carnival [C/G]and the [F]microphone [C/E]smells
like a [D7]beer [G]
And they [C]sit
at the [Em/B]bar and put [Am]bread in my [C/G]jar and say [F]man
what are [G11]you doing [C]here?
bk: oh,[Am]La
[Am/G]le la de
de [D7/F#]da-a [F]
[Am]Le la [Am/G]de de [D7/F#]da-a da [G/F]da[C/E]
[G7/D]
c:
[C]Sing us a [Em/B]song you're the [Am]piano man[C/G]
[F]Sing us a [C/E]song to-[D7]nite[G]
Well we're [C]all in the [Em/B]mood
for a [Am]melody [C/G] and [F]you've got us [G11]feeling
all [C]right
[C] [Em/B] [Am] [C/G] [F]
[G]
([C]
[F/C] [G/C] [F/C]
[Em/C] [Dm/C] [C])
x2
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