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7 Chords used in the song: C, G, Am, F, D, D7, G7
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INTRO
FIRST VERSE:
Its nine o?clock on a saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
There?s an old man sitting next to me
Making love to his tonic and gin
He says son can you play me a memory
I?m not really sure how it goes
But it?s sad and its sweet and I knew it complete
when I wore a younger man?s clothes
La da da de de Da
da da de de Da da DA
CHORUS:
Sing us a song you?re the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well we?re all in the mood for a melody
and you?ve got us feeling all right
VERSE 2
Now John at the bar ? he?s a friend of mine,
he gets me my drinks for free
And he?s quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
but there?s some place that he?d rather be
He says bill I believe this is killing me,
as the smile ran away from his face,
Well I?m sure that I could be a movie star,
if I could get out of this place
La da da de de Da
da da de de Da da DA
VERSE 3
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
who never had time for a wife
And he?s talking with Davy who?s still in the navy
and probably will be for life
And the waitress is practising politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
yes they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
but its better than drinking alone
PIANO SOLO
CHORUS:
Sing us a song you?re the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well we?re all in the mood for a melody
and you?ve got us feeling all right
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 coming to see
To forget about life for a while
And the piano 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 doing here?
La da da de de Da
da da de de Da da DA
CHORUS:
Sing us a song you?re the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well we?re all in the mood for a melody
and you?ve got us feeling all right
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Thank you for this. So useful.
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21 Feb 2021
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About this song: Piano Man
"Piano Man" was Billy Joel's first major hit and is considered Joel's signature song. The verses of the song are sung from the point of view of a bar piano player who focuses mainly on everyone else at the bar: John the bartender, the waitress, and bar regulars like Paul and Davy. Most of these characters have unfulfilled dreams, and the pianist's job, it seems, is to help them "forget about life for a while".
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