Intro:
|C G/B| |F/A C/G|
|C/F C/E| |D7 G|
|C G/B| |F/A C/G|
|F F/G|
|C F/C| |G/C F C/E G/D|
|C F/C| |G/C F C/E G/D|
Verse:
|C G/B| | F/A C/G|
It’s nine o”clock on a Saturday
|F C/E| |D7 G|
The regular crowd shuffles in
. |C G/B| |F/A C/G|
There’s an old man sitting next to me
|F F/G| |C C|
Making love to his tonic and gin
|C G/B| |F/A C/G| |F F/G| C F/C
Verse:
|C G/B| |F/A C/G|
He says, “Son can you play me a memory?
|F C/E| |D7 G|
I”m not really sure how it goes
|C G/B| |F/A Am/G|
But its sad and its sweet and I knew it complete
|F F/G| C
When I wore a younger man’s clothes.”
|Am Am/G| |D/F# F|
La la la de de da
|Am Am/G| D/F# |G G/F| |C/E G7/D|
La la, de de da da da
Chorus:
|C G/B| |F/A C/G|
Sing us a song you’re the piano man
|F C/E| |D7 G|
Sing us a song tonight
. |C G/B| |F/A C/G|
Well we’re all in the mood for a melody
|F F/G| C
And you’ve got us feeling alright
|C G/B| |F/A C/G|
|F F/G|
|C F/C| |G/C F C/E G/D|
|C F/C| |G/C F C/E G/D|
Verse:
|C G/B| |F/A C/G|
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
|F C/E| |D7 G|
He gets me my drinks for free
|C G/B| |F/A C/G|
And he’s quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
|F F/G| C F/C
But there’s someplace that he’d rather be
|C G/B| |F/A C/G|
He says, “Bill I believe this is killing me.”
|F C/E| |D7 G|
As a smile ran away from his face
|C G/B| |F/A C/G|
“Well, I’m sure that I could be a movie star
|F F/G| C
If I could get out of this place.”
|Am Am/G| |D/F# F|
La la la de de da
|Am Am/G| D/F# |G G/F| |C/E G7/D|
La la, de de da da da
Verse:
|C G/B| |F/A C/G|
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
|F C/E| |D7 G|
Who never had time for a wife
|C G/B| |F/A C/G|
And he’s talking with Davy, who’s still in the Navy
|F F/G| C
And probably will be for life
|C G/B| |F/A C/G|
|F F/G| C F/C
Verse:
|C G/B| |F/A C/G|
And the waitress is practicing politics
|F C/E| |D7 G|
As the businessman slowly gets stoned
|C G/B| |F/A C/G|
Yes they’re sharing a drink they call “loneliness”,
|F F/G| C
But it’s better than drinking alone
Interlude:
|Am Am/G| |D/F# F| |Am Am/G| |D/F# F|
|Am Am/G| D/F# |G G/F| |C/E G7/D|
Chorus:
|C G/B| |F/A C/G|
Sing us a song you’re the piano man
|F C/E| |D7 G|
Sing us a song tonight
|C G/B| |F/A C/G|
Well we’re all in the mood for a melody
|F F/G| C
And you’ve got us feeling alright
|C G/B| |F/A C/G|
|F F/G|
|C F/C| |G/C F C/E G/D|
|C F/C| |G/C F C/E G/D|
Verse:
|C G/B| |F/A C/G|
It’s a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
|F C/E| |D7 G|
And the manager gives me a smile
|C G/B| |F/A C/G|
‘Cause he knows that it’s me they’ve been coming to see
|F F/G| C F/C
To forget about life for a while
|C G/B| |F/A C/G|
And the piano it sounds like a carnival
|F C/E| |D7 G|
And the microphone smells like a beer
|C G/B| |F/A C/G|
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
|F F/G| C
And say, “Man, what are you doing here?”
|Am Am/G| |D/F# F|
La la la de de da
|Am Am/G| D/F# |G G/F| |C/E G7/D|
La la, de de da da da
Chorus:
|C G/B| |F/A C/G|
Sing us a song you’re the piano man
|F C/E| |D7 G|
Sing us a song tonight
|C G/B| |F/A C/G|
Well we’re all in the mood for a melody
|F F/G| C
And you’ve got us feeling alright
|C G/B| |F/A C/G|
|F F/G|
|C F/C| G/C F C/E G/D|
|C F/C| G/C F C/E G/D|
C (strum and hold)