PIANO MAN

[C] [G] [Am] [C] [F] [C] [D7] [G]

[C] [G] [Am] [C] [F] [G] [C] [G]

 

Its [C] nine o' [G] clock on a [Am] saturday [C]

The [F] regular [C] crowd shuffles [D] in [G]

There's an [C] old man [G] sitting next to [Am] me [C]

Making [F] love to his [G] tonic and [C] gin [C]

[C] [G] [Am] [C] [F] [G] [C] [G]

 

He says [C] son can you [G] play me a [Am] memory [C]

I'm [F] not really [C] sure how it [D] goes [G]

But it's [C] sad and it's [G] sweet and I [Am] knew it com-[C]plete

When [F] I wore a [G] younger man's [C] clothes [C]

 

[Am] La da da [Am] Da di di [D7] Da da [D7]

[Am] da da da [Am] Da di di [D7] Da da [D7]

[G] Dum [G7] [G] [G7]

 

[C] Sing us a [G] song you're the [Am] piano man [C]

[F] Sing us a [C] song to-[D]night [G]

Well we're [C] all in the [G] mood for a [Am] melody [C]

and [F] you've got us [G] feeling al-[C]right [C]

[C] [G] [Am] [C] [F] [G] [C] [G]

 

Now [C] John at the [G] bar he's a [Am] friend of mine [C]

He [F] gets me my [C] drinks for [D] free [G]

And he's [C] quick with a [G] joke or to [Am] light up your [C] smoke

but there's [F] some place that [G] he'd rather [C] be [C]

He says [C] Bill I [G] believe this is [Am] killing me [C]

as the [F] smile ran [C] away from his [D] face [G]

Well I'm [C] sure that I [G] could be a [Am] movie star [C]

if [F] I could get [G] out of this [C] place [C]

 

[Am] La da da [Am] Da di di [D7] Da da [D7]

[Am] da da da [Am] Da di di [D7] Da da [D7]

[G] Dum [G7] [G] [G7]

 

Now [C] Paul is a [G] real estate [Am] novelist [C]

who [F] never had [C] time for a [D] wife [G]

And he's [C] talking with [G] Davy who's [Am] still in the [C] navy

and [F] probably [G] will be for [C] life [C]

[C] [G] [Am] [C] [F] [G] [C] [G]

 

And the [C] waitress is [G] practising [Am] politics [C]

As the [F] businessmen [C] slowly get [D] stoned [G]

yes they're [C] sharing a [G] drink they call [Am] loneliness [C]

but it's [F] better than [G] drinking [C] alone [C]

[C] [G] [Am] [C] [F] [G] [C] [G]

 

[C] Sing us a [G] song you're the [Am] piano man [C]

[F] Sing us a [C] song to-[D]night [G]

Well we're [C] all in the [G] mood for a [Am] melody [C]

and [F] you've got us [G] feeling al-[C]right [C]

[C] [G] [Am] [C] [F] [G] [C] [G]

 

It's a [C] pretty good [G] crowd for a [Am] saturday [C]

And the [F] manager [C] gives me a [D] smile [G]

Cause he [C] knows that it's [G] me they've been [Am] coming to [C] see

To [F] forget about [G] life for a [C] while [C]

And the [C] piano [G] sounds like a [Am] carnival [C]

and the [F] microphone [C] smells like a [D] beer [G]

And they [C] sit at the [G] bar and put [Am] bread in my [C] jar

and say [F] man what are [G] you doing [C] here [C]

 

[Am] La da da [Am] Da di di [D7] Da da [D7]

[Am] da da da [Am] Da di di [D7] Da da [D7]

[G] Dum [G7] [G] [G7]

 

[C] Sing us a [G] song you're the [Am] piano man [C]

[F] Sing us a [C] song to-[D]night [G]

Well we're [C] all in the [G] mood for a [Am] melody [C]

and [F] you've got us [G] feeling al-[C]right [C]

[C] [G] [Am] [C] [F] [G] [C] [C]