Piano Man Chords by Billy Joel

[Intro]
 
C G F C  F C D7 G  
C G F C  F G C   G
 
[Verse]

 
     C      G          F    C
It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
    F       C              D7 G
The regular crowd shuffles in
           C       G       F       C
There's an old man sitting next to me
       F           G         C   G
Making love to his tonic and gin
 
          C            G         F   C
He says, "Son, can you play me a memory
    F          C           D7  G
I'm not really sure how it goes
         C            G       
But it's sad and it's sweet and
   F          C
 I knew it complete
     F        G             C
When I wore a younger man's clothes."
 
[Interlude]
 
Am              D7
la la la, di da da
Am           D7    G  F C G7
La la, di di da da dum
 
[Chorus]
 
C         G                F     C
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
F         C      D7   G
Sing us a song tonight
            C      
Well, we're all in 
    G          F   C
the mood for a melody  
    F                 G         C     G
And you've got us all feeling alright
 
[Verse]
 
    C           G        F         C
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
   F          C          D7  G
He gets me my drinks for free
         C            G        
And he's quick with a joke and 
      F             C 
he'll light up your smoke
            F              
But there's some place that 
G           C    G
he'd rather be
 
          C         G     
He says, "Bill, I believe 
        F       C
this is killing me."
       F          C            D7  G
As the smile ran away from his face
          C          
"Well I'm sure that   
  G          F     C
I could be a movie star  
   F           G           C
If I could get out of this place"
 
[Interlude]
 
Am              D7
la la la, di da da
Am           D7    G  F C G7
La la, di di da da dum
 
[Verse]
 
    C         G           F   C
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
    F         C          D7  G
Who never had time for a wife
         C            G     
And he's talking with Davy, 
      F            C
who's still in the Navy
    F             G      C   G
And probably will be for life
 
        C           G          F   C
And the waitress is practicing politics
       F           C           D7    G
As the businessman slowly gets stoned
             C         G     
Yes, they're sharing a drink 
          F     C
they call loneliness
         F           G         C    G
But it's better than drinking alone
 
[Chorus]
 
C         G                F     C
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
F         C      D7   G
Sing us a song tonight
            C          
Well, we're all in the 
G          F   C
mood for a melody
    F                 G         C     G
And you've got us all feeling alright
 
[Verse]

 
       C           G           F    C
It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
        F       C          D7    G
And the manager gives me a smile
          C               G 
'Cause he knows that it's me 
             F         C
they've been coming to see
   F            G           C   G
To forget about life for a while
 
        C         G             F    C
And the piano, it sounds like a carnival
        F          C             D7  G
And the microphone smells like a beer
         C          G        
And they sit at the bar and 
    F           C
put bread in my jar
          F             
And say, "Man, what are 
G         C       G
you doing here?"
 
[Interlude]
 
Am              D7
la la la, di da da
Am           D7    G  F C G7
La la, di di da da dum
 
[Chorus]

 
C         G      
Sing us a song, 
           F     C
you're the piano man
F         C      D7   G
Sing us a song tonight
            C          
Well, we're all in the 
G          F   C
mood for a melody
    F                 G         C
And you've got us all feeling alright

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ℹ️ About This Song

The track was written & sung by Billy Joel.

Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
• Key: C
• Chords: C, G, F, D7, Am, G7, A, E, D, B7, E7, F#m
• BPM: 78
• Suggested Strumming:
• D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord

Track Info

• Song: Piano Man
• Artist: Billy Joel
• Written by Billy Joel
• Produced by Mike Stewart
• Album: Piano Man
• Released Date: 2 November 1973