INTRO
C G Am C F C D G
C G Am C F G C C F F C C F F
FIRST VERSE:
C G Am C
Its nine o’clock on a saturday
F C D G
The regular crowd shuffles in
C G Am C
There’s an old man sitting next to me
F G C C
Making love to his tonic and gin
C G Am C F G C C F F
C G Am C
He says son can you play me a memory
F C D G
I’m not really sure how it goes
C G Am C
But it’s sad and its sweet and I knew it complete
F G C C
when I wore a younger man’s clothes
Am C D7 D7 Am
La da da de de Da
C D7 D7 G G7 G(3) G7(3)
da da de de Da da DA
CHORUS:
C G Am C
Sing us a song you’re the piano man
F C D G
Sing us a song tonight
C G Am C
Well we’re all in the mood for a melody
F G C C
and you’ve got us feeling all right
C G Am C F G C C F F C C F F
VERSE 2
C G Am C
Now John at the bar – he’s a friend of mine,
F C D G
he gets me my drinks for free
C G Am C
And he’s quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
F G C C
but there’s some place that he’d rather be
C G Am C
He says bill I believe this is killing me,
F C D G
as the smile ran away from his face,
C G Am C
Well I’m sure that I could be a movie star,
F G C C
if I could get out of this place
Am C D7 D7 Am
La da da de de Da
C D7 D7 G G7 G(3) G7(3)
da da de de Da da DA
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VERSE 3
C G Am C
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
F C D G
who never had time for a wife
C G Am C
And he’s talking with Davy who’s still in the navy
F G C C
and probably will be for life
C G Am C F G C C F F
C G Am C
And the waitress is practising politics
F C D G
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
C G Am C
yes they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
F G C C
but its better than drinking alone
PIANO SOLO
CHORUS:
C G Am C
Sing us a song you’re the piano man
F C D G
Sing us a song tonight
C G Am C
Well we’re all in the mood for a melody
F G C C
and you’ve got us feeling all right
C G Am C F G C C F F C C F F
VERSE 4
C G Am C
It’s a pretty good crowd for a saturday
F C D G
And the manager gives me a smile
C G Am C
Cause he knows that it’s me they've been coming to see
F G C C
To forget about life for a while
C G Am C
And the piano sounds like a carnival
F C D G
and the microphone smells like a beer
C G Am C
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
F G C C
and say man what are you doing here?
Am C D7 D7 Am
La da da de de Da
C D7 D7 G G7 G(3) G7(3)
da da de de Da da DA
CHORUS:
C G Am C
Sing us a song you’re the piano man
F C D G
Sing us a song tonight
C G Am C
Well we’re all in the mood for a melody
F G C C
and you’ve got us feeling all right
C G Am C F G C C F F C C F F
Chords
-G7- -G7(3) -G(3)-
1 1 0
0 3 3
0 0 0
0 0 0
2 2 2
3 3 x
