"Piano Man" by Billy Joel 

[Verse 1] 

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It's nine o'clock on a Saturday      The   regular crowd shuffles in 

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There's an old man    sitting next to me    making love to his tonic and  gin

[Verse 2] 

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He says son can you play me a memory   I'm   not really sure how it goes 

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But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man's clothes 

[Bridge] 

Am​       ​Am/G​      ​D7/F#​      ​F​  ​ Am​      ​Am/G​          ​D7/F#​     ​D7​   ​ G 

G/F​ ​ C/E​  ​G7/D 

[Chorus] 

C​         ​ G/B​            ​F/A​        ​ C/G​      ​ F​         ​C/E​       ​D7​       ​ G 

Sing us a song you're the piano man          Sing us a song        tonight 

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Well, we're all in the mood for a melody         and you've got us feeling  alright 

[Verse 3] 

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Now John at the bar is a friend of mine,  he gets me my drinks for free 

            ​ C​          ​G/B​       ​ F/A​         ​ C/G​          ​ F​            ​ G11                       ​ C   C​ ​F/C​ ​Cmaj7​ ​G11
And he's quick with a joke and a light of your smoke but there's some place  that he'd rather be 

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He says Bill I believe this is killing me as the smile ran away from his  face

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Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star if I could get out of this place 

[Verse 4] 

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Now Paul is a real estate novelist      who never had time for a wife 

            ​ C​       ​G/B​        ​F/A​         ​C/G​         ​F​        ​ G11             C
And he's talking with Davy who's still in the navy and probably will be for 

[Verse 5] 

        ​C​           ​ G/B​      ​ F/A​        ​C/G​     ​ F​          ​ C/E​    ​D7       G
And the waitress is practising politics as the businessmen slowly gets  stoned 

             ​ C​           ​ G/B​        ​ F/A​      ​ C/G​           ​ F​         ​ G11                       C
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness but it's better than  drinking alone 

[Instrumental] 

Am​     ​Am/G​     ​ D7/F#​     ​F  Am​     ​Am/G​     ​ D7/F#​     ​F 

Am​     ​Am/G​     ​ D7/F#​     ​D7 G​   ​G/F​   ​ C/E​   ​G/D 

[Verse 6] 

        ​C​           ​ G/B​       ​ F/A​       ​C/G​     ​ F​       ​C/E​       ​D7 G  
It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday and the manager gives me a smile 

           ​C​             ​G/B​              ​F/A​         ​C/G​      ​F                 G11​       ​ C       C​ ​ F/C​ ​Cmaj7​ ​G11 
Cause he knows that it's me they've been coming to see, to forget about  life for a while 

        ​C​           ​ G/B​      ​ F/A​     ​C/G​     ​ F​          ​C/E​           ​ D7 G 
And the piano sounds like a carnival and the microphone smells like a beer 

       ​ C​           ​ G/B​            ​ F/A​      ​C/G​           ​ F​           ​ G11                   C
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar and say man what are you  doing here?