Piano Man

NOTE: Bass NOTES in parenthesis (EG (B) 
            Play Like a Waltz - 3/4 Time 

Intro:   
A11 Jazz Fill  G7  Jazz Fill 
C  Em/B  Am  C/G  F  D7/F#  G  
C  Em/B  Am7  C/G  F  G   
C F/C G/C    F/C-C-G/C-C    
C F/C G/C    F/C-C-G/C ...  
     
VERSE 
C         Em/B        Am          C/G        
Its nine o'clock on a Saturday      
        F             C/E       D7 Lick (F#) -{G}        
The regular crowd shuffles in      
C      Em/B                       F/A     C/G        
There's an old man sitting next to me      
             F                  F/G             C      
Makin love to his tonic and gin      

Part of intro 
C  Em/B  Am  C/G  F  G C      
BUILD  C C F/C F/C        
     
C               Em/B         Am          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              Em/B             Am            C/G        
But its sad and its sweet and I knew it complete      
              F          G                          C        ( B) 
When I wore a younger mans clothes      

Bridge 
Am         C/G        D/F#    F      
La la la, de de da      
Am         C/G        D/F#     G  G7/F   C/E  G/D      
La la, de de da da da      

 C               Em/B                  Am      C/G        
Sing us a song, you're the piano man      
 F             C/E         D7 Lick G        
Sing us a song tonight      
        C             Em/B            Am         C/G        
Well, were all in the mood for a melody      
          F               G         C      
And you've got us feelin' alright      

Part of intro 
C  Em/B  Am  C/G  F  G ...   
C F/C G/C    F/C-C-G/C-C    
C F/C G/C    F/C-C-G/C ...  

 C          Em/B        Am        C/G        
Now john at the bar is a friend of mine      
       F        C/E         D7     G Lick       
He gets me my drinks for free      
          C                Em/B         Am             C/G        
And he's quick with a joke or a light of your smoke      
        F                       G                    C   
But there's someplace that he'd rather be 
   
FILL:   C C  F/C F/C 
     
     C         Em/B          Am             C/G     
He says, "Bill I believe this is killing me,"     
         F              C/E            D7     G     
As the smile ran away from his face.     
  C               Em/B          Am           C/G     
"Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star,     
   F               F/G           C          (B) 
If I could get out of this place."     Oh 

Bridge 
Am  C/G    D/F#    F      
La la la,         de de da      
Am  C/G  D/F#     G  G7/F   C/E  G/D      
La la,            de de da da da      

   C               Em/B        Am        C/G      
Now Paul is real estate novelist  
     F              C/E           D7    G  
Who never had time for a wife  
       C                Em/B          Am     C/G  
and he's talking with Davy, whose still in the Navy  
       F            F/G           C  
and probably will be for life  

Part of intro 
C  Em/B  Am  C/G  F  G ...  
INTENSLY  C C F/C F/C  

      C              Em/B           Am      C/G      
And the waitress is practicing politics      
   F                   C/E             D7     G        
As the businessmen slowly gets  stoned      
   C             Em/B                Am     C/G        
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness      
              F                 G           C      
But its better than drinkin' alone      

Solo 
Am   C/G  D/F#   F   
Am   C/G  D/F#   F   
Am   C/G   D/F#   G   G7/F   C/E   G/D      

C               C/B                    Am      C/G        
Sing us a song, you're the piano man      
 F             C/E         D7     G        
Sing us a song tonight      
     C             C/B            Am         Am/G        
Well, were all in the mood for a melody      
             F          G         C      
And you've got us feelin alright      

Part of intro 
C  Em/B  Am  C/G  F  G  C   
C F/C G/C    F/C-C-G/C-C     
C F/C G/C    F/C-C-G/C ...  

  C              Em/B           Am    C/G        
Its a pretty good crowd for a Saturday      
     F              C/E     D7/F#    G        
And the manager gives me a smile      
                   C        C/B             Am      C/G        
cause he knows that its me they've been comin' to see      
        F             G               C       
To forget about life for a while      
INTENSE  C C F/C F/C  

     C         Em/B                Am      C/G        
And the piano, it sounds like a carnival      
         F              C/E     D7/F#       G        
And the microphone smells like a beer      
     C             Em/B             Am         C/G        
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar      
                   F                     G              C     (B) 
And say, man, what are you doin' here?        Oh 

Am         C/G        D/F#    F      
La la la, de de da      
Am         C/G        D/F3     G  G/F   C/E  G/D      
La la, de de da da da      


C               C/B                    Am      C/G        
Sing us a song, you're the piano man      
 F             C/E         D7     G        
Sing us a song tonight      
          C            Em/B            Am         C/G        
Well, were all in the mood for a melody      
              F          G         C      
And you've got us feelin alright      

Ending 
C  Em/B  Am  C/G  F  G  C  
C F/C G/C    F/C-C-G/C-C     
C F/C G/C    F/C-C-G/C ... C 
KICEMAN