Billy Joel - A Room of Our Own: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "A Room of Our Own" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

A7                     D7
You've got diamonds and I've got spades
F7
You've got pills
             C7
And I've got razor blades
A7
You've got yoga honey
D7
I've got beer
F7
You got overpriced
    C7
And I got weird

Chorus:
           G7
But it's alright
                     A#            F7
We're the same even though we're alone
       G7
It's alright
                  F7          A7
Yes we all need a room of our own

You've got love darlin'
I've got sex
You've got cash, mama
And I've got checks
You've got business, baby
I've got the kids
You got crowded just the way I did

Chorus:
But it's alright
Cause we all need a place to call home
It's alright
Yes we all need a room of our own

D7                    D#7      E7
I can still remember packed together
               D#7
Like a can of sardines
   D7
ooo
C#7      C7 B7 A#7 A7
No, no, no
D7
Pushin', shovin'
            D#7
That's when lovin'
 E7                          F7
Starts to come apart at the seams
     F7
Oh no
              C C/A# A7
t-t-t-no, no, no

I can still remember packed together
Like a can of sardines
No, no, no
Pushin', shovin'
That's when lovin'
Starts to come apart at the seams
Oh no, t-t-t-no, no, no

You've got the day shift
I've got nights
We go wrong at times
But we've got rights
You've got TV shows
I've got crime
But you've got your room, honey
And I've got mine

Chorus:
It's alright
It's the one thing that we should have known
Yes, it's alright
Yes, we all need a room of our own

And it's alright
Yes we all need a place to call home
It's alright
Yes we all need a room of our own
It's alright
It's alright
To have a room of your own
No, no, no, it's alright
Yeah it's alright mama
To have a room of our own
Sometimes you've got to get away

Got to get away
Got to get away
Got to get away to a room of our own
Got to have a room
Got to have a little elbow room of my own


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A7

Guitar chord A7

A#

Guitar chord A#

A#7

Guitar chord A#7

B7

Guitar chord B7

C

Guitar chord C

C7

Guitar chord C7

C#7

Guitar chord C#7

D7

Guitar chord D7

D#7

Guitar chord D#7

E7

Guitar chord E7

F7

Guitar chord F7

G7

Guitar chord G7

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "A Room of Our Own" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "A Room of Our Own" by Billy Joel.

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