Billy Joel - Piano Man: Guitar Chords

      C      G/B        F/A     C/G
It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
     F       C/E           D  G
The regular crowd shuffles in
           C     G/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

He says, “Son, can you play me a memory?
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad, and it's sweet,
and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes”

Am   Am/G     D7/F# F
La la la, di da da
Am Am/G      D7/F# G  G/F G/E  G/D
La la, di di da da dum

Chorus:
 C         G/B              F/A     C/G
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
 F        C/E     D   G
Sing us a song tonight
            C          G/B        F/A   C/G
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
     F             F/G       C
And you've got us feelin' alright

Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke,
or to light up your smoke
But there's someplace that he'd rather be

He says, “Bill, I believe this is killing me”
As the smile ran away from his face
“Well, I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place”

Oh, la, la-la, di-dee-da
La-la di-dee-da da-dum

Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talking with Davy,
who's still in the navy
And probably will be for life

And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinking alone

Chorus

It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
And the manager gives me a smile
'Cause he knows that it's me they've
been coming to see
To forget about life for a while

And the piano, it sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
And say, “Man, what are you doing here?”

Oh, la, la-la, di-dee-da
La-la di-dee-da da-dum

Chorus


You can simplify chords by removing barre