Billy Joel - Tell Her About It: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Tell Her About It" 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.

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 A#                                        G#
Listen boy, I don't want to see you let a good
            D#
thing slip away
           A#                                    G#
You know I don't like watching anybody make the same
            D#
mistakes I made
         Dm7                     C#
She's a real nice girl and she's always there for
Cm7
you
       D#m               A#/D                  Cm7 F
But a nice girl wouldn't tell you what you should do

Oh, listen boy I'm sure that you think you got
it all under control
You don't want somebody telling you the way to
 stay in someone's soul
You're a big boy now and you'll never let her go
But that's just the kind of thing she ought to know

Chorus:
 F                           Am
Tell her about it, tell her everything you feel
 Dm            Dm/C         Gm7              Gm7/C C
Give her every reason to accept that you're for real
 F                          Am
Tell her about it, tell her all your crazy dreams
 Dm              Dm/C               Gm7
Let her know you need her, let her know how much
    Gm7/C C
she means

Listen boy it's not automatically a certain
guarantee
To ensure yourself you've got to provide
communication constantly
When you love someone, you're always insecure
And there's only one good way to reassure

Chorus:
Tell her about it, let her know how much you care
When she can't be with you, tell her you wish
you were there
Tell her about it, every day before you leave
Pay her some attention, give her something
to believe

  G#            Fm7                F#
'Cause now and then she'll get to worrying
 G#     A#m               D#            F  D# G#
Just because you haven't spoken for so long
               Fm7               F#
And though you may not have done anything
 G#       A#m       D#                Em  F7
Will that be a consolation when she's gone

Listen boy it's good information from a man who's
made mistakes
Just a word or two that she gets from you could
be the difference that it makes
She's a trusting soul, she's put her trust in you
But a girl like that won't tell you what you
should do

Chorus:
Tell her about it, tell her everything you feel
Give her every reason to accept
that you're for real
Tell her about it, tell her all your crazy dreams
Let her know you need her,
let her know how much she means

 A#        Gm7      G#               D#
Tell her about it, tell her how you feel right now
      A#        Gm          G#
Just tell her about it, the girl don't want to
 D#
wait too long
            A#       Gm
You got to tell her about it,
G#                    D#
tell her now and you won't go wrong
            A#         Gm       G#              D#
You got to tell her about it before it gets too late
            A#       Gm
You got to tell her about it, you know the
G#                  D#
girl don't want to wait
            A#         Gm
You got to tell her about it,
              G#           D#
you've got to tell, tell, tell her about it


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

A#m

Guitar chord A#m

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

C#

Guitar chord C#

Cm7

Guitar chord Cm7

D

Guitar chord D

D#

Guitar chord D#

D#m

Guitar chord D#m

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

Dm7

Guitar chord Dm7

Em

Guitar chord Em

F

Guitar chord F

F7

Guitar chord F7

F#

Guitar chord F#

Fm7

Guitar chord Fm7

G#

Guitar chord G#

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

Gm7

Guitar chord Gm7

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 "Tell Her About It" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Tell Her About It" by Billy Joel.

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