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{title: Piano man} {artist: Billy Joel} {time: 6/8} {tempo: 59} {key: C} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_part: Intro} [Dm7] [Ddim] [C] [G/B] [F/A] [C/G] [F] [C/E] [D] [G] {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Link} [C] [G/B] [F/A] [C/G] [F] [F/G] [C] [F/C] [G/C] [F/C] [C] [F/C] [G/C] [F/C] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} It's [C]nine o'[G/B]clock on a [F/A]Saturday [C/G] [F] The regular [C/E]crowd shuffles [D]in [G] There's an [C]old man [G/B] sitting [F/A]next to me [C/G] Making [F]love to his [F/G]tonic and [C]gin {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} He says "[C]Son can you [G/B]play me a [F/A]memory? [C/G] I'm [F]not really [C/E]sure how it [D]goes, [G] but it's [C]sad and it [G/B]sweet and I [F/A]knew it com[C/G]plete when [F]I wore a [F/G]younger man's [C]clothes." {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Bridge} [Am]la la[C/G]la didi [D/F#]daa [F] [Am] la [C/G]la didi [D/F#]daa daa [G]dum [G7/F] [C/E] [G/D] {end_of_part} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 1} [C]Sing us a [G/B]song, you're the [F/A]piano man [C/G] [F]Sing us a [C/E]song to[D]night [G] Well we're [C]all in the [G/B]mood for a [F/A]melody [C/G] and [F]you've got us [F/G]feeling al[C]right {end_of_chorus} {start_of_verse: Verse 3} Now [C]John at the [G/B]bar is a [F/A]friend of mine [C/G] he [F]gets me my [C/E]drink for [D]free [G] and he's a [C]quick with a [G/B]joke or to [F/A]light up your [C/G]smoke but there's [F]someplace that [F/G]he'd rather [C]be [F/C] {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 4} He says "[C]Bill, I be[G/B]lieve this is [F/A]killing me," [C/G] as the [F]smile ran a[C/E]way from his [D]face [G] "well I'm [C]sure that I [G/B]could be a [F/A]movie star [C/G] if [F]I could get [F/G]out of this [C]place." {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Bridge} [Am]la la[C/G]la didi [D/F#]daa [F] [Am] la [C/G]la didi [D/F#]daa daa [G]dum [G7/F] [C/E] [G/D] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 5} Now [C]Paul is a [G/B]real estate [F/A]novelist [C/G] Who [F]never had [C/E]time for a [D]wife [G] And he's [C]talking with [G/B]Davey who's [F/A]still in the [C/G]Navy and [F]probably [F/G]will be for [C]life {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 6} And the [C]waitress is [G/B]practicing [F/A]politics [C/G] as the [F]businessmen [C/E]slowly get [D]stoned [G] Yes they're [C]sharing a [G/B]drink they call [F/A]loneliness [C/G] but it's [F]better than [F/G]drinking a[C]lone {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Solo} [Am] [C/G] [D/F#] [F] [Am] [C/G] [D/F#] [G] [G7/F] [C/E] [G/D] {end_of_part} {chorus: Chorus 2} {start_of_verse: Verse 7} It's a [C]pretty good [G/B]crowd for a [F/A]Saturday [C/G] And the [F]manager [C/E]gives me a [D]smile [G] 'Cause he [C]knows that it's [G/B]me they've been [F/A]coming to see [C/G] To for[F]get about [F/G]life for a [C]while {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 8} And the [C]piano [G/B]sounds like a [F/A]carnival [C/G] And the [F]microphone [C/E]smells like a [D]beer [G] And they [C]sit at the [G/B]bar and put [F/A]bread in my [C/G]jar And say "[F]Man, what are [F/G]you doing [C]here?" {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Bridge} [Am]la la[C/G]la didi [D/F#]daa [F] [Am] la [C/G]la didi [D/F#]daa daa [G]dum [G7/F] [C/E] [G/D] {end_of_part} {chorus: Chorus 3}