Piano Man

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| [C] . . | [G]/[B] . . | [F]/[A] . . | [C]/[G] . . | [F] . . | 
| [C] . . | [F]/[C] . . | [Cmaj7] . . | [F]/[C] [C] [Dm7]/[C] | 
| [C] . . | [F]/[C] . . | [Cmaj7] . . | [F]/[C] [C] [Dm7]/[C] | 

(1)
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It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
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There's an old man sitting next to me
Making love to his tonic and gin

| [C] . . | [G]/[B] . . | [F]/[A] . . | [C]/[G] . . | [F] . . |
| [F]/[G] . . | [C] . . | . . . | [F]/[C] . . | . . . | 

(2)
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He says, "Son, can you play me a memory
I'm not really sure how it goes
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But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes."

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| [D] . . | [G] . . | /[F] . . | [C]/[E] . . | [G]/[D] . . | 
la la la, di da da, La la, di di da da dum

(3)
| [C] . . | [G]/[B] . . | [F]/[A] . . | [C]/[G] . . | [F] . . | [C]/[E] . . | [D] . . | [G] . . |
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
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Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
[A]nd you've got us all feeling alright

| [C] . . | [G]/[B] . . | [F]/[A] . . | [C]/[G] . . | [F] . . | [F]/[G] . . |
| [C] . . | [F]/[C] . . | [Cmaj7] . . | [F]/[C] [C] [Dm7]/[C] | 
| [C] . . | [F]/[C] . . | [Cmaj7] . . | [F]/[C] [C] [Dm7]/[C] | 

(4)
| [C] . . | [G]/[B] . . | [F]/[A] . . | [C]/[G] . . | [F] . . | [C]/[E] . . | [D] . . | [G] . . |
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
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And he's quick with a joke and he'll light up your smoke
But there's some place that he'd rather be

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(5)
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He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me."
As the smile ran away from his face
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"Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place"

| [Am] . . | /[G] . . | [D]/[F#] . . | [F] . . | [Am] . . | /[G] . . | [D]/[F#] . . |
| [D] . . | [G] . . | /[F] . . | [C]/[E] . . | [G]/[D] . . | 
la la la, di da da, La la, di di da da dum

(6)
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Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
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And he's talking with Davy, who's still in the Navy
And probably will be for life

| [C] . . | [G]/[B] . . | [F]/[A] . . | [C]/[G] . . | [F] . . | [G] . . | [C] . . | . . . |
| [F]/[C] . . | . . . |

(7)
| [C] . . | [G]/[B] . . | [F]/[A] . . | [C]/[G] . . | [F] . . | [C]/[E] . . | [D] . . | [G] . . |
And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessman slowly gets stoned
| [C] . . | [G]/[B] . . | [F]/[A] . . | [C]/[G] . . | [F] . . | [F]/[G] . . | [C] . . | . . . | 
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinking alone

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| [Am] . . | /[G] . . | [D] . . | . . . | [G] . . | [G]/[F] . . | [C]/[E] . . | [G]/[D] . . |

(8)
| [C] . . | [G]/[B] . . | [F]/[A] . . | [C]/[G] . . | [F] . . | [C]/[E] . . | [D] . . | [G] . . |
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
| [C] . . | [G]/[B] . . | [F]/[A] . . | [C]/[G] . . | [F] . . | [F]/[G] . . | [C] . . | . . . |
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us all feeling alright

| [C] . . | [G]/[B] . . | [F]/[A] . . | [C]/[G] . . | [F] . . | [G] . . | 
| [C] . . | [F]/[C] . . | [Cmaj7] . . | [F]/[C] [C] [Dm7]/[C] | 
| [C] . . | [F]/[C] . . | [Cmaj7] . . | [F]/[C] [C] [Dm7]/[C] | 

(9)
| [C] . . | [G]/[B] . . | [F]/[A] . . | [C]/[G] . . | [F] . . | [C]/[E] . . | [D] . . | [G] . . |
It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
And the manager gives me a smile
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'Cause he knows that it's me they've been coming to see
To forget about life for a while

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(10)
| [C] . . | [G]/[B] . . | [F]/[A] . . | [C]/[G] . . | [F] . . | [C]/[E] . . | [D] . . | [G] . . |
And the piano, it sounds like a carnival
A]d the microphone smells like a beer
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And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
And say, "Man, what are you doing here?"

| [Am] . . | /[G] . . | [D]/[F#] . . | [F] . . | [Am] . . | /[G] . . | [D]/[F#] . . |
| [D] . . | [G] . . | /[F] . . | [C]/[E] . . | [G]/[D] . . | 
la la la, di da da, La la, di di da da dum

(11)
| [C] . . | [G]/[B] . . | [F]/[A] . . | [C]/[G] . . | [F] . . | [C]/[E] . . | [D] . . | [G] . . |
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
| [C] . . | [G]/[B] . . | [F]/[A] . . | [C]/[G] . . | [F] . . | [F]/[G] . . | [C] . . | . . . |
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us all feeling alright

| [C] . . | [G]/[B] . . | [F]/[A] . . | [C]/[G] . . | [F] . . | [F]/[G] . . |
| [C] . . | [F]/[C] . . | [Cmaj7] . . | [F]/[C] [C] [Dm7]/[C] | 
| [C] . . | [F]/[C] . . | [Cmaj7] . . | [F]/[C] [C] [Dm7]/[C] |