{"id":27752,"date":"2025-12-25T22:11:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T22:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=27752"},"modified":"2026-01-16T20:26:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T20:26:54","slug":"honesty-billy-joel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/honesty-billy-joel\/","title":{"rendered":"Honesty – Billy Joel"},"content":{"rendered":"
[Intro]\r\n \r\nC<\/span> Cm<\/span>    Ab<\/span>     G<\/span>\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n \r\nC<\/span>                   F<\/span>         G<\/span>                  Em<\/span>\r\n   If you search for tenderness   it isn't hard to find\r\nF<\/span>                   Am<\/span>               Bm<\/span>         Dm<\/span>  G<\/span>\r\n    You can have the love you need to live\r\nC<\/span>                     D<\/span>                G<\/span>             B<\/span>       Em<\/span>\r\n   And if you look for truthfulness you might just as well be blind\r\n   F<\/span>              B<\/span>             E<\/span>\r\nIt always seems to be so hard to give\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n \r\nF<\/span>       G<\/span>    E<\/span>             Am<\/span>   G<\/span>\r\nHonest - y is such a lonely word\r\nF<\/span>          G<\/span>  F<\/span>     C<\/span>    E<\/span>\r\nEveryone is so untrue-ue\r\nF<\/span>       G<\/span>    E<\/span>           Am<\/span>    G<\/span>\r\nHonest - y is hardly ever heard\r\n    F<\/span>            G<\/span>    F<\/span>   C<\/span>   G<\/span>\r\nBut mostly what I need from you\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n \r\nC<\/span>              F<\/span>           G<\/span>                  Em<\/span>\r\n   I can always find someone   to say they sympathize\r\nF<\/span>              Am<\/span>              Bm<\/span>          Dm<\/span>  G<\/span>\r\n   If I wear my heart out on my sleeve\r\nC<\/span>                       D<\/span>              G<\/span>       B<\/span>      Em<\/span>\r\n   But I don't want some pretty face to tell me pretty lies\r\nF<\/span>               B<\/span>            E<\/span>\r\n   All I want is someone to believe\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n \r\nF<\/span>       G<\/span>    E<\/span>             Am<\/span>   G<\/span>\r\nHonest - y is such a lonely word\r\nF<\/span>          G<\/span>  F<\/span>     C<\/span>    E<\/span>\r\nEveryone is so untrue-ue\r\nF<\/span>       G<\/span>    E<\/span>           Am<\/span>    G<\/span>\r\nHonest - y is hardly ever heard\r\n    F<\/span>            G<\/span>    F<\/span>\r\nBut mostly what I need from you-\r\nC   Cm      Ab     G\r\nou\r\n \r\n \r\n[Bridge]\r\n \r\nAm                      E\r\n    I can find a lover,     I can find a friend\r\nGm                        D\r\n    I can have security until the bitter end\r\nF            C      G       F        C\r\n   Anyone can comfort me with promises again\r\n  D                G     E          F       G\r\nI know, (I know) I know, whoa, whoa ohhh\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n \r\nC                F           G                 Em\r\n    When I'm deep inside of me,  don't be too concerned\r\nF                 Am                Bm         Dm  G\r\n   I won't ask for nothing while I'm gone\r\nC              D                   G          B     Em\r\n    When I want sincerity   tell me where else can I turn?\r\n      F                  B         E\r\nCause you're the one that I depend upon\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n \r\nF       G   E                    Am   G\r\nHonest - y       is such a lonely word\r\nF          G  F      C    E\r\nEveryone is so untrue\r\nF       G   E                  Am    G\r\nHonest - y       is hardly ever heard\r\nF                G    F\r\nBut mostly what I need from you-\r\nC   Cm      Ab     G   Fm        G       C\r\nou<\/span><\/pre>\n
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[Intro] C Cm Ab G [Verse 1] C F G Em If you search for tenderness it isn’t hard to find F Am Bm Dm G You can have the love you need to live C D G B Em And if you look for truthfulness you might just as … CLICK TO VIEW SONGHonesty – Billy Joel<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-billy-joel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27752"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27755,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27752\/revisions\/27755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}