{"id":796,"date":"2021-05-10T04:56:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T04:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=796"},"modified":"2026-03-13T22:45:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:45:47","slug":"piano-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/piano-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Piano Man"},"content":{"rendered":"
[Verse]\r\n<\/span>[C] It's nine o' [Am] clock on a [C] Saturday \r\nThe   [F] regular [C] crowd shuffles [D] in [G] \r\n<\/span>There's an [C] old man  [Am]  sitting [C] next to me making [F] love to his [G] tonic and [C] gin<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Harmonica]<\/span>\r\nC<\/span>   Am<\/span>    C<\/span>   -   F<\/span>    G<\/span>     C<\/span>\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Verse]\r\n<\/span>He says [C] son can you [Am] play me a [C] memory \r\nI'm [F] not really [C] sure how it [D] goes [G]\r\n<\/span>But it's [C] sad and it's [Em] sweet and I [Am] knew it [C] complete when [F] I wore a [G] younger man's [C] clothes<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Bridge]<\/span>\r\nAm<\/span>    D<\/span>  \u00a0         Am<\/span>      D<\/span>                  G F C G7 <\/span>\r\n<\/span>Da da da     de de Da         dada       dede da   <\/span> \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span>[C] Sing us a [Em] song you're the [Am] piano man      \r\n[C] Sing us a [F] song [D] tonight [G]\r\n<\/span>Well, we're [C] all in the [Em] mood for a [Am] melody \r\nand [F] you've got us [G] feeling [C] alright\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Harmonica]<\/span>\r\nC<\/span>    Em<\/span>     Am<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0F<\/span>    G<\/span>      C<\/span>\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Verse]\r\n<\/span>Now [C] John at the [Em] bar is a [Am] friend of mine,\r\nhe [F] gets me my drinks for [D] free [G]\r\n<\/span>And he's [C] quick with a [Em] joke or to [Am] light up your smoke but there's [F] some place that [G] he'd rather [C] be\r\n<\/span> \r\n[ C F G ] He says [C] Bill I [Em] believe this is [Am] killing me as the [C] smile ran [F] away from his [D] face [G] \r\n<\/span>Well I'm [C] sure that I [Em] could be a [Am] movie star [C] if [F] I could get [G] out of this [C] place\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Bridge]<\/span>\r\nAm<\/span>        D<\/span>         F<\/span>  Am<\/span>     D<\/span>         G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Da da da     de de Da        dada    dede da      da da\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Verse]\r\n<\/span>Now [C] Paul is a [Em] real estate [Am] novelist [C] who [F] never had [C] time for a [D] wife [G] <\/span> \r\nAnd he's [C] talking with [Em] Davy who's [Am] still in the [C] navy and [F] probably [G] will be for [C] life\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Harmonica]<\/span>\r\nC<\/span>    Em<\/span>      Am<\/span>    C<\/span>      F<\/span>    G<\/span>      C   F G<\/span>\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Verse]<\/span>\r\nAnd the [C] waitress is [Am] practicing [C] politics [Em] as the [Am] businessmen [C] slowly gets [D] stoned [G]<\/span>\r\nYes, they're [C] sharing a [Em] drink they call [Am] loneliness [C] but it's [F] better than [G] drinking [C] alone<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Instrumental]<\/span>\r\nAm<\/span>      D<\/span>      F<\/span>      <\/span>Am<\/span>        D<\/span>       F<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Dah di dah di dah     Da da diddy dah, di da\r\nG<\/span>         F<\/span>     G<\/span>\r\n<\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS } [C] Sing us a [Em] song you're the [Am] piano man [C] \r\n[F] Sing us a [C] song [D] tonight [G] \r\nWell, we're [C] all in the [Em] mood for a [Am] melody [C] \r\nand [F] you've got us [G] feeling [C] alright\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Harmonica]<\/span>\r\nC<\/span>          Am<\/span>       C<\/span>      F<\/span>    G<\/span>      C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>    F<\/span>      C<\/span>        G<\/span>\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Verse]\r\n<\/span>It's a [C] pretty good [Am] crowd for a [C] Saturday [F] and the [C] manager gives me a [D] smile [G]\r\n<\/span>Cause he [C] knows that it's [Am] me they've been [C] coming to [F] see, to forget [G] about life for a [C] while [ C F C G ]<\/span>\r\nAnd the [C] piano [G] sounds like a [C] carnival and the [Am] microphone [C] smells like a [F] beer [G]\r\n<\/span>And they [C] sit at the [Am] bar and put [C] bread in my [F] jar and say [G] man what are you doing [C] here?\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Bridge]<\/span>\r\nAm<\/span>        D<\/span>   F<\/span>        Am<\/span>               D<\/span>     G<\/span>      \r\n<\/span>Da da da     de de.   Da       dada     dede da     <\/span>\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span>{ CHORUS } [C] Sing us a [Em] song you're the [Am] piano man [C] \r\n[F] Sing us a [C] song [D] tonight [G] \r\nWell, we're [C] all in the [Em] mood for a [Am] melody [C] \r\nand [F] you've got us [G] feeling [C] alright<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Harmonica]<\/span>\r\nC<\/span>          Am<\/span>      C<\/span>              F<\/span>     G<\/span>     C<\/span><\/span>\r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n
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Piano Man chords\r\n<\/span>Billy Joel  1973 *\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Intro]\r\n<\/span> \r\nC<\/span> G<\/span> F<\/span> C<\/span>  F<\/span> C<\/span> D7<\/span> G<\/span>  C<\/span> G<\/span> F<\/span> C<\/span>  F<\/span> G<\/span> C<\/span>   G<\/span>\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n<\/span> \r\n     C<\/span>      G<\/span>          F<\/span>    C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>It's nine o'clock on a Saturday\r\n<\/span><\/span>    F<\/span>       C<\/span>              D7<\/span> G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>The regular crowd shuffles in\r\n<\/span><\/span>           C<\/span>       G<\/span>       F<\/span>       C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>There's an old man sitting next to me\r\n<\/span><\/span>       F<\/span>           G<\/span>         C<\/span>   G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Making love to his tonic and gin\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n          C<\/span>            G<\/span>         F<\/span>   C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>He says, \"Son, can you play me a memory\r\n<\/span><\/span>    F<\/span>          C<\/span>           D7<\/span>   G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>I'm not really sure how it goes\r\n<\/span><\/span>         C<\/span>            G<\/span>           F<\/span>          C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete\r\n<\/span><\/span>     F<\/span>        G<\/span>             C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>When I wore a younger man's clothes.\"\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Interlude]\r\n<\/span> \r\nAm<\/span>              D7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>la la la, di da da\r\n<\/span><\/span>Am<\/span>           D7<\/span>    G<\/span>  F<\/span> C<\/span> G7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>La la, di di da da dum\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span> \r\nC<\/span>         G<\/span>                F<\/span>     C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Sing us a song, you're the piano man\r\n<\/span><\/span>F<\/span>         C<\/span>      D7<\/span>   G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Sing us a song tonight\r\n<\/span><\/span>            C<\/span>          G<\/span>          F<\/span>   C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Well, we're all in the mood for a melody\r\n<\/span><\/span>    F<\/span>                 G<\/span>         C<\/span>     G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And you've got us all feeling alright\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n<\/span> \r\n    C<\/span>           G<\/span>        F<\/span>         C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Now John at the bar is a friend of mine\r\n<\/span><\/span>   F<\/span>          C<\/span>          D7<\/span>  G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>He gets me my drinks for free\r\n<\/span><\/span>         C<\/span>            G<\/span>              F<\/span>             C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And he's quick with a joke and he'll light up your smoke\r\n<\/span><\/span>            F<\/span>               G<\/span>           C<\/span>   G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>But there's some place that he'd rather be\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n          C<\/span>         G<\/span>             F<\/span>       C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>He says, \"Bill, I believe this is killing me.\"\r\n<\/span><\/span>       F<\/span>          C<\/span>            D7<\/span>  G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>As the smile ran away from his face\r\n<\/span><\/span>          C<\/span>           G<\/span>          F<\/span>     C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>\"Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star\r\n<\/span><\/span>   F<\/span>           G<\/span>           C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>If I could get out of this place\"\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Interlude]\r\n<\/span> \r\nAm<\/span>              D7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>la la la, di da da\r\n<\/span><\/span>Am<\/span>           D7<\/span>    G<\/span>  F<\/span> C<\/span> G7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>La la, di di da da dum\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n<\/span> \r\n    C<\/span>         G<\/span>           F<\/span>   C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Now Paul is a real estate novelist\r\n<\/span><\/span>    F<\/span>         C<\/span>          D7<\/span>  G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Who never had time for a wife\r\n<\/span><\/span>         C<\/span>            G<\/span>           F<\/span>            C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And he's talking with Davy, who's still in the Navy\r\n<\/span><\/span>    F<\/span>             G<\/span>      C<\/span>   G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And probably will be for life\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n        C<\/span>           G<\/span>          F<\/span>   C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And the waitress is practicing politics\r\n<\/span><\/span>       F<\/span>           C<\/span>           D7<\/span>    G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>As the businessman slowly gets stoned\r\n<\/span><\/span>             C<\/span>         G<\/span>               F<\/span>     C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness\r\n<\/span><\/span>         F<\/span>           G<\/span>         C<\/span>    G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>But it's better than drinking alone\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span> \r\nC<\/span>         G<\/span>                F<\/span>     C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Sing us a song, you're the piano man\r\n<\/span><\/span>F<\/span>         C<\/span>      D7<\/span>   G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Sing us a song tonight\r\n<\/span><\/span>            C<\/span>          G<\/span>          F<\/span>   C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Well, we're all in the mood for a melody\r\n<\/span><\/span>    F<\/span>                 G<\/span>         C<\/span>     G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And you've got us all feeling alright\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Verse 4]\r\n<\/span> \r\n       C<\/span>           G<\/span>           F<\/span>    C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday\r\n<\/span><\/span>        F<\/span>       C<\/span>          D7<\/span>    G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And the manager gives me a smile\r\n<\/span><\/span>          C<\/span>               G<\/span>               F<\/span>         C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>'Cause he knows that it's me they've been coming to see\r\n<\/span><\/span>   F<\/span>            G<\/span>           C<\/span>   G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>To forget about life for a while\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n        C<\/span>         G<\/span>             F<\/span>    C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And the piano, it sounds like a carnival\r\n<\/span><\/span>        F<\/span>          C<\/span>             D7<\/span>  G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And the microphone smells like a beer\r\n<\/span><\/span>         C<\/span>          G<\/span>           F<\/span>           C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar\r\n<\/span><\/span>          F<\/span>             G<\/span>         C<\/span>     G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And say, \"Man, what are you doing here?\"\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Interlude]\r\n<\/span> \r\nAm<\/span>              D7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>la la la, di da da\r\n<\/span><\/span>Am<\/span>           D7<\/span>    G<\/span>  F<\/span> C<\/span> G7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>La la, di di da da dum\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span> \r\nC<\/span>         G<\/span>                F<\/span>     C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Sing us a song, you're the piano man\r\n<\/span><\/span>F<\/span>         C<\/span>      D7<\/span>   G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Sing us a song tonight\r\n<\/span><\/span>            C<\/span>          G<\/span>          F<\/span>   C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Well, we're all in the mood for a melody\r\n<\/span><\/span>    F<\/span>                 G<\/span>         C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And you've got us all feeling alright\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n* Alternate:\r\n<\/span> \r\nCapo III\r\n<\/span> \r\nC<\/span>  = A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>G<\/span>  = E<\/span>\r\n<\/span>F<\/span>  = D<\/span>\r\n<\/span>D7<\/span> = B7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>G7<\/span> = E7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Am<\/span> = F#m<\/span>\r\n<\/span> \r\nSet8\r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n
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[Verse] [C] It’s nine o’ [Am] clock on a [C] Saturday The [F] regular [C] crowd shuffles [D] in [G] There’s an [C] old man [Am] sitting [C] next to me making [F] love to his [G] tonic and [C] gin [Harmonica] C Am C – F G C [Verse] … CLICK TO VIEW SONGPiano Man<\/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":[133,126,265,116,117,115,131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baritone-bill","category-bass-guitar-night","category-best-songs","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-live-tenor","category-power-outage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796","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=796"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30226,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796\/revisions\/30226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}