Piano Man
| . | C G F C F C D7 G C G F C F G C G |
| It's nine o'clock on a Saturday | C G F C |
| The regular crowd shuffles in | F C D7 G |
| There's an old man sitting next to me | C G F C |
| Making love to his tonic and gin | F G C G |
| He says, "Son, can you play me a memory | C G F C |
| I'm not really sure how it goes | F C D7 G |
| But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete | C G F C |
| When I wore a younger man's clothes." | F G C |
| la la la, di da da | a D7 |
| La la, di di da da dum | a D7 G F C G7 |
| Sing us a song, you're the piano man | C G F C |
| Sing us a song tonight | F C D7 G |
| Well, we're all in the mood for a melody | C G F C |
| And you've got us all feeling alright | F G C G |
| Now John at the bar is a friend of mine | C G F C |
| He gets me my drinks for free | F C D7 G |
| And he's quick with a joke and he'll light up your smoke | C G F C |
| But there's some place that he'd rather be | F G C G |
| He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me." | C G F C |
| As the smile ran away from his face | F C D7 G |
| "Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star | C G F C |
| If I could get out of this place" | F G C |
| la la la, di da da | a D7 |
| La la, di di da da dum | a D7 G F C G7 |
| Now Paul is a real estate novelist | C G F C |
| Who never had time for a wife | F C D7 G |
| And he's talking with Davy, who's still in the Navy | C G F C |
| And probably will be for life | F G C G |
| And the waitress is practicing politics | C G F C |
| As the businessman slowly gets stoned | F C D7 G |
| Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness | C G F C |
| But it's better than drinking alone | F G C G |
| Sing us a song, you're the piano man | C G F C |
| Sing us a song tonight | F C D7 G |
| Well, we're all in the mood for a melody | C G F C |
| And you've got us all feeling alright | F G C G |
| It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday | C G F C |
| And the manager gives me a smile | F C D7 G |
| 'Cause he knows that it's me they've been coming to see | C G F C |
| To forget about life for a while | F G C G |
| And the piano, it sounds like a carnival | C G F C |
| And the microphone smells like a beer | F C D7 G |
| And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar | C G F C |
| And say, "Man, what are you doing here?" | F G C G |
| la la la, di da da | a D7 |
| La la, di di da da dum | a D7 G F C G7 |
| Sing us a song, you're the piano man | C G F C |
| Sing us a song tonight | F C D7 G |
| Well, we're all in the mood for a melody | C G F C |
| And you've got us all feeling alright | F G C |