Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
FIRST VERSE:
Its nine oclock on a saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
Theres an old man sitting next to me
Making love to his tonic and gin
He says son can you play me a memory
Im not really sure how it goes
But its sad and its sweet and I knew it complete
when I wore a younger mans clothes
La da da de de Da
da da de de Da da DA
Chorus
Sing us a song youre the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well were all in the mood for a melody
and youve got us feeling all right
Verse 2
Now John at the bar hes a friend of mine,
he gets me my drinks for free
And hes quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
but theres some place that hed rather be
He says bill I believe this is killing me,
as the smile ran away from his face,
Well Im sure that I could be a movie star,
if I could get out of this place
La da da de de Da
da da de de Da da DA
Verse 3
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
who never had time for a wife
And hes talking with Davy whos still in the navy
and probably will be for life
And the waitress is practising politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
yes they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
but its better than drinking alone
Piano solo
Chorus
Sing us a song youre the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well were all in the mood for a melody
and youve got us feeling all right
Verse 4
Its a pretty good crowd for a saturday
And the manager gives me a smile
Cause he knows that its me they've been coming to see
To forget about life for a while
And the piano sounds like a carnival
and the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
and say man what are you doing here?
La da da de de Da
da da de de Da da DA
Chorus
Sing us a song youre the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well were all in the mood for a melody
and youve got us feeling all right
Chords
1 1 0
0 3 3
0 0 0
0 0 0
2 2 2
3 3 x