Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

FIRST VERSE:

 Its nine o’clock on a saturday

 The regular crowd shuffles in

 There’s an old man sitting next to me

 Making love to his tonic and gin

 He says son can you play me a memory

 I’m not really sure how it goes

 But it’s sad and its sweet and I knew it complete

 when I wore a younger man’s clothes

La da da de de Da

 da da de de Da da DA

Chorus

Sing us a song you’re the piano man

Sing us a song tonight

 Well we’re all in the mood for a melody

 and you’ve got us feeling all right

Verse 2

 Now John at the bar – he’s a friend of mine,

 he gets me my drinks for free

 And he’s quick with a joke or to light up your smoke

 but there’s some place that he’d rather be

 He says bill I believe this is killing me,

 as the smile ran away from his face,

 Well I’m 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 he’s talking with Davy who’s 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 you’re the piano man

Sing us a song tonight

 Well we’re all in the mood for a melody

 and you’ve got us feeling all right

Verse 4

 It’s a pretty good crowd for a saturday

 And the manager gives me a smile

 Cause he knows that it’s 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 you’re the piano man

Sing us a song tonight

 Well we’re all in the mood for a melody

 and you’ve got us feeling all right

Chords

1 1 0

0 3 3

0 0 0

0 0 0

2 2 2

3 3 x