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