Intro:
[C] [G] [Am] [C] [F] [C] [D7] [G]
[C] [G] [Am] [C] [F] [G] [C] [G]
VERSE 1
Its [C] nine o' [G] clock on a [Am] saturday [C]
The [F] regular [C] crowd shuffles [D] in [G]
There's an [C] old man [G] sitting next to [Am] me [C]
Making [F] love to his [G] tonic and [C] gin [C]
[C] [G] [Am] [C] [F] [G] [C] [G]
He says [C] son can you [G] play me a [Am] memory [C]
I'm [F] not really [C] sure how it [D] goes [G]
But it's [C] sad and it's [G] sweet and I [Am] knew it com-[C]plete
When [F] I wore a [G] younger man's [C] clothes [C]
[Am] La da da [Am] Da di di [D7] Da da [D7]
[Am] da da da [Am] Da di di [D7] Da da [D7]
[G] Dum [G7] [G] [G7]
CHORUS:
[C] Sing us a [G] song you're the [Am] piano man [C]
[F] Sing us a [C] song to-[D]night [G]
Well we're [C] all in the [G] mood for a [Am] melody [C]
and [F] you've got us [G] feeling al-[C]right [C]
[C] [G] [Am] [C] [F] [G] [C] [G]
VERSE 2
Now [C] John at the [G] bar he's a [Am] friend of mine [C]
He [F] gets me my [C] drinks for [D] free [G]
And he's [C] quick with a [G] joke or to [Am] light up your [C] smoke
but there's [F] some place that [G] he'd rather [C] be [C]
He says [C] Bill I [G] believe this is [Am] killing me [C]
as the [F] smile ran [C] away from his [D] face [G]
Well I'm [C] sure that I [G] could be a [Am] movie star [C]
if [F] I could get [G] out of this [C] place [C]
[Am] La da da [Am] Da di di [D7] Da da [D7]
[Am] da da da [Am] Da di di [D7] Da da [D7]
[G] Dum [G7] [G] [G7]
VERSE 3:
Now [C] Paul is a [G] real estate [Am] novelist [C]
who [F] never had [C] time for a [D] wife [G]
And he's [C] talking with [G] Davy who's [Am] still in the [C] navy
and [F] probably [G] will be for [C] life [C]
[C] [G] [Am] [C] [F] [G] [C] [G]
And the [C] waitress is [G] practising [Am] politics [C]
As the [F] businessmen [C] slowly get [D] stoned [G]
yes they're [C] sharing a [G] drink they call [Am] loneliness [C]
but it's [F] better than [G] drinking [C] alone [C]
[C] [G] [Am] [C] [F] [G] [C] [G]
CHORUS:
[C] Sing us a [G] song you're the [Am] piano man [C]
[F] Sing us a [C] song to-[D]night [G]
Well we're [C] all in the [G] mood for a [Am] melody [C]
and [F] you've got us [G] feeling al-[C]right [C]
[C] [G] [Am] [C] [F] [G] [C] [G]
VERSE 4:
It's a [C] pretty good [G] crowd for a [Am] saturday [C]
And the [F] manager [C] gives me a [D] smile [G]
Cause he [C] knows that it's [G] me they've been [Am] coming to [C] see
To [F] forget about [G] life for a [C] while [C]
And the [C] piano [G] sounds like a [Am] carnival [C]
and the [F] microphone [C] smells like a [D] beer [G]
And they [C] sit at the [G] bar and put [Am] bread in my [C] jar
and say [F] man what are [G] you doing [C] here [C]
[Am] La da da [Am] Da di di [D7] Da da [D7]
[Am] da da da [Am] Da di di [D7] Da da [D7]
[G] Dum [G7] [G] [G7]
CHORUS:
[C] Sing us a [G] song you're the [Am] piano man [C]
[F] Sing us a [C] song to-[D]night [G]
Well we're [C] all in the [G] mood for a [Am] melody [C]
and [F] you've got us [G] feeling al-[C]right [C]
[C] [G] [Am] [C] [F] [G] [C] [C]