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Piano Man

Billy Joel
All-time classics Pop essentials Singer-songwriter & folk
KeyC
Capo—
LevelMedium
Transpose C 0
Text
Chord sheet
Chords are positioned above the lyric change point
CGFCFCD7GCGFCFGCG
 It's Cnine o'Gclock on a FSaturCday
 The Fregular Ccrowd shuffles D7in G 
 There's an Cold man Gsitting Fnext to Cme
 Making Flove to his Gtonic and Cgin G 
 He says, "CSon, can you Gplay me a FmemoCry
 I'm Fnot really Csure how it D7goesG 
 But it's Csad and it's Gsweet and I Fknew it comCplete
 When I Fwore a Gyounger man's Cclothes."
Amla la la, di da D7da
AmLa la, di di D7da da Gdum F C G7 
CSing us a Gsong, you're the Fpiano Cman
FSing us a Csong toD7nightG 
 Well, we're Call in the Gmood for a FmeloCdy
 And Fyou've got us all Gfeeling alCright G 
 Now CJohn at the Gbar is a Ffriend of Cmine
 He Fgets me my Cdrinks for D7freeG 
 And he's Cquick with a Gjoke and he'll Flight up your Csmoke
 But there's Fsome place that Ghe'd rather Cbe G 
 He says, "CBill, I beGlieve this is Fkilling Cme."
 As the Fsmile ran aCway from his D7faceG 
 "Well I'm Csure that I Gcould be a Fmovie Cstar
 If FI could get Gout of this Cplace"
Amla la la, di da D7da
AmLa la, di di D7da da Gdum F C G7 
 Now CPaul is a Greal estate FnoveClist
 Who Fnever had Ctime for a D7wifeG 
 And he's Ctalking with GDavy, who's Fstill in the CNavy
 And Fprobably will Gbe for ClifeG 
 And the Cwaitress is Gpracticing FpoliCtics
 As the Fbusinessman Cslowly gets D7stonedG 
 Yes, they're Csharing a Gdrink they call FloneliCness
 But it's Fbetter than Gdrinking aClone G 
CSing us a Gsong, you're the Fpiano Cman
FSing us a Csong toD7nightG 
 Well, we're Call in the Gmood for a FmeloCdy
 And Fyou've got us all Gfeeling alCright G 
 It's a Cpretty good Gcrowd for a FSaturCday
 And the Fmanager Cgives me a D7smile G 
 'Cause he Cknows that it's Gme they've been Fcoming to Csee
 To Fforget about Glife for a wChileG 
 And the Cpiano, it Gsounds like a FcarniCval
 And the Fmicrophone Csmells like a D7beerG 
 And they Csit at the Gbar and put Fbread in my Cjar
 And say, "FMan, what are Gyou doing Chere?"G 
Amla la la, di da D7da
AmLa la, di di D7da da Gdum F C G7 
CSing us a Gsong, you're the Fpiano Cman
FSing us a Csong toD7nightG 
 Well, we're Call in the Gmood for a FmeloCdy
 And Fyou've got us all Gfeeling alCright
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How to play Piano Man chords

This Chordsurf arrangement of Piano Man by Billy Joel is presented in the key of C. Use the transpose controls above the sheet to move every chord together while keeping the lyric-change positions aligned.

The page is set up for practice as well as quick reference: adjust the text size, use auto scroll when your hands are busy, or switch to focus mode for a cleaner playing view. The published arrangement uses 11 distinct chord shapes, including C, G, F, D7, Am, G7 and others. You can also explore related material through All-time classics, Pop essentials, Singer-songwriter & folk.