
Billy Joel-My Life
BPM 131
[Intro section] [Riff1] D C7+9 EbM7/F Bb (repeat)
[Verse] [D] Got a call from an
[D/F#] old friend
We used to be
[G] real close
[A] Said he couldn't go on the American
[D] way
[Part of Riff1]Closed the shop, sold the
[D/F#] house
Bought a ticket to the
[G] West Coast
[A] Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.A.
[Riff1] D C7+9 EbM7/F Bb x 2
[Chorus] [D] I don't need you to
[D/F#] worry for me cause I'm
[G] alright
[A] I don't want you to tell me it's time to come
[D] home
[D] I don't care what
[D/F#] you say anymore, this is
[G] my life
[Riff2][A] Go ahead with your own life, and leave
[Bm] me alone
[Bridge - Drums - Bxxb BxSx etc to begin - snare on E to F# run] [Bm] I never said you had to offer me a
[F#7/C#] second chance
[D] I never said I was a victim of
[Esus - x79977] circumstance
[E - at nut] [F#] (B bS S(E)S(F#) - then full drums)
[G] I still be
[D/F#] long,
[F#] don't get me
[Bm] wrong
[E7+9 - X76777] And you can speak your mind
(Just bass and staccato with pickup at end xxxxxSSx)
But
[G/A] not
[A] on
[G/A] my
[A] time
[Verse] [D] They will tell you
[D/F#] you can't sleep
Alone in a
[G] [Riff2] strange place
[A] Then they'll tell you you can't sleep with somebody
[D] else
[D] But sooner or later you slee
[D/F#] p
In your
[G] own space
[Riff2][A] Either way it's okay to wake up with yourself
[Riff 1] D C7+9 EbM7/F Bb x 2
[Chorus - Quiet - bass drum just on 1, snare on 3 and 4] [D] I don't need you to
[D/F#] worry for me cause I'm
[G] alright (BxSxSB)
[A] I don't want you to tell me it's time to come
[D] home (BxSxxS)
[D] I don't care what you
[D/F#] say anymore, this is
[G] my life
[Riff2 - most emphasis][A] Go ahead with your own life, and leave me
[Bm] alone
[Bridge - Drums - Bxxb BxSx etc to begin - snare on E to F# run] [Bm] I never said you had to offer me a
[F#7/C#] second chance
[D] I never said I was a victim of
[Esus - x79977] circumstance
[E - at nut] [F#] (B bS S(E)S(F#) - then full drums)
[G] I still be
[D/F#] long,
[F#] don't get me
[Bm] wrong
[E7+9 - X76777] And you can speak your mind
(Just bass and staccato with pickup at end xxxxxSSx)
But
[G/A] not
[A] on
[G/A] my
[A] time
[Solo] D D/F# G A D
[Chorus] [D] I don't care what you
[D/F#] say anymore, this is
[G] my life
[A] Go ahead with your own life, and leave me
[D] alone
[Outro + Riff] D C7+9 EbM7/F Bb .... Fade
[End][Additional Notes][Intro section - Mute string slightly to make more rhythmic]E -------------------
B ---3---3---3---3
G -------------------
D -0---0---0---0----
A -------------------
E -------------------
3 Times - First time with just bass drum, then pick up xSSS
and full drums -
E 2---2-2---2-2-2---
B 3---3-3---3-3-3---
G 4---2-4---2-4-2--X3
D 0---0-0---0-0-0---
A ------------------
E ------------------
[Riff1 - over D C7+9 EbM7/F Bb]E 2---2---2-----3----------
B 3---3---3-----3----------
G 2---4---2-----3----------
D 0---0---0-----2----------
A X---X---X-----3----------
E --------------X----------
E ---6(x6)--6-------------------------------3-/-15-fast-strum
B ---8------10----------------7---7---7-----3-/-15----
G ---7------7-----------------7---7---7-----3-/-15----
D ---8------8-----------------7---9---7-----2-/-14----
A ---6------6-----------------X---X---X-----3-/-15----
E ---6------6----66-55-44-----10--10--10----X-/-X-----
E ---6------6--------
B ---8------10-------
G ---7------7---3-5-6
D ---8------8---3-5-6
A ---6------6---1-3-4-
E ---6------6---X-X-X
[Riff2 over G]E -0-X-X-0------
B -5-3-2-0------
G -0-0-0-0------
D -0-0-0-0------
A -X-X-X-X------
E -3-3-3-3------