Billy Joel-Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
BPM irrelevant[Intro]
[F] [Gm7/F] [C/F] ([Bb/F] ([F] [C]) [F]))
[Intro - Tab]
* means strum with right hand little finger
+ strum up with little finger so mainly playing notes on high E
E 1--t5s3p0t5--*8s7p5--h8--8--0-+12-+1212s10--+1010s8--+8s10-*10-*8---5-3------
A 1-------------3-------------1-------------------------------3---1---6-5-------
D 2-------------3-------------0-------------------------------3---2---5-5-------
G 3-------------3-------------2-------------------------------3---3-------------
B 3-------------1-------------3-------------------------------1---3-------------
E 1-------------x-------------------------------------------------1-------------
[Verse 1]
[F] A bottle of white [Gm7/F-113333] a bottle of red
[C/F] Perhaps a bottle of [Bb/F] rose ins [F] tead
Rhythm coming into run is
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
F Run starts on 2
[Run to C - starts on beat]
B ------1h3--
G -0h2h3-----
D 3(ring)----
[C] We'll get a [C]table [Bb]near the [F/A]street
In our [F/A]old [Bb]familiar [C]place
[Gm7] You and I [C] --fa-a-a [Gm7] ce to [C] face [Bb/C-x3333x] hmmm
[F] A bottle of red, [Gm7/F] a bottle of white
[C/F] It all depends on your [Bb/F] aaaa ppe [F] tite (Run to C)
[G7] I'll meet you [F/A]any time [G/B]you want [C]
In our I [Bb/D] taliaa [C/E] aaan ....Restaurant
[F] [Gm7/F]
[Phrase during F to Gm7/F]
E 5-5-----5--6-5-3--6
A 6---8p6-6--3------
D 5-------5--3------
G 7-------7--x------
B 8-------8--5------
E 5-------5--3------
[Saxophone]
[Cmaj7] [Fmaj7] [Bbmaj7] [Bbmaj7]
[Cmaj7] [Fmaj7] [Bb(add9)-X13311] [Bb(add9)]
[Ebmaj7] [Abmaj7-466888] [Ebmaj7] [Abmaj7]
[Am7/D-x55555] [D-x57775] [Am7/D] [D]
[Verse 2 - All barre chords for hard staccato]
[G-355433] Things are okay with [D/G-35777x] me these days
[G7] Got a good job, [G9-35x435] got a good office
[C] Got a new wife, [F] got a new life
And the [Dsus4 - x5778x] family's fine
[G/D - x55433] [D - x57775]
[G] We lost touch [D/G] long ago
[G7] You lost weight
I [G9] did not know
[C] You could ever [F] look so good after
[Dsus4] So much time. [G/D] [D]
[Verse 3]
You re [Eb] member those days hanging [Bb] ou
At the village [F] green
[Eb] Engineer boots, leather [Bb] jackets
And tight blue [F] jeans
Drop a [Eb] dime in the box play the
[Bb] Song about New Or [F] leans
[Eb] Cold beer, [Bb] hot lights
[C] My sweet r [D] omantic teenage nights
[Solo G barre - chords barres]
[G] [Gmaj7-364433] [G7] [G7] - [C] [F] [Am7] [D]
[G] [Gmaj7] [G7] [G7] - [C] [F] [Am7] [D]
[D] [D] [D] [D] - play ascending line if can
[Piano]
G Bass - play octaves staccato
[G] [F] [C/E-03555x] [D-x5777x] x 4
[G] Oooh o [F] h oh o [C/E] h oh oh [D] oh oh oh oh
[G] Oooh o [F] h oh o [C/E] h oh oh [D] oh oh oh oh
[Verse 4 - Dont go double time]
[G] Brenda and Eddie were the popular steadies
And the [D] king and the queen of the prom [D] [C]
[G] Riding around with the [G/B] car top down and the [C] radio on
[F] [C] [F] [C]
[G] Nobody looked any f [D] iner [D] [C]
Or was [G] more of a hit at the [C] Parkway Diner
[G] We never knew we could [F] want more than that out of l [E7] ife
Surely [Am7] Brenda and [G/B] Eddie would [C] always know
[Am7/D] how to survive [G] .
[G] Oooh [F] oh oh [C/E] oh oh o [D] h oh oh oh oh
[G] Oooh [F] oh oh [C/E] oh oh o [D] h oh oh oh oh
[Verse 5]
[G] Brenda and Eddie were still going steady
in the [D] summer of '75 [D] [C]
[G] When they decided the [G/B] marriage would be at the [C] end of July
[F] [C] [F] [C]
[G] Everyone said they were [D] crazy [D] [C]
[G] Brenda you know you're [C] much too lazy
[G] Eddie could never af [F] ford to live that kind of [E7] life."
But [Am7] there we were [G/B] wavin' [C] Brenda and
[Am7/D] Eddie good [G] bye.
[G] Oooh [F] oh oh [C/E] oh oh o [D] h oh oh oh oh
[Verse 6]
They [F/C] got an apartment with deep pile carpet
[D] And a couple of paintings [G] from Sea [C] rs [G]
A [F/C] big waterbed that they bought with the bread
They had [D] saved for a couple of [G] years [C] [G]
They [F/C] started to fight when the money got tight
And [D] they just didn't count on the [Em] tears.
Whoa oh [A7] oh oh oh oh [Am7/D] oh yaaa rock n'roll
[Saxophone]
[G] [D] ([D][C])
[G] [G/B] [C] ([F] [C] [F] [C])
[G] [D] ([D][C])
[G] [C]
[G] [F] [E7]
[Am7] [G/B] [C] [Am7/D]
[G] [F] [C/E] [D]
Oh oh oh
[Verse 7]
They l [F/C] ived for a while in a very nice style
But it's [D] always the same in the [C] en [G] d
They [F/C] got a divorce as a matter of course
And they [D] parted the closest of fr [C] eh- [G] ends
Then the [F/C] king and the queen went back to the green
But you can [D] never go back there a [Em7] gain.
Oh oh oh [A7] ohhhhh oh oh oh [Am7/D] ohhhhhh
[Verse 8]
[G] Brenda and Eddie had had it already
By the [D] summer of '75 [D] [C]
From the [G] high to the low
To the [G/B] end of the show
For the [C] rest of their lives [F] [C] [F] [C]
They [G] couldn't go back to the [D] greasers [D] [C]
The [G] best they could do was pick [C] up the pieces
We [G] always knew they would [F] both find a way to get [E7] by ooooh
[Am7] That's all I [G/B] heard about [C] Brenda and [D] Eddie
[Am7] Can't tell you [G/B] more than I [C] told you al [D] ready
[Am7] And here we are [G/B] wavin' [C] Brenda and [Am7/D] Eddie good
[Interlude]
By [G] e. Oh [F] oh Oh [C/E] oh Oh o [D] h Oh oh
[G] oh Oh o [F] h Oh [C/E] oh Oh o [D] h Oh oh
[G] oh Oh [F] oh Oh [C/E] oh Oh [D] oh oh oh oh
[Descending Chords]
** = fret these notes with right hand first finger behind the 8th fret
and pull off the 8th fret with left hand to sound them
[F] [F/E] [F/D] [F/C] [F/Bb] [F/A]
E --------------------
A -10(keep ringing)---
D -10------------------
G -10------------------
B -8-----7----------------
E ------------10-----8----6-s----5**
[C] [Bb] [Bb/A] [Bb/G] [Bb/F] [Bb/E]
E --------------------
A 5---3----3(keep ringing)
D 5---3----3---------------
G 5---3----3---------------
B 3---1----0---------------
E -----------------3-------1----0
[Orchestrated section - each chord count 1 2 3 4 unless in brackets - then count just 2]
[F] [F] [Gm7/F] [Gm7/F] [C/F] [C/F] [Bb/F] [F]
[C] ([C] [Bb]) [F/A] ([F/A] [Bb])([C] [Gm7]) ([C] [Gm7]) [Gm7/C] [C7]
(drum fill)
[Verse 9]
[F] A bottle of red, [Gm7/F] ooooo and bottle of white
[C/F] Whatever kind of mood you're [Bb/F]in to [F]night
[G7] I'll meet you [F/A]any tiime [G/B]you want [C]
In our I [Bb/D] talian [C/E] Restau
[F]rant [Gm7/F]
[Saxophone]
[Cmaj7] [Fmaj7] [Bbmaj7]
[Cmaj7] [Fmaj7] [Bbmaj7]
[Dm7] [C/E] [F] [Dm7/G]
[F/C] [C]
Nice technique - play C shape at 12th fret for top 3 notes but use
RH first finger to finger the 15th fret of A to get the low C
and then strum with little finger
[End]