[Bee Gees-Jive Talkin] [Intro - Start with muted guitar strum and bass drum] [C]
[Verse 1 - Snare on 'its just your'] [G] It's just your [C] jive talking you're telling me lies [C] Jive talking, you [Bb] wear a dis [C] guise [C] Jive talking, so misunderstood, [C] jive talking, you're [Bb] really no [C] good.
[Chorus] [G] Oh, my [F] child, you'll never know ... [E] just what you [E/G#] mean to [Am] me. [G] Oh, my [F] child, you got so much ... [C] you're gonna [Bb] take away my [F] ener..[G] gy.
[Verse 2] [G] With all your [C] jive talking you're telling me lies [C] Good loving, still [Bb] gets in my [C] eyes [C] No..body, believe what you say, it's just your [C] jive talking, that [Bb] gets in the [C] way.
[Odd time sig - 3 for C then 3 for Bb then 8 on F] [Solo] [C][Bb][F][F] x 4
[Chorus] [G] Oh, my [F] love, you're no good ... [E] treating [E/G#] me so [Am] cruel [G] There you [F] go with your fancy lies [C] leaving me looking [Bb] like a [F] dumbstruck [G] fool. (drum fill)
[Verse 3 - Just drums and vocals to begin with] [G] With all your [C] jive talking..you're telling me lies.. jive talking, you wear a disguise Bb C Jive talking, so misunderstood, jive talking, you just ain't no good.
[Verse 4] [C] Love talking is all very fine yea, [C] jive talking just [Bb] isn't a [C] crime. And if there's [C] somebody, you'll love 'til you die .. then all that [C] jive talking, that [Bb] gets in your [C] eye.
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[Intro - Start with muted guitar strum and bass drum] [C]
[Verse 1] C It's just your jive talking you're telling me lies Jive talking, you wear a disguise Bb C Jive talking, so misunderstood, jive talking, you're really no good.
[Chorus] G F E E/G# Am Oh, my child, you'll never know ...just what you mean to me. G F C Bb F G Oh, my child, you got so much ...you're gonna take away my ener..gy.
[Verse 2] G C With all your jive talking, you're telling me lies Good loving still gets in my eyes Bb C No..body, believe what you say, it's just your jive talking that gets in the way.
[Odd time sig - 3 for C then 3 for Bb then 8 on F - Drums are BxSx Bx BxSx BxSx] [Solo] Chords C Bb F e|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| (x4) B|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| G|---14-17-14-12-------------------------------------|-------------------------------12--| D|--------------------14------12-14-12-10------------|----------------10--12—14----------| A|----------------------------------------------12---|------10--12-----------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Can play Am7 to C to imply the line then Bmaj76 for final note - then F with open G to then A and play Fmaj7 at end (I think) to finish the line
[Alternative chord and vocal line piece] [Am/C][C][Bbmaj7][Fmaj7] e|--5-8-5--------------------x------0--3----- B|--5~----8--3--3~-5-3---3---1---1-3--------- G|--5~-------3--3~-----5-2---0-2------------- D|--5~-------3--3~-------3---3--------------- A|------------------------------------------- E|-------------------------------------------
[Chorus] G F E E/G# Am Oh, my love, you're no good ...treating me so cruel. G F C Bb F G There you go with your fancy lies leaving me looking like a dumbstruck fool.
[Verse 3 - Just drums and vocals to begin with] G N.C. With all your jive talking..you're telling me lies.. jive talking, you wear a disguise Bb C Jive talking, so misunderstood, jive talking, you just ain't no good.
[Verse 4] C Love talking is all very fine yea, jive talking just isn't a crime. And if there's somebody, you'll love 'til you die.. Bb C then all that jive talking, just gets in your eye.
[Solo 2 - Think final chords is C/G to C to F] [C/G][Bb][F] e|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| (x3) B|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| G|---14-17-14-12-------------------------------------|-------------------------------12--| D|--------------------14------12-14-12-10------------|----------------10--12—14----------| A|----------------------------------------------12---|------10--12-----------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| [C/G][C][Cadd9-x3x210] e|-----------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------10---------------------------| A|------------10----------------------------12---------| E|-----------------------------------------------------|
Think x33010 x33010 133211 ending instead
[Stop then drum vamp]
[Verse 5] G C With all your jive talking, you're telling me lies Good loving still gets in my eyes Bb C No..body, believe what you say, it's just your jive talking that gets in the way.
[Verse 6] C Love talking is all very fine yea, jive talking just isn't a crime. And if there's somebody, you'll love 'til you die.. Bb C then all that jive talking, just gets in your eye.
[Outro to Fade] C Jive talking.........jive talking........jive talking
[Verse - Play arp but hit snare and all low strings at same time to get bass note] It's [C] nine o' - [G/B] clock on a [F/A] Saturday [C/G] [F] The regular [C/E] crowd shuffles [D7] in [G] There's an [C] old man [G/B] sitting [F/A] next to me [C/G] Making [F] love to his [G7sus4] tonic and [C] gin
He says, [C] Son, can you [G/B] play me a [F/A] memory? [C/G] I'm [F] not really sure [C/E] how it [D7] goes, [G] But it's [C] sad and it's [G/B] sweet and I [F/A] knew it complete [C/G] When [F] I wore a [G7sus4] younger man's [C] clothes
[Am] Laa la [Am/G] laa litty [D7/F#] daah,[Am/F-102210][G] [Am] La laa [Am/G] litty daa [D7/F#] daah da dum [G][G/F-120003][C/E-032013][G/D-x55433]
[Chorus] [C] Sing us a [G/B] song, you're the [F/A] piano man [C/G] [F] Sing us a [C/E] song to - [D7] night [G] .. 'Cause we're [C] all in the [G/B] mood for a [F/A] melody [C/G] ..And [F] you've got us [G7sus4] feeling all - [C] right
[Verse] Now [C] John at the [G/B] bar is a [F/A] friend of mine [C/G] He [F] gets me my [C/E] drinks for [D7] free [G] And he's [C] quick with a [G/B] joke or a [F/A] light up your [C/G] smoke, But there's [F] some place that's [G7sus4] he'd rather [C] be [C][F/C][F/C]
He says, [C] Bill, I be [G/B] lieve this is [F/A] killing me [C/G] As the [F] smile ran a - [C/E] way from his [D7] face [G] "Well, [C] I'm sure that [G/B] I could be [F/A] a movie [C/G] star If [F] I could get [G7sus4] out of this [C] place.
[Am] Laa la [Am/G] laa litty [D7/F#] daah,[Am/F-G] [Am] La laa [Am/G] litty daa [D7/F#] daah da dum [G][G/F][C/Ei][G/D]
[Verse] Now [C] Paul is a [G/B] real estate [F/A] novelist [C/G] Who [F] never had [C/E] time for a [D7] wife [G] And he's [C] talking to [G/B] Davy who's [F/A] still in the [C/G] Navy And [F] probably [G7sus4] will be for [C] life
And the [C] Waitress is [G/B] practicing [F/A] politics [C/G] As the [F] businessmen [C/E] slowly get [D7] stoned [G] Yes, they're [C] sharing a [G/B] drink they call [F/A] loneliness, [C/G] But it's [F] better than [G7sus4] drinking a - [C] lone
[Chorus] [C] Sing us a [G/B] song, you're the [F/A] piano man [C/G] [F] Sing us a [C/E] song to - [D7] night [G] 'Cause we're [C] all in the [G/B] mood for a [F/A] melody [C/G] And [F] you've got us [G7sus4] feeling all - [C] right
[Verse] It's a [C] pretty good crowd [G/B] for a [F/A] Saturday [C/G] And the [F] manager [C/E] gives me a smile [D7][G] 'Cause he [C] knows that it's [G/B] me they've been [F/A] coming to see [C/G] To for - [F] get about [G7sus4] life for a [C] while
[Small Build][C] - [C] - [F/C] - [F/C]
And the [C] piano [G/B] sounds like a [F/A] carnival [C/G] And the [F] microphone [C/E] smells like a [D7] beer [G] And they [C] sit at the [G/B] bar and put [F/A] bread in my [C/G] jar And say [F] Man, what are [G7sus4] you doin' [C] here?"
[Am] Laa la [Am/G] laa litty [D7/F#] daah,[Am/F-G] [Am] La laa [Am/G] litty daa [D7/F#] daah da dum [G][G/F][C/Ei][G/D]
[Chorus] [C] Sing us a [G/B] song, you're the [F/A] piano man [C/G] [F] Sing us a [C/E] song to - [D7] night [G] 'Cause we're [C] all in the [G/B] mood for a [F/A] melody [C/G] And [F] you've got us [G7sus4] feeling all - [C] right
[Notes] [Tab for piano figure at start of song] Use first finger to play B string then second for E as nail is longer - better articulation first 4 notes are 16th notes, then triplets for rest of phrase -------(fast--------slower---------------) E 1----------10h12--15-14-13-12- B 1----10h13--------------------16-15-14-13 G 2---------------------------------- D 0--(leave-ringing)--------------- sp = slight pause -------------------------------(sp)-- E 1---6h7h8-6h7h8-6h8----3h4h5--------3-- B 0---------------------------3---3h5--(let 3 ring) G 1----------------------------------- D 0-----------------------------------
[Tab for main Intro] E -3--5310--55--X---X--X---2--3------- B -5---300--65--1---1--1-311--3-5-6--- G -5---400--55--0---2--0---2--4------- D -5---500--77--2---3--2---0--5------- A -3---5xx--88--3---3--3------5------- E -----333-(55)-3---1--0------3------- Dr B S B S B S B S
E -3--53----55--X---1--1-0-- B -5---354--65--1---1--1-1-3 G -5---4----55--0---2--0--- D -5---5----77--2---3--0--- A -3---5----88--3---3--x--- E -----3---(55)-3---1--3--- Dr B S B S B S
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[Tab - Build up verse] E -0---1---3---1-1-1--- B -1---1---3---1-1-1--- G -0---2---4---2-2-2--- x 2 D -2---3---5---3-2-0--- A -3---3---3----------- E ---------------------
[Tab - Part of intro over harmonica] E -3--53----55--X----1--1-0-- B -5---354--65--1----1--1-1-3 G -5---4----55--0----2--0--- D -5---5----77--2----3--0--- A -3---5----88--3----3--x--- E -----3---(55)-3----1--3--- Dr B S B S B S
