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Billy Joel-Getting Closer - sr - 200

[Intro - Bass drum on chords]
[G]xxx [G#]xxx

[Verse - Full drums - Guitar staccato and muted]
I went 
[A] searching for the [G] truth
But in my [Em] innocence I [A] found
All the [A] con men and their [G] acrobats
Who [Em] stomped me in the [A] ground
If I [A] count up their [G] percentages
[Em] know they're getting [A] rich 
But t [A] hey haven't taken [G] everything
Those [Em] paybacks are a [A] bitch (Asus 2 figure)

[Prechorus - climb is A A/B C - chords more open]
Though I've [C] lost quite a lot
I am [G] still in control
They can [C] keep what they've got
But they [A] can't have my soul (stop)

[Chorus - 8th notes on strumming]
And if [D] I don't [G] have this [A] all worked [D] out
Still I'm [D] getting [G] closer, [A] getting [D] closer
[D] I still have [G] far to [A] go no [Bm] doubt
But I'm [D] getting [G] closer, [A] getting [D] closer (stop)

[Verse]
What was [A] (back in) ripped off by [G] professionals
Is [Em] not all that it [A] seems
While I [A] must live up to [G] contracts 
I did [Em] not give up my [A] dreams (Asus 2 figure + drums stop)
If I [A] see it as [G] experience
It [Em] hasn't gone to [A] waste
Lately [A] all the missing [G] pieces
Have been [Em] falling into [A] place

[Prechorus - Climb up figure A A/B C]
And if [C] I could go back and start [G] over somehow
I would [C] not change that much
Knowing [A] what I know now (stops)

[Chorus - 8th notes strumming]
Thought there [D] have been [G] sins
[A] will [D] regret
Still I'm [D] getting [G] closer, [A] getting [D] closer
[D] don't have [G] all the [A] answers [Bm] yet
But I'm [D] getting [G] closer, [A] getting [D] closer
 
[Solo 1]
G F F G  x 4 (final time chromatic climb to A - G G# A)
A G Em A x 4 (play chords higher up to change)
(stop)
 
[Verse]
I'm a [A] mark for every [G] shyster
From [Em] Topanga to [A] Berlin
And I [A] should have learned to [G] kick them out
As [Em] soon as they crawled [A] in
So to [A] every bank in [G] Switzerland
That [Em] stores my stolen [A] youth
I'm a [A] lright because [G] despite the laws
You [Em] cannot hide the [A] truth

[Prechorus]
And [C] although you will say
I am [G] still too naive
Well I [C] have not lost faith
In the [A] things I believe

[Chorus]
And if [D] I don't [G] have a this [A] all worked [D] out
Still I'm [D] getting [G] closer, [A] getting [D] closer
[D] still have [G] far to [A] go no [Bm] doubt
But I'm [D] still [G] getting [A] closer, [D] getting closer

[Solo 2]
G F F G  x 4 (final time chromatic climb to A - G G# A)

[Outro]
A G Em A x 4

[Solo 1 Phrase]
E 3-3-3--------------------
B 3-3-3-------6----------
G -----5p3---5-------------
D --------5s7---------------
A -----------------------
E -----------------------

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Yes-Owner Of A Lonely Heart

 [Intro]
 
Am   C  D
Am   C  D     G
Am   C  D
Am   C  D     G   x3
  
[Verse 1] 
Am            C    D
Move yourself
            G
You always live your life
Am        C            D     G
Never thinking of the future
Am             C    D
Prove yourself
        G
You are the move you make
Am            C             D    G
Take your chances win or loser
 
Am          C    D
See yourself
        G
You are the steps you take
Am       C               D          G
You and you - and that's the only way
Am       C        D
Shake - shake yourself
              G
You're every move you make
Am       C   D   G
So the story goes
  
[Chorus] 
Am         C      D     G
Owner of a lonely heart
Am         C      D
Owner of a lonely heart
  G
Much better than - a
Am         C      D     G
Owner of a broken heart
Am         C      D
Owner of a lonely heart
  
[Verse 2] 
Am         C           D      G
Say you don't want to chance it
Am         C          D     G
You've been hurt so before
Am            C
Watch it now
D           G
The eagle in the sky
Am      C              D    G
How he dancin' one and only
Am    C           D
You, lose yourself
           G
No not for pity's sake
Am              C            D     G
There's no real reason to be lonely
Am          C D
Be yourself
               G
Give your free will a chance
Am            C           D  G
You've got to want to succeed
  
[Chorus] 
Am         C      D     G
Owner of a lonely heart
Am         C      D
Owner of a lonely heart
  G
Much better than - a
Am         C      D     G
Owner of a broken heart
  
[Interlude] 
Am         C      D
Owner of a lonely heart
Am         C      D
Owner of a lonely heart
Am         C      D
Owner of a lonely heart
Am         C      D
Owner of a lonely heart
 
Am  C  D  G  x8
  
[Outro] 
Am         C      D     G
Owner of a lonely heart
Am         C      D
Owner of a lonely heart
  G
Much better than - a
Am         C      D     G
Owner of a broken heart
Am         C      D
Owner of a lonely heart
 
Am         C      D     G
Owner of a lonely heart
Am         C      D
Owner of a lonely heart
  G
Much better than - a
Am         C      D     G
Owner of a broken heart
Am         C      D
Owner of a lonely heart
Am         C      D
Owner of a lonely heart
Am         C      D
Owner of a lonely heart
Am         C      D
Owner of a lonely heart

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