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Billy Joel-Just The Way You Are - sr - 0

[Intro] - Bm6 x20102 - like E7 but no low E and fret 1 on E instead of 3 on B]
 
  [D]     [Gm6/D]    [D]  [G/D][D]     [D]      [Gm6/D]    [D]   [G/D][D]       
e|---------3--------|--------7--5-----|----------3--------|--------7--5-----|-2---------|
B|-----3---3--3-----|-----3--8----7---|-------3--3--3-----|-----3--8----7---|-3---------|
G|---2-----3----3---|---2----7------7-|-----2----3----2---|---2----7------7-|-2---------|
D|-0-------0------0-|-0------0--------|--0-------0------0-|-0------0--------|-0---------|
A|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------|
E|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------|
 
[Verse 1 - Finger pick - no drums] 
[D] Don't go [Bm6-x20102] Changin' [Gmaj7] to try please [Bm] [D7] me 
[Gmaj7] you never [Gm7] let me down before [D/F#]
[Am7] Mmmm [D7] [Gmaj7] Don't im [Gm7] agine 
[D/F#] you're too fam [Bm7] iliar
[E9sus4] And I don't [E9] see you any [G/A] more
 
[Refrain 1 - Drums in] 
[D] I would not [Bm6] leave you [Gmaj7] in times of [Bm] trouble [D9] 
[Gmaj7] we never [Gm7] could have come this [D/F#] far 
[Am7] Mmmm [D7] [Gmaj7] I took the [Gm] good times 
[D/F#] I'll take the [Bm7] bad times
[Em7] I'll take you [G/A] just the way you are 
Gm6/D G/D D Gm6/D G/D D 
(play variation of intro riff X 2) 
 
[Verse 2] 
[D] Don't go [Bm6] trying [Gmaj7] some new [Bm] fashion [D9] 
[Gmaj7] Don't change the [Gm] colour of your [D/F#] hair
[Am7] Mmm [D7] mm [Gmaj7] You always [Gm] have my 
[D/F#] unspoken [Bm7] passion
[E9sus4] Although I [E9] might not seem to [G/A] care
 
[Refrain 2] 
[D] don't want [Bm6] clever [Gmaj7] conver [Bm] sation [D9]
[Gmaj7] I never [Gm] want to work that [D/F#] hard
[Am7] Mmmm [D7] [Gmaj7] I just want [Gm] someone [D/F#] 
that I can [Bm7] talk to
[Em7] I'll want you [G/A] just the way you are 
Gm6/D G/D D Gm6/D G/D D 
(play variation of intro riff X 2) 
 
[Bridge] 
[Gmaj7] I need to [A6] know that you will [F#m7] always [B7] be
[Em7] the same old [A7sus] someone that I [D] knew [D/C] 
[Bb] What will it [C] take till you be [Am7] lieve in [D9] me
[Gm] The way that [C/G] I believe in [G/A] you
 
[Refrain 3] 
[D] I said I [Bm6] love you [Gmaj7] & that's for [Bm] ever [D9] 
[Gmaj7] and this I [Gm] promise from the [D/F#] heart
[Am7] Mmmm [D7] [Gmaj7] I couldn't [Gm] love you [D/F#] any [Bm7] better
[Em7] I'll love you [G/A] just the way you are 
Gm6/D G/D D Gm6/D G/D D 
(play variation of intro riff X 2) 
 
[Solo] 
D Bm6 Gmaj7 (Bm D7) Gmaj7 Gm D/F# (Am7 D7) 
Gmaj7 Gm D/F# Bm7 E9sus4 E9 G/A G/A
 
[Refrain 4] 
[D] I don't want [Bm6] clever [Gmaj7] conver [Bm] sation [D9] 
[Gmaj7] I never [Gm] want to work that [D/F#] hard
[Am7] Mm [D7] [Gmaj7] I just want [Gm] someone [D/F#] that 
I can [Bm7] talk to [Em] I want you [A7sus4] just the way you are ....
Bb C Am7 D9 Gm A7sus4-A7
 
[Outro] 
D Bm6 Gmaj7 (Bm D7) Gmaj7 Gm D/F# (Am7 D7) 
Gmaj7 Gm D/F# Bm7 E9sus4 E9 G/A G/A (Repeat to fade)
 
Suggested ways to do certain chords:
D9 x54530 (D7 is an easier alternative)
E9sus4 020202 (E7sus and E7 are easier alternatives for the E9's)
E9 020102
Bm6 x20102
C/G 3x5553
Suggested Intro (arpeggiated)
xx0353. xx0087, xx0085, xx0232

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Elton John-Sun Going Down

Don't go for harmonies in the chorus too much                              
Opening figure - use thumb and first finger to play B - 1 3 E - 1 0 B - 1 3
Whilst still holding the C chord as much as possible so it sustains        
Chord for C/Bb - 6x555                                                                                  
Run down - D 0 - A- 3 2 0 then play G - don't pull off play first 
with first finger then rest with thumb                       
Piano intro C - notes - dont try to hold C maj chord - use second 
finger for the 1 so in good position to finger the next chord
B 1 3 E 1 0 B 3 1 (hammer on and pull off) - 11xx1x 01xx1x x10x1x                                                              
Use side of thumb and muting with left hand to 1 &3&4 - staccato on 4                                                          
Losing everything - have snare hit with no chord OR just play bass drum with chords                                                                                                                                 
[Intro]                                                                                                                        
|C        |C/Bb      |F     C     |F        |                                                                                  

[Verse 1]                                       
[G] I can't light [C/G]  [G] no more of your [F] darknes [C] s   
F/C  C  C/E                                            
[F] All my pictures  [Bb/F] [F] seem to fade to black and [G] white   
C/G   G   C/G    G                                      
[G] I'm growing tired [C/G] [G] and time stands still [F] before [C] me  
F/C  C  C/E                                 
[F] Frozen here [Bb/F] [F] on the ladder of my [G] life 
C/G   G   C/G    G                                    
[G] Too late [C/G] [G] to save myself from  [F] falli [C] ng  [F/C] [C] [C/E]    
[F] I took a chance [Bb/F] [F] and changed your way of  [G] life  
C/G   G   C/G    G                              
[G] But you misread [C/G] [G] my meaning when I  [F] met y [C] ou  
F/C  C  C/E                                      
[F] Closed the door [Bb/F] [F] and left me  [C/G] blinded by the  [G] light

[Chorus]              
[C] Don't let the sun go  [C/Bb-6x555x] down on me
[F/A] Although I search myself, it's always s [D7/F#] omeone else I see
[C/G] I'd just allow a fragment of your  [F/G] life [G]  
to wander [C] free [C/Bb]                                         
But  [F/A] losing everything is like the  [Dm] sun (fast chords)
[C/E] go--- [F] ing   [C/G] down  [G] on  [C] me

|C        |C/Bb      |F/A    C/G     |F        |                                          

[Verse 2]                                                
[G] I can't find [C/G] , [G7] oh the right rom [F] antic li [C] ne [F/C] [C] [C/E]    
[F] But see me once [Bb/F] [F] and see the way I  [G] feel  [G7]   
[G] Don't discard me [C/G] [G] just because you  [F] think I mean you [C] harm
F/C  C  C/E     
[F] But these cuts I have [Bb/F] [F] they need love [C/G] to help them heal [G]

[Chorus]                                                 
[C] Don't let the sun go  [C/Bb-6x555x] down on me                             
[F/A] Although I search myself, it's always s [D7/F#] omeone else I see
[C/G] I'd just allow a fragment of your  [F/G] life  [G]    to wander  [C] free     
[C/Bb]                         
But  [F/A] losing everything is like the  [Dm] sun (fast chords)
[C/E] go--- [F] ing   [C/G] down  [G] on  [C] me 
|C        |C/Bb      |F/A          |Ab6    Bb      |                                                    

[C] Don't let the sun go  [C/Bb-6x555x] down on me
[F/A] Although I search myself, it's always s [D7/F#] omeone else I see
[C/G] I'd just allow a fragment of your  [F/G] life  [G]    to wander  [C] free     
[C/Bb]                                              
But  [F/A] losing everything is like the  [Dm] sun (fast chords)
[C/E] go--- [F] ing   [C/G] down  [G] on  [C] me
|C        |C/Bb      |F/A          |Ab6    Bb      |C                                                  

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