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Billy Joel-Just The Way You Are - BPM - 123

[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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Ace-How Long - BPM - 123

[Intro Ab/Bb - 6x6544]
[Ab/Bb] [Bb] x4
then [Bm] on the 4th beat of the 4th Bb
 
[Chorus]
[Cm7] How long [Gm7] has this been [Fm7] goin' on [Fm7]  ([Fm7][Gm7]
[Cm7] How long [Gm7] has this been [Fm7] goin' on [Fm7]  ([Fm7][Gm7])  
 
[Verse 1]
[Ab/Bb] Friends with their fancy per [Bb] suasion
Don't ad [Ab/Bb] mit that it's part of a [Bb] scheme
But I [Ab/Bb] can't help but have my sus [Bb] picions
'Cause I [Ab/Bb] ain't quite as dumb as I [Bb] seem
And you [Ab/Bb] said you was never in [Bb] tendin' 
To [Ab/Bb] break up our scene in this [Bb] way
But there [Ab/Bb] ain't any use in pre [Bb] tendin' 
It could [Ab/Bb] happen to us any [Bb] day [Bm] 
 
[Chorus]
[Cm7] How long [Gm7] has this been [Fm7] goin' on [Fm7]  ([Fm7][Gm7]
[Cm7] How long [Gm7] has this been [Fm7] goin' on [Fm7]  ([Fm7][Gm7])  
 
[Musical Interlude: 16 measures of Cm to Bb]
 
[Verse 2]
[Ab/Bb] Friends with their fancy per [Bb] suasion
Don't ad [Ab/Bb] mit that it's part of a [Bb] scheme
But I [Ab/Bb] can't help but have my sus [Bb] picions
'Cause I [Ab/Bb] ain't quite as dumb as I [Bb] seem
And you [Ab/Bb] said you was never in [Bb] tendin' 
To [Ab/Bb] break up our scene in this [Bb] way
But there [Ab/Bb] ain't any use in pre [Bb] tendin' 
It could [Ab/Bb] happen to us any [Bb] day [Bm] 

[Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Cm7] How long [Gm7] has this been [Fm7] goin' on [Fm7]  ([Fm7][Gm7]
[Cm7] How long [Gm7] has this been [Fm7] goin' on [Fm7]  ([Fm7][Gm7])   
[Cm7] How long [Gm7] has this been [Fm7] goin' on [Gm7]  ([Fm7][Gm7])   
[Repeat until enough]

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