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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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Ace-How Long

 [Intro]
Ab/Bb  Bb  x4
then Bm on the 4th beat of the 4th Bb
 
[Chorus]
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
 
 
[Verse 1]
Ab/Bb                       Bb
Friends with their fancy persuasion
        Ab/Bb                   Bb
Don't admit that it's part of a scheme
      Ab/Bb                     Bb
But I can't help but have my suspicions
         Ab/Bb                    Bb
'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem
        Ab/Bb                Bb
And you said you was never intendin' 
   Ab/Bb                      Bb
To break up our scene in this way
          Ab/Bb               Bb
But there ain't any use in pretendin' 
         Ab/Bb            Bb  Bm
It could happen to us any day
 
 
[Chorus]
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
 
[Musical Interlude: 16 measures of Cm to Bb]
 
 
[Verse 2]
Oh, your friends with their fancy persuasion
Don't admit that it's part of a scheme
But I can't help but have my suspicion
'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem
 
Oh, you said you was never intending
To break up our scene in this way
But there ain't any use in pretendin'
It could happen to us any day
 
And how long has this been going on
How long has this been going on
How long
 
 
[Chorus]
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
How long
How long has this been going on
been going on
 
How
long has this been going on

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