[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
Note - Goes early to Ab7 in second verse twice I think
[Intro - barre is dropped in intro - why feels odd - pattern xxX XxX] [Ebm7][Ab7]Oo ooh [Db7maj9-x43444]heh hey [Gbmaj7-243322]ah [Cmin7b5-x3434] What we're living in, (drop index 1 fret for next chord) [Bmaj7-x2434] let-me-tell-ya
[Bb7#5-6x677x] (no ascending bass line) - pattern is xxX XxS - no final Drum into xxB BxS xSS BxB BxxB
[Verse 1 - try xxb BxB bass drum pattern] (B) (S)Yeah It's a [Ebm7]wonder man can [Ab7]eat at all When [Db7maj9] things are big that [Gbmaj7] should be small [Cm7b5]Who can tell what [Bmaj7]magic spells [Bb7#5] Will be doing [Ebm7] for us? .. And I'm
[Ebm7] giving all my [Ab7] love to this world [Dbmaj9] Only [Gbmaj7]to be told [Cm7b5] I can't see, I [Bmaj7] can't breathe, [Bb7#5] no more will we [Ebm7] be....And
(chord order changes - go to 2nd chord early) [Ab7]nothing's going to change the [Dbmaj9]way we live Cos' [Gbmaj7] we can always take but [Cm7b5] never give An [Cm7b5] now that things're changing [Bb7#5] for the worse, see
[Ebm7] Woah, [Ab7] It's a crazy [Dbmaj9] world we're living in [Gbmaj7] And I just can't [Cm7b5] see that Half of [Bmaj7] us immersed in [Bb7#5-6x677x] sin is (odd extra bars/chords?) all we [Bb7] have to [Dm7b5-x5656x??] give these
[Chorus 1] [Bmaj7] Futures [Ddim7-x5656x] made of [Ebm7]virtu - [Gbmaj7]al in [Abm7]sani - [Bb7]ty now [Bmaj7] Always [Ddim7] seem to be [Ebm7] governed [Gbmaj7] by this [Abm7] love we [Bb7] have for [Bmaj7] Useless, [Ddim7] twisting [Ebm7] of the [Gbmaj7] new tech [Abm7] no - lo [Bb7] gy .. Oh, [Bmaj7] now there is no [Ddim7] sound, for we [Ebm7] all live [c] under - [Abm7] ground [Bb7]
[Verse 2] And I'm [Ebm7] thinking what a [Ab7] mess we're in [Dbmaj9] Hard to know where [Gbmaj11] to begin If [Cm7b5] I could slip the [Bmaj7] sickly ties That [Bb7#5] earthly man has made .. And
(chord order changes - go to 2nd chord early) [Ab7] now every [Dbmaj9] mother [Gbmaj11] can choose the [Cm7b5] colour [Bmaj7] Of her child [Bb7#5] that's not nature's [Ebm7] way
(chord order changes - go to 2nd chord early) Well [Ab7] that's what they said yester [Dbmaj9] day There's [Gbmaj7] nothing left to do but [Cm7b5] pray I [Bmaj7] think it's time I found [Bb7#5] a new re [Dm7b5] ligion,
[Ebm7] wo - ah, it's [Ab7sus4] so insane to [Dbmaj9] synthesize a [Gbmaj11] nother strain There's [Cm7b5] something in these [Bmaj7] futures that we [Bb7#5] have to be [Dm7b5] told
[Chorus 2] [Bmaj7] Futures [Ddim7-x5656x] made of [Ebm7]virtu - [Gbmaj7]al in [Abm7]sani - [Bb7]ty now [Bmaj7] Always [Ddim7] seem to be [Ebm7] governed [Gbmaj7] by this [Abm7] love we [Bb7] have for [Bmaj7] Useless, [Ddim7] twisting [Ebm7] of the [Gbmaj7] new tech [Abm7] no - lo [Bb7] gy .. Oh, [Bmaj7] now there is no [Ddim7] sound, for we [Ebm7] all live [Gbmaj7] under - [Abm7] ground [Bb7]
[Chorus 3] [Bmaj7] Now there is no sound [Ddim7] if we [Ebm7] all live [Gbmaj7] under-gr [Abm7] ound [Bb7] [Bmaj7] And now it's virtual in [Ddim7] sanity For [Ebm7] get your [Gbmaj7] virtual re [Abm7] al - i [Bb7] ty [Bmaj7] Oh, there's nothing [Ddim7] so bad. [Ebm7] I [Gbmaj7] know ye [Abm7] - ah [Bb7]
[Interlude - Drums stop - hold high vocal] [Ebm7][Ab7][Dbmaj9][Gbmaj7][Cm7b5][Bmaj7][Bb7#5] x 2
[Chorus 4] [Bmaj7] Futures [Ddim7-x5656x] made of [Ebm7]virtu - [Gbmaj7]al in [Abm7]sani - [Bb7]ty now [Bmaj7] Always [Ddim7] seem to be [Ebm7] governed [Gbmaj7] by this [Abm7] love we [Bb7] have for [Bmaj7] Useless, [Ddim7] twisting [Ebm7] of the [Gbmaj7] new tech [Abm7] no - lo [Bb7] gy .. Oh, [Bmaj7] now there is no [Ddim7] sound, for we [Ebm7] all live [Gbmaj7] under - [Abm7] ground [Bb7]
[Chorus 5 - Repeat line 4 times] [Bmaj7] Living in [Ddim7][Ebm7]virtu [Gbmaj7]al in [Abm7]sani [Bb7]ty
[Outro] (with standard rhythm) [Cbmaj9-x24422][Ddim7-x5656x] (hold chords) [Ebmin7] Virtual In [Dbmaj9/F-446644]sanity is[Fmin7b5-131111-ignore b5] [Gb7sus4-242422]what [Gb]we're living [Cbsus2-224422]in [Cm7b5-x3434x]Yeah [Cbmaj7-x2434] [Bb7#5-6x677x]Well, it's alright
