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Billy Joel-Summer Highland Falls - sr - 0

[Intro - BPM 93 - No drums - arp] 
[F] [Fmaj7/A] [Gm7] [Bbsus2]
[Am7] [C] [Bbsus2] [Bbsus2]

Standard fingering with R/H so can play descending Bsus2 arp fluently
E 1--1--1-0h1p0--1-
B -----1-------1---
G --2-2---------2--
D -----------------
A --------0--------
E 1----------------
DRB-S-B-S-B---S-B-S-B

E ---------------------
B ----6-3-----6-3------
G --3----5p3-3---5p35--
D ---------------------
A ---------------------
E -3-3------3----------

E --3-1p0----3--1p0-------1-------1------
B -1-----3p1-------1-11h3--3p1------3p1-1
G ------------------0----3----3--3-----3-
D -----------------------------3---------
A 0---------3--3------1---------1--------
E ---------------------------------------
When descending the notes of the Bsus2 do the pulloff
with the little finger and then move that to 3rd fret
of D string - to fret - nice rolling sustained figure
[Repeat above once]

[Verse1]
They say that 
[F] these are not the [Fmaj7/A] best of times But 
[Gm7] they're the only [Bbsus2] times I've ever 
[F] known [Fmaj7/A] [Gm7] [Bbsus2] And I 
[F] believe there is a [Fmaj7/A] time for medi 
[Gm7] tation In [Bbsus2] cathedrals of our 
[C] own ([C] [G][C] [A7] Now I've 
[Dm] seen that sad sur [C] render in my 
[Bbsus2] lover's eyes [Bbsus2/A] And 
[G7sus4] I can only [G7] stand upon and 
[Cadd9] sympathize [C] For we are 
[Bb] always what our [F] situations [Gm7] hand us It's either 
[C] sadness or [Bbsus2] euphoria - [Eb] [Bbsus2] 
(drums in)

[Intro - again] 
[F] [Fmaj7/A] [Gm7] [Bbsus2]
[Am7] [C] [Bbsus2] [Bbsus2]

[Verse2]
So we'll 
[F] argue and we'll [Fmaj7/A] compromise
And [Gm7] realize that [Bbsus2] nothing's ever 
[F] changed [Fmaj7/A] [Gm7] [Bbsus2] ..For all our 
[F] mutual [Fmaj7/A] experience Our 
[Gm7] separate con [Bbsus2] clusions are the 
[C] same ([C] [G][C] [A7] .. Now we are 
[Dm] forced to recog [C] nize our inhu 
[Bbsus2] manity [Bbsus2/A] .. Our 
[G7sus4] reason co [G7] exists with our in 
[Cadd9] sanity [C] .. And though we 
[Bb] choose between re [F] ality and [Gm7] madness .. It's either 
[C] sadness or [Bbsus2] euphoria [Eb] [Bbsus2] 

[Solo - Intro - again] 
[F] [Fmaj7/A] [Gm7] [Bbsus2]
[Am7] [C] [Bbsus2] [Bbsus2]
[F] [Fmaj7/A] [Gm7] [Bbsus2]
[C] ([C] [G][C] [A7] 

[Verse3]
How 
[Dm] thoughtlessly we [C] dissipate our 
[Bbsus2] energies [Bbsus2/A] Per 
[G7sus4] haps we don't ful [G7] fill each other's 
[Cadd9] fantasies [C] .. And as we 
[Bb] stand upon the [F] ledges of our [Gm7] lives With our 
[C] respective simi [Bbsus2] larities [Eb] [Bbsus2] It's either 
[C] sadness or [F] euphoria. 

[Outro]
[F] [Fmaj7/A] [Gm7] [Bbsus2]
[F] Wo [Fmaj7/A] oo woh oo [Gm7] oh oo [Bbsus2] woh oh oo
[F] oh [Fmaj7/A] ooh [Gm7] wo ooh [Bbsus2] woh oh oo
(slows done to end)
[Am7] woh oh [C] oh [Bbsus2] oh [C - (C C Cadd9 C Cadd6)]
[F]

[Notes]
Final chord C C C9 C C6 (x3x210 - move 2nd finger up to G string when playing normal C)

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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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