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Piano Man/ Ukulele Jam -  Billy Joel   
[Verse 1] 
     C       G          F         
It's  nine o'clock on a  Wednesday [C]
    F                        
The  regular crowd are all in [D7] [G]
           C        G        F        C
There's an  old man  sitting  next to  me
       F            G          C   
Making  love to his  tonic and  gin....
         C              G          F      
He says,  "Son, can you  play me a  memory? [C]
    F                       D7  
I'm  not really sure how it  goes [G]
         C             G            F              C
But it's  sad and it's  sweet and I  knew it complete
     F         G              C
When  I wore a  younger man's  clothes."
 
|[Interlude]
|Am               D7
| la la la, di da  da
|Am            D7     G  
| La la, di di  da da  dum [F] [C] [G7]
|[Chorus]
|C          G          F     
| Sing us a  song Ukulele Jam [C]
|F          Am       D7   
| Sing us a  song tonight [G]
|            C           G           F     
|Well, we're  all in the  mood for a  melody [C]
|    F                  G          C     
|And  you've got us all  feeling alright

[Verse 2] 
    C            G         F          C
Now  John at the  bar is a  friend of  mine
   F          C          D7  
He  gets me a  drink for  free [G]
         C             G               F           C
And he's  quick with a  joke but won't  light up a  smoke
            F                G            C   
But there's  some place that  he'd rather  be 
         C          G              F        C
He says,  "Hey, I believe this  is  killing  me."
       F          Am             D7   
As the  smile ran  away from his  face [G]
          C            G           F      C
"Well I'm  sure that I  could be a  movie  star
   F            G            C
If  I could get  out of this  place"     [Interlude]       
 
[Verse 3] 
    C          G            F    C
Now  Paul is a  real estate  novelist
    F          Am          D7  
Who  never had  time for a  wife [G]
         C             G            F             C
And he's  talking with  Davy, who's  still in the  Navy
    F              G       C   
And  probably will  be for  life 
        C            G           F        
And the  waitress is  practicing  politics [C]
       F            Am           D7     
As the  businessman  slowly gets  stoned [G]
             C          G                F      C
Yes, they're  sharing a  drink they call  loneliness
         F            G          C    
But it's  better than  drinking alone     [Chorus]

[Verse 4] 
       C            G            F         
It's a  pretty good  crowd for a  Wednesday [C]
        F        Am          D7    
And the  manager  gives me a  smile [G]
          C                G                F          C
'Cause he  knows that it's  we they've been  coming to  see
   F             G           C   
To  forget about  life for a  while 
        C               G             F        
And the  ukes, they all  sound like a  carnival [C]
        F           Am             D7  
And the  microphone  smells like a  beer [G]
         C           G            F            C
And they  sit at the  bar and put  bread in my  jar
          F               G           C     
And say,   "Man, what are  yous doing  here?"

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