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| It's | nine o' | clock on a | saturday |
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| the | regular | crowd shuffles | in |
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| There's an | old man | sitting | next to me |
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| Makin' | love to his | tonic and | gin |
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| He says " | Son can you | play me a | memory | ? |
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| I'm | not really | sure how it | goes |
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| But it's | sad and it's | sweet and I | knew it com | plete |
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| when | I wore a | younger man's | clothes" |
| Am | Am/G | D7/F# | F | Am | |
| Da da da | de de | da |
| Am/G | D7/F# | D7 | G | G/F | C/E | G7/D | |
| da da | de de | da da | da |
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| Sing us a | song, you're the | piano man, |
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| sing us a | song to | night |
| C | G | F | |
| Well we're | all in the | mood for a | melody |
| C/G | F | G11 | C | F/C | Cmaj7 | G11 | |
| and | you've got us | feeling all | right |
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| Now | John at the | bar is a | friend of mine, |
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| he | gets me my | drinks for | free |
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| And he's | quick with a | joke or to | light up your | smoke, |
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| but there's | some place that | he'd rather | be |
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| He says " | Bill I be | lieve this is | killing me" |
| F | C/E | D7 | G | |
| As a | smile ran a | way from his | face |
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| "Well I'm | sure that I | could be a | movie | star |
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| If | I could get | out of this | place" |
| Chorus |
| C | G | F | C | |
| Now | Paul is a | real estate | novelist |
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| who | never had | time for a | wife |
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| And he's | talking with | Davy, who's | still in the | Navy, |
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| and | probably | will be for | life |
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| And the | waitress is | practicing | politics, |
| C/G | F | C/E | D7 | G | |
| as the | businessmen | slowly get | stoned |
| C | G | F | C/G | |
| Yes they're | sharing a | drink they call | loneli | ness, |
| F | G11 | C | |
| but it's | better than | drinking a | lone |
| Chorus |
| C | G | F | C | |
| It's a | pretty good | crowd for a | saturday |
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| and the | manager | gives me a | smile |
| C | G | F | C/G | |
| `Cause he | knows that it's | me that they've been | coming to | see |
| F | G11 | C | F/C | Cmaj7 | G11 | |
| To for | get about | life for a | while |
| C | G | F | C/G | |
| And the | piano | sounds like a | carnival |
| F | C/E | D7 | G | |
| and the | microphone | smells like a | beer |
| C | G | F | C/G | |
| And they | sit at the | bar and put | bread in my | jar |
| F | G11 | C | |
| and say " | Man what are | you doing | here ?" |
