Billy Joel - I Go to Extremes
Originally in C, I play in A
Intro
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Vox on the 5
ACall me a joker, cD/Aall me a fool
RD/Aight at this moment I’m tAotally cool
AClear as a A/C#crystal, Dsharp as a knife
DI feel like I’m in the pArime of my life
GSometimes it feels like I’m gD/F#oing too fast
A/EI don’t know how long this fB7/D#eeling will last
A/EMaybe it’s Eonly toniAght
Darling I Gdon’t know why D/F#I go to eA/ExtrAemes
Too high or Gtoo low there aD/F#in’t no in A/EbetAweens
And if I G6stand or I F#7fall, iBmt’s all or nothing aBm/C#t Dmall
Darling I Gdon’t know why D/F#I go to A/EextrAemes
ASometimes I’m tired, D/Asometimes I’m shot
D/ASometimes I don’t know how mAuch more I got
AMaybe I’m A/C#headed oDver the hill
DMaybe I set myself Aup for the kill
GTell me how much do you tD/F#hink you can take
A/EUntil the heart in you’s sB7/D#tarting to break
A/ESometimes it feelsElike it wAill
Darling I Gdon’t know why D/F#I go to eA/ExtrAemes
Too high or Gtoo low there aD/F#in’t no in A/EbetAweens
You can bG6e sure when I’m F#7gone BmI won’t be out there tBm/C#oo lDmong
Darling I Gdon’t know why D/F#I go to A/EextrAemes
Bridge
Vox on the 1 of the chord on “out of the darkness”
BOut of the darkness, Ginto the light, leDaving the scene of the cArime
BEither I’m wrong or I’m pGerfectly right every tDime
Vox up to the 5 of the chord on “somties I lie”
F#mSometimes I lie awake nDmaj7ight after night
AComing apart at the Eseams
...and back to the 1 of the chord
BEager to please, rGeady to fight
DWhy do I go to extrAemes
Solo
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And if I G6stand or I F#7fall, iBmt’s all or nothing aBm/C#t Dmall
Darling I Gdon’t know why D/F#I go to A/EextrAemes
No I Gdon’t know why D/F#I go to A/EextrAemes
Too high or Gtoo low, there ainD/F#‘t no in A/EbetAweens
You can bG6e sure when I’m F#7gone BmI won’t be out there tBm/C#oo lDmong
Darling I Gdon’t know why D/F#I go to A/EextrAemes
GD/F#IAdon’t know why, I don’t know why
GD/F#IAdon’t know why, I don’t know why
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