Dan’s Big Awesome Acoustic Songbook

Billy Joel - My Life

Tabbed in drop D

Intro

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That was roughly as follows, note two different F9’s

DDGD

E7→D7C9F9F9Bb

DGot a call from an D/F#old friend

We used to be Greal close

ASaid he couldn’t go on the American DwayG

DClosed the shop, sold the D/F#house

Bought a ticket to the GWest Coast

ANow he gives them a stand-up routine in L.DA.

Rpt second part of intro

E7→D7C9F9F9Bbx2

DI don’t need you to D/F#worry for me cause I’m Galright

AI don’t want you to tell me it’s time to come DhomeG

DI don’t care what you D/F#say anymore, this is Gmy life

AGo ahead with your own life, and leave me Bmalone

I never said you had to offer me a F#second chance

D7I never said I was a victim of E7circumstance

GI still beD/F#long, F#7don’t get me Bmwrong Bm/A

E7sus4And you can E7speak your mind

But G6not Aon G6my Atime

DThey will tell you you D/F#can’t sleep alone in a

GStrange place

AThen they’ll tell you you can’t sleep with somebody Delse

DBut sooner or D/F#later you sleep in your Gown space

AEither way it’s okay you wake up with yourDself