| C | G/B | F/A | C/G |
| Fmaj7 | C/E | D7 | G |
| C | G/B | F/A | C/G |
| F | F/G |
| C | F/C | Cmaj7 | F/C |
| C | F/C | Cmaj7 | F/C |
| | | | |
| C | G/B | F/A | C/G |
| It’s ni | ne o’cl | ock on a | Saturday | |
| F | C/E | D7 | G |
| The regular c | rowd shuffles | in | |
| C | G/B | Fadd9/A | C/G |
| There’s | an old man | sitting | next to me | |
| Fadd9 | F/G | C |
| Makin’ | love to his | tonic and | gin |
| C | G/B | F/A | C/G |
| F | F/G | C | C | F/C | F/C |
| | | | | | |
| C | G/B | F/A | C/G |
| He says, | son can you | play me a | memory? | |
| F | C/E | D7 | G |
| I’m | not really | sure how it go | es | |
| C | G/B | F/A | C/G |
| But it’s | sad and it’s | sweet and I | knew it complete | |
| F | F/G | C |
| When | I wore a | younger man’s | clothes |
| Am | Am/G | D/F# | F |
| La la | la diddy | da | |
| Am | Am/G | D/F# | G | G/F | C/E | G7/D |
| La | La diddy | da da d | um | | | |
| C | G/B | F/A | C/G |
| Sing us a | song, you’re the | piano man | |
| F | C/E | D7 | G |
| Sing us a son | g to nig | ht | |
| C | G/B | F/A | C/G |
| Well we’re | all in the | mood for a | melody | |
| F | F/G | C |
| And | you’ve got us fe | eling all | right |
| C | G/B | F/A | C/G |
| F | F/G |
| C | F/C | Cmaj7 | F/C |
| C | F/C | Cmaj7 | F/C |
| | | | |
| C | G/B | F/A | C |
| Now Joh | n at the | bar is a | friend of mine | |
| F | C/E | D7 | G |
| He gets | me my | drinks for | free | |
| C | G/B |
| And he’s | quick with a | joke or to |
| F/A | C/G |
| Light up your | smoke |
| F | F/G | C | F/C |
| But there’s | some place that | he’d rather | be | |
| C | G/B | F/A | C/G |
| He says, | Bill I be | lieve this is | killing me | |
| F | C/E | D7 | G |
| As a sm | ile ran a | way from his | face | |
| C | G/B | F/A | C/G |
| Well I’ | m sure that I | could be a | movie star | |
| F | F/G | C |
| If | I could get | out of this | place |
| Am | Am/G | D/F# | F |
| Oh | La la | la diddy | da | |
| Am | Am/G | D/F# | G | G/F | C/E | G7/D |
| La | La diddy | da da d | um | | | |
| C | G/B | F/A | C |
| Now Pau | l is a | real estate | novelist | |
| F | C/E | D7 | G |
| Who nev | er had | time for a | wife | |
| C | G/B | F/A | C/G |
| And he’s | talking with | Davy, who’s | still in the | Navy |
| F | F/G | C |
| And pro | bably w | ill be for | life |
| C | G/B | F/A | C/G |
| F | F/G | C | C | F/C | F/C |
| | | | | | |
| C | G/B | F/A | C/G |
| And the | waitress is | practicing | politics | |
| F | C/E | D7 | G |
| As the | businessmen | slowly get | stoned | |
| C | G/B | F/A | C/G |
| Yes they’re | sharing a | drink they call | loneliness | |
| F | F/G | C |
| But it’s | better than | drinking a | lone |
| Am | Am/G | D/F# | Dm/F |
| Am | Am/G | D/F# | Dm/F |
| Am | Am/G | D/F# | D |
| G | G7/F | C/E | G/D |
| | | | |
| C | G/B | F/A | C/G |
| Sing us a | song, you’re the | piano man | |
| F | C/E | D7 | G |
| Sing us a son | g to nig | ht | |
| C | G/B | F/A | C/G |
| Well we’re | all in the | mood for a | melody | |
| F | F/G | C |
| And | you’ve got us fe | eling all | right |
| C | G/B | F/A | C/G |
| F | F/G |
| C | F/C | Cmaj7 | F/C |
| C | F/C | Cmaj7 | F/C |
| | | | |
| C | G/B | F/A | C |
| It’s a | pretty good | crowd for a | Saturday | |
| F | C/E | D7 | G |
| And the | manager | gives me a | smile | |
| C | G/B | F/A | C/G |
| ‘Cause he | knows that it’s | me they’ve been | coming to | see |
| F | F/G | C | F/C |
| To for g | et about | life for a | while | |
| C | G/B | F/A | C/G |
| And the | piano | sounds like a | carnival | |
| F | C/E | D7 | G |
| And the | microphone | smells like a | beer | |
| C | G/B | F/A | C/G |
| And they | sit at the | bar and put | bread in my | jar |
| F | F/G | C |
| And say | man what are | you doing | here? |
| Am | Am/G | D/F# | F |
| Oh | La la | la diddy | da | |
| Am | Am/G | D/F# | G | G/F | C/E | G7/D |
| La | La diddy | da da d | um | | | |
| C | G/B | F/A | C/G |
| Sing us a | song, you’re the | piano man | |
| F | C/E | D7 | G |
| Sing us a son | g to nig | ht | |
| C | G/B | F/A | C/G |
| Well we’re | all in the | mood for a | melody | |
| F | F/G | C |
| And | you’ve got us fe | eling all | right |
| C | G/B | F/A | C/G |
| F | F/G |
| C | F/C | Cmaj7 | F/C |
| C | F/C | Cmaj7 | F/C |