Dan’s Big Awesome Acoustic Songbook

Billy Joel - Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

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Bb/FFC7

FA bottle of white, Gm7/Fa bottle of red

C/FPerhaps a bottle of roBb/Fse insteadF

CGet a table C/Bbnear the F/Astreet

In our F/Aold faGm7miliar Cplace

Gm7You and C7I, Gm7face to Bb/Cface, Cum ummBb/C

FA bottle of red, a Gm7/Fbottle of white

C/FIt all depends on your Bb/FappetFite

GI’ll meet you F/Aanytime G/Byou Cwant

In our IBb/DtaliC/Ean ReFstaurant

Bb/FBb/F

Sax solo

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C/DC/DC/DC/D

GThings are okay with D/Gme these days

G7Got a good job, G9got a good office

C7Got a new wife, Fgot a new life

And the Am7family’s fineD7

GOh, we lost touch D/Glong ago

G7You lost weight I G9did not know

C7You could ever Flook so nice after Am7so much time D7

Do you reEbmember those days hanging Bbout at the village Fgreen

EbEngineer boots, leather Bbjackets and tight blue Fjeans

Woah you drop a Ebdime in the box play the Bbsong about New OrFleans

EbCold beer, Bbhot lights

CMy sweet roDmantic teenage Gnights

Horn solo on the same chords as the previous verse

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Piano solo, the first G is held for a long time

GFC/ED

GOh Foh, oh C/Eoh, oh Doh oh

GBrenda and Eddie were the popular steadies

And the Dking and the queen of the promDC

GRiding around with the G7/Bcar top down and the Cradio on

GNobody looked any DfinerDC

Or was Gmore of a hit at the CParkway Diner

GWe never knew we could Fwant more than that out of Elife

Surely AmBrenda and G/BEddie would Calways know Dhow to surGvive

GOh Foh, oh C/Eoh, oh Doh oh

GBrenda and Eddie were still going steady in the Dsummer of seventy fiveDC

GWhen they decided the G7/Bmarriage would be at the Cend of July

GEveryone said they were DcrazyDC

GBrenda you know that you’re Cmuch too lazy

And GEddie could never afFford to live that kind of Elife

Oh, but Amthere we were G/Bwaving CBrenda and DEddie goodGbye

GOh Foh, oh C/Eoh, oh Doh oh

Well, they F/Cgot an aCpartment with F/Cdeep pile Ccarpets

And a Dcouple of paintings from GSears

A F/Cbig waterCbed that they F/Cbought with the Cbread

They had Dsaved for a couple of Gyears

They F/Cstarted to Cfight when the F/Cmoney got Ctight

And they Djust didn’t count on the Emtears

Woh A9oh, woh C/Doh, yeah rock and roll!

Sax solo with awesome bass

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GG7/BCC

GDGC

GFEE

AmG/BCC/D

GOh Foh, oh C/Eoh, oh Doh oh

Well, they F/Clived for a Cwhile in a F/Cvery nice Cstyle

But it’s Dalways the same in the endG

They F/Cgot a diCvorce as a F/Cmatter of Ccourse

And they Dparted the closest of friendsG

Then the F/Cking and the Cqueen went F/Cback to the Cgreen

But you can Dnever go back there aEmgain, oh A9oh, oh C/Doh

GBrenda and Eddie had had it already by the Dsummer of seventy fiveDC

From theGhigh to the low to the G7/Bend of the show

For the Crest of their lives

They Gcouldn’t go back to the DgreasersDC

The Gbest they could do was pick Cup their pieces

GWe always knew they would Fboth find a way to get Eby

AmThat’s all I G/Bheard about CBrenda and DEddie

AmCan’t tell you G/Bmore cause I Ctold you alDready

And Amhere we are G/Bwaving CBrenda and DEddie goodGbye

GOh Foh, oh C/Eoh, oh Doh oh

Bass notes are all that’s really played here,

chords somewhat fabricated

FF/EDCG/BAmCBbAmGFF/E

FGm7/FYeahC/FBbF

CCBbF/A

F/ABbC

CGm7CGm7

BbCBb/C

FA bottle of red, Gm7/Foooh a bottle of white

C/FWhatever kind of mood you’re Bb/Fin toFnight

GI’ll meet you G/Aanytime G/Byou Cwant

GI’ll meet you F/Aanytime G/Byou Cwant

In our IBb/DtaliC/Ean ReFstaurant

Sax solo

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