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Billy Joel

Version
studio
published by
rafah
Tone
A-
A+
Slide
A -> La
Video
Chords
	 
[Intro]
F Dm Bbmaj7 G
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

B|----0---1---3---|----0---1---3---|----0---1---3---|----0---1---0---|

G|2---0---2---4---|2---0---2---4---|2---0---2---4---|2---0---2---0---|

D|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|

A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

We met as ...

[Verse]
Dm/F G7 C
We met as soul mates on Parris Island,
C/E Dm/F G7 C
We left as inmates from an asylum
Em Am Em Am
And we were sharp, as sharp as knives
Dm Dm/C G/B F/A G
And we were so gung-ho to lay down our lives
[Verse]
Dm/F G7 C
We came in spastic like tameless horses,
C/E Dm/F G7 C
We left in plastic as numbered corpses
Em Am Em Am
And we learned fast to travel light,
Dm Dm/C Bb
Our arms were heavy but our bellies were tight
[Tab]
Bb G D G7
e|----0---1---3---|----0---1---3---|5---7---8---10--|5---7---8-------|

B|3---1---3---5---|3---1---3---5---|7---8---10--12--|6---8---10------|

G|3---------------|4---------------|----------------|----------------|

D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

We had no ...

[Verse]
Dm/F G7 C
We had no home front, we had no soft soap
C/E Dm/F G7 C
They sent us Playboy, they gave us Bob Hope
Em Am Em Am
We dug in deep and shot on sight
Dm Dm/C G/B Fadd9/A G
And prayed to Jesus Christ with all of our might
[Verse]
Dm/F G7 C
We had no cameras to shoot the landscape
C/E Dm/F G7 C
We passed the hash pipe and played our Doors tapes
Em Am Em Am
And it was dark, so dark at night
Dm Dm/C
And we held on to each other, like brother to brother,
Bb F/A Gm
We promised our mothers we'd write
[Chorus]
C/Bb F/A Bb C C/Bb
And we would all go down together,
F/A Bb G7/B C C/Bb
We said we'd all go down together,
F/A Bb Dm/A [ G7 ]
Yes, we would all go down together
[Tab]
G F Dm G
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

B|----0---1---3---|----0---1---3---|----0---1---3---|----0---1---0---|

G|2---0---2---4---|2---0---2---4---|2---0---2---4---|2---0---2---0---|

D|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|

A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Re-mem-ber ...

[Verse]
Dm/F G7 C
Remember Charlie, remember Baker,
C/E Dm/F G7 C
They left their childhood on every acre
Em Am Em Am
And who was wrong? And who was right?
Dm Dm/C [ Bb ]
It didn't matter in the thick of the fight
[Tab]
Bb G
e|----0---1---3---|5---7---8---10--|

B|3---1---3---5---|6---8---10--12--|

G|3---------------|----------------|

D|----------------|----------------|

A|----------------|----------------|

E|----------------|----------------|

[Interlude]
Am G/B C Dm E Dm/F E E7-9 E E7
We held the day in the palm of our hand
Am G/B C Dm E Dm/F G
They ruled the night and the night seemed to last as long as
[Verse]
Dm/F G7 C
Six weeks on Parris Island
C/E Dm/F G7 C
We held the coastline, they held the highlands,
Em Am Em Am
And they were sharp, as sharp as knives,
Dm Dm/C
They heard the hum of motors, they counted the rotors
Bb F/A Gm
And waited for us to arrive
[Chorus]
C/Bb F/A Bb C C/Bb
And we would all go down together,
F/A Bb G7/B C C/Bb
We said we'd all go down together,
F/A Bb Dm/A [ G ]
Yes, we would all go down together
[Tab]
G F
e|----------------|----------------|

B|----0---1---3---|----0---1---3---|

G|2---0---2---4---|2---0---2---4---|

D|3---------------|3---------------|

A|----------------|----------------|

E|----------------|----------------|

| Dm | Bb | G | F |
Dm Bbmaj7 G F
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

B|----0---1---3---|----0---1---3---|----0---1---3---|----0---1---0---|

G|2---0---2---4---|2---0---2---4---|2---0---2---4---|2---0---2---0---|

D|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|

A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

(repeat and fade)