How to Play Piano Man on Guitar?

Billy Joel - Piano Man can be played in the key of G using the G, D, C, A7, Em, D7 chords. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For A7, To play A7, let low E, A, G, high E ring open, mute D, B. For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D. For D7, To play D7, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let A, D ring open. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Piano Man with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Billy Joel - Piano Man Chords

Chord reference G, D, C, A7, Em, D7

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

It’s [G]nine o'[D]clock on a [C]Satur[G]day [C]The regular [G]crowd shuffles [A7]in [D] There’s an [G]old man [D]sitting [C]next to [G]me Making [C]love to his [D]tonic and [G]gin [D]

He says, [G]”Son can you [D]play me a [C]memo[G]ry I’m [C]not really [G]sure how it [A7]goes [D] But it’s [G]sad and it’s [D]sweet and I [C]knew it comp[G]lete When [C]I wore a [D]younger man’s [G]clothes” [G]

[Em]La, la la, di di [A7]da [Em]La la di di [A7]da, da [D]dum [C][G][D7]

[G]Sing us a [D]song, you’re the [C]piano [G]man [C]Sing us a [G]song to[A7]night [D] Well, we’re [G]all in the [D]mood for a [C]melo[G]dy And [C]you’ve got us [D]feeling all [G]right [D]

Now [G]John at the [D]bar is a [C]friend of [G]mine He [C]gets me my [G]drinks for [A7]free [D] And he’s [G]quick with a [D]joke or to [C]light up your [G]smoke But there’s [C]someplace that [D]he’d rather [G]be [D]

He says [G]”Bill, I be[D]lieve this is [C]killing [G]me” As the [C]smile ran a[G]way from his [A7]face [D] “Well I’m [G]sure that I [D]could be a [C]movie [G]star If [C]I could get [D]out of this [G]place”

Oh [Em]la, la la, di di [A7]da [A7] [Em]La la di di [A7]da, da [D]dum [C][G][D7]

Now [G]Paul is a [D]real estate [C]nove[G]list Who [C]never had time [G]for a [A7]wife [D] And he’s [G]talking with [D]Davey who’s [C]still in the [G]Navy And [C]probably [D]will be for [G]life [D]

And the [G]waitress is [D]practicing [C]poli[G]tics As the [C]businessman [G]slowly gets [A7]stoned [D] Yes, they’re [G]sharing a [D]drink they call [C]lonel[G]ness But it’s [C]better than [D]drinking a[G]lone [D]

[G]Sing us a [D]song, you’re the [C]piano [G]man [C]Sing us a [G]song to[A7]night [D] Well, we’re [G]all in the [D]mood for a [C]melo[G]dy And [C]you’ve got us [D]feeling all [G]right [D]

It’s a [G]pretty good [D]crowd for a [C]Satur[G]day And the [C]manager [G]gives me a [A7]smile [D] ‘Cause he [G]knows that it’s [D]me they’ve been [C]coming to [G]see To [C]forget about [D]life for a [G]while [D]

And the [G]piano, it [D]sounds like a [C]carni[G]val And the [C]microphone [G]smells like a [A7]beer [D] And they [G]sit at the [D]bar and put [C]bread in my [G]jar And say, “[C]Man, what are [D]you doing [G]here?” [D]

[Em]la la la, di da [A7]da [Em]La la, di di [A7]da da [D]dum [C][G][D7]

[G]Sing us a [D]song, you’re the [C]piano [G]man [C]Sing us a [G]song to[A7]night [D] Well, we’re [G]all in the [D]mood for a [C]melo[G]dy And [C]you’ve got us all [D]feeling al[G]right

[C][G][C][G][C][G][C][A7][G].

Artist Billy Joel

Album Piano Man

Genres Rock

Year 1973

Key G

Billy Joel - Piano Man can be played in the key of G using the G, D, C, A7, Em, D7 chords.

For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For A7, To play A7, let low E, A, G, high E ring open, mute D, B.
For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For D7, To play D7, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let A, D ring open.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Piano Man with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.