It’s C nine Em o’clock on a Am saturday G
the F regular C crowd shuffles D in G
There’s an C old man Em sitting Am next to me G
Makin’ F love to his G tonic and C gin F C G

He says C Son can you Em play me a Am memory G
I’m F not really C sure how it D goes G
But it’s C sad and it’s Em sweet and I Am knew it G complete
when F I wore a G younger man’s C clothes”

Am Da da da Am/G de de D7/F# da F Am
da da Am/G de de D7/F# D7 da da G da G/F C/E G7/D

Ch{ C Sing us a Em song, you’re the Am piano man, C
F sing us a C song D tonight G
Well we’re C all in the Em mood for a Am melody C
and F you’ve got us G feeling all C right F C G

Now C John at the Em bar is a Am friend of mine, C
he F gets me my C drinks for D7 free G
And he’s C quick with a Em joke or to Am light up your G smoke,
but there’s F some place that G he’d rather C be F C G
He says ” C Bill I Em believe this is Am killing me” G
As a F smile ran C away from his D7 face G
“Well I’m C sure that I Em could be a Am movie G star
If F I could get G out of this C place”
Ch{

Now C Paul is a Em real estate Am novelist C
who F never had C time for a D7 wife G
And he’s C talking with Em Davy, who’s Am still in the G Navy,
and F probably G will be for C life F C G
And the C waitress is Em practicing Am politics, G
as the F businessmen C slowly get D7 stoned G
Yes they’re C sharing a Em drink they call Am G loneliness,
but it’s F better than G drinking C alone
Ch{

It’s a C pretty good Em crowd for a Am saturday C
and the F manager C gives me a D7 smile G
`Cause he C knows that it’s Em me that they’ve been Am coming to [C/G]see
To F forget about G life for a C while [F/C] C G
And the C piano Em sounds like a Am carnival[C/G]
and the F microphone C smells like a D7 beer G
And they C sit at the Em bar and put Am bread in my [C/G]jar
and say ” F Man what are G you doing C here ?”