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#Billy Joel
#Honesty
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[Bb-Bbm-Gbmaj7-F7] If you search for tenderness it isn’t hard to find
You can have the love you need to live[Cm7-F-F7]
And if you look for truthfulness you might just as well be blind
It always seems to be so hard to give
(chorus)
Honest- y is such a lonely word
Everyone is so untrue
Honest- y is hardly ever heard
But mostly what I need from you
(end chorus)
I can always find someone to say they sympathize
If I wear my heart out on my sleeve[Cm7-F-F7]
But I don’t want some pretty face to tell me pretty lies
All I want is someone to believe
(repeat chorus)
I can find a lover, I can find a friend
I can have security until the bitter end
Anyone can comfort me with promises again
I know, I know[D-Eb-F9sus]
When I’m deep inside of me, don’t be too concerned
I won’t ask for nothing while I’m gone[Cm7-F-F7]
When I want sincerity tell me where else can I turn?
Cause you’re the one that I depend upon

Coda: Bb-Bbm-Gbmaj7-F7-Ebm#7-F6-F7-Bb

1. Got a call from an old friend
We used to be real close
Said he couldn’t go on the American way
Closed the shop, sold the house
Bought a ticket to the West Coast
Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.A.
 
I don’t need you to worry for me cause I’m alright
I don’t want you to tell me it’s time to come home
I don’t care what you say anymore, this is my life
Go ahead with your own life, and leave me alone
I never said you had to offer me a second chance
I never said I was a victim of circumstance
I still belong, don’t get me wrong
And you can speak your mind
But not on my time
 
 
2. They will tell you you can’t sleep alone in a strange place
Then they’ll tell you you can’t sleep with somebody else
But sooner or later you sleep in your own space
Either way it’s okay you wake up with yourself
 
I don’t need you to worry for me cause I’m alright
I don’t want you to tell me it’s time to come home
I don’t care what you say anymore, this is my life
Go ahead with your own life, and leave me alone
I never said you had to offer me a second chance
I never said I was a victim of circumstance
I still belong, don’t get me wrong
And you can speak your mind
But not on my time
 
Solo


 
I don’t care what you say anymore, this is my life
Go ahead with your own life, and leave me alone
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#Subject: CRD/MyLife.crd/Joel.Billy
#Here’s a rough interpretation of this song for guitar. If anybody wants,
#feel free to embellish/correct. Happy riffing.
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#Billy Joel
#My Life
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#Intro/Fill/Outro: D-Bm-Am-C9-Ebmaj7-Bb
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Got a call from an old friend we’d used to be real close
Said he couldn’t go on the American way
Closed the shop, sold the house, bought a ticket to the west coast
A D (Fill)
Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.A.
I don’t need you to worry for me cause I’m allright
I don’t want you to tell me it’s time to come home
I don’t care what you say anymore this is my life
Go ahead with your own life leave me alone
I never said you had to offer me a second chance
I never said I was a victim of circumstance
I still belong
Don’t get me wrong
And you can speak your mind
But not on my time
They will tell you you can’t sleep alone in a strange place
Then they’ll tell you can’t sleep with somebody else
Ah but sooner or later you sleep in your own space
Either way it’s O.K. you wake up with yourself

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[Em/D]
[D/F#][E7b9/G#][Am/G][D/F#][C/E][B7/D#]

[Em/D]
[D/F#][E7b9/G#][Am/G][D/F#][Cadd2/E][B/D#][A/C#][B/A]

Well we all have a face that we hide away forever
And we take them out, and show ourselves when everyone has gone[B+]
Some are satin, some are steel some are silk and some are leather
They’re the faces of a stranger but we love to try them on

Well we all fall in love but we disregard the danger
Though we share so many secrets, there are Some we never tell[B+]
Why were you so surprised that you never saw the stranger
Did you ever let your lover see the stranger in yourself

Don’t be a[Gm maj7]fraid to try aga[D/F#]in
Everyone goes south[Gm maj7]Every now and [D/F#]then oohhoo
You’ve done it, [Gm maj7]why can’t someone [D/F#]else
[D/C]You should know by now, [Bb+]You’ve been there yourself[B+]

Once I used to believe I was such a great romancer
Then I came home to a woman that I could not recognize[B+]
When I pressed her for a reason she refused to even answer
It was then I felt the stranger kick me right between the eyes

Well we all fall in love but we disregard the danger
Though we share so many secrets, there are some we never tell[B+]
Why were you so surprised that you never saw the stranger
Did you ever let your lover see the stranger in yourself
Don’t be a[Gm maj7]fraid to try aga[D/F#]in
Everyone goes south[Gm maj7]Every now and [D/F#]then oohhoo
You’ve done it, [Gm maj7]why can’t someone [D/F#]else
[D/C]You should know by now, [Bb+]You’ve been there yourself[B+]

You may never understand how the Stranger is inspired
But he isn’t always evil and he is not always wrong[B+]
Though you drown in good intentions you will never quench the fire
Don’t give into your desire when the Stranger comes along
…

[Em/D]
[D/F#][E7b9/G#][Am/G][D/F#][Cadd2/E][B/D#][A/C#][B/A]

[Em/D]
[D/F#][E7b9/G#][Am/G][D/F#][C/E][B7/D#]