Billy Joel, My Life (1978)
^{Key: :[D#] (w: Billy Joel) (Westlife, Key: D)}

INTRO 1: [D#]

INTRO 2:
^[Cm]^[A#m] [C#9] // [Emaj7] [E6] [B] : [x2]

VERSE 1:
[D#] Got a call from an [D#/G] old friend, we used to be [G#] real close
[A#] Said he couldn't go on the American [D#] way
Closed the shop, sold the [D#/G] house, bought a ticket to the [G#] West Coast
[A#] Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L. [D#] A.

REPEAT INTRO 2:

CHORUS:
[D#] I don't need you to [D#/G] worry for me cause I'm [G#] alright
[A#] I don't want you to tell me it's time to come [D#] home
[D#] I don't care what you [D#/G] say anymore, this is [G#] my life
[A#] Go ahead with your own life, and leave me a-[Cm]-lone

BRIDGE:
[Cm] I never said you had to offer me a [G] second chance
[D#7] I never said I was a victim of [F7+9] circumstance
^[F7]^[G]^[G#] I still be-[D#/G]-long, [G] don't get me [Cm] wrong
[F7] And you can speak your mind, but [G#/A#] not [A#] on [G#/A#] my [A#] time

VERSE 2:
[D#] They will tell you you [D#/G] can't sleep, alone in a [G#] strange place
[A#] Then they'll tell you you can't sleep with somebody [D#] else
[D#] But sooner or [D#/G] later you sleep in your [G#] own space
[A#] Either way it's okay to wake up with your-[D#]-self

REPEAT INTRO 2:

REPEAT CHORUS:

REPEAT BRIDGE:

CHORUS 2: (instrumental 1st half)
[D#] [D#/G] [G#] [G#] // [A#] [A#] [D#] [D#]
[D#] I don't care what you [D#/G] say anymore, this is [G#] my life
[A#] Go ahead with your own life, and leave me a-[Cm]-lone

REPEAT INTRO 2: [x2]