Billy Joel, My Life (1978)
Key: :[E] (w: Billy Joel) (Westlife, Key: D)
INTRO 1: [E]
INTRO 2:
^
[C#m]^
[Bm] [D9] //
[Fmaj7] [F6] [C] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
[E] Got a call from an
[E/G#] old friend, we used to be
[A] real close
[B] Said he couldn't go on the American
[E] way
Closed the shop, sold the
[E/G#] house, bought a ticket to the
[A] West Coast
[B] Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.
[E] A.
REPEAT INTRO 2:
CHORUS:
[E] I don't need you to
[E/G#] worry for me cause I'm
[A] alright
[B] I don't want you to tell me it's time to come
[E] home
[E] I don't care what you
[E/G#] say anymore, this is
[A] my life
[B] Go ahead with your own life, and leave me a-
[C#m]-lone
BRIDGE:
[C#m] I never said you had to offer me a
[G#] second chance
[E7] I never said I was a victim of
[F#7+9] circumstance
^
[F#7]^
[G#]^
[A] I still be-
[E/G#]-long,
[G#] don't get me
[C#m] wrong
[F#7] And you can speak your mind, but
[A/B] not
[B] on
[A/B] my
[B] time
VERSE 2:
[E] They will tell you you
[E/G#] can't sleep, alone in a
[A] strange place
[B] Then they'll tell you you can't sleep with somebody
[E] else
[E] But sooner or
[E/G#] later you sleep in your
[A] own space
[B] Either way it's okay to wake up with your-
[E]-self
REPEAT INTRO 2:
REPEAT CHORUS:
REPEAT BRIDGE:
CHORUS 2: (instrumental 1st half)
[E] [E/G#] [A] [A] //
[B] [B] [E] [E]
[E] I don't care what you
[E/G#] say anymore, this is
[A] my life
[B] Go ahead with your own life, and leave me a-
[C#m]-lone
REPEAT INTRO 2: [x2]