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]