Billy Joel, My Life (1978)
Key: :[D] (w: Billy Joel) (Westlife, Key: D)
INTRO 1: [D]
INTRO 2:
^
[Bm]^
[Am] [C9] //
[Ebmaj7] [Eb6] [Bb] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
[D] Got a call from an
[D/F#] 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/F#] 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/F#] 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/F#] say anymore, this is
[G] my life
[A] Go ahead with your own life, and leave me a-
[Bm]-lone
BRIDGE:
[Bm] I never said you had to offer me a
[F#] second chance
[D7] I never said I was a victim of
[E7+9] circumstance
^
[E7]^
[F#]^
[G] I still be-
[D/F#]-long,
[F#] don't get me
[Bm] wrong
[E7] 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/F#] 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/F#] 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/F#] [G] [G] //
[A] [A] [D] [D]
[D] I don't care what you
[D/F#] say anymore, this is
[G] my life
[A] Go ahead with your own life, and leave me a-
[Bm]-lone
REPEAT INTRO 2: [x2]