Billy Joel, My Life (1978)
Key: :[F] (w: Billy Joel) (Westlife, Key: D)
INTRO 1: [F]
INTRO 2:
^
[Dm]^
[Cm] [D#9] //
[Gbmaj7] [Gb6] [Db] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
[F] Got a call from an
[F/A] old friend, we used to be
[A#] real close
[C] Said he couldn't go on the American
[F] way
Closed the shop, sold the
[F/A] house, bought a ticket to the
[A#] West Coast
[C] Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.
[F] A.
REPEAT INTRO 2:
CHORUS:
[F] I don't need you to
[F/A] worry for me cause I'm
[A#] alright
[C] I don't want you to tell me it's time to come
[F] home
[F] I don't care what you
[F/A] say anymore, this is
[A#] my life
[C] Go ahead with your own life, and leave me a-
[Dm]-lone
BRIDGE:
[Dm] I never said you had to offer me a
[A] second chance
[F7] I never said I was a victim of
[G7+9] circumstance
^
[G7]^
[A]^
[A#] I still be-
[F/A]-long,
[A] don't get me
[Dm] wrong
[G7] And you can speak your mind, but
[A#/C] not
[C] on
[A#/C] my
[C] time
VERSE 2:
[F] They will tell you you
[F/A] can't sleep, alone in a
[A#] strange place
[C] Then they'll tell you you can't sleep with somebody
[F] else
[F] But sooner or
[F/A] later you sleep in your
[A#] own space
[C] Either way it's okay to wake up with your-
[F]-self
REPEAT INTRO 2:
REPEAT CHORUS:
REPEAT BRIDGE:
CHORUS 2: (instrumental 1st half)
[F] [F/A] [A#] [A#] //
[C] [C] [F] [F]
[F] I don't care what you
[F/A] say anymore, this is
[A#] my life
[C] Go ahead with your own life, and leave me a-
[Dm]-lone
REPEAT INTRO 2: [x2] 