Billy Joel, My Life (1978)
Key: :[F#] (w: Billy Joel) (Westlife, Key: D)
INTRO 1: [F#]
INTRO 2:
^
[D#m]^
[C#m] [E9] //
[Gmaj7] [G6] [D] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
[F#] Got a call from an
[F#/A#] old friend, we used to be
[B] 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
[B] 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
[B] 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
[B] my life
[C#] Go ahead with your own life, and leave me a-
[D#m]-lone
BRIDGE:
[D#m] I never said you had to offer me a
[A#] second chance
[F#7] I never said I was a victim of
[G#7+9] circumstance
^
[G#7]^
[A#]^
[B] I still be-
[F#/A#]-long,
[A#] don't get me
[D#m] wrong
[G#7] And you can speak your mind, but
[B/C#] not
[C#] on
[B/C#] my
[C#] time
VERSE 2:
[F#] They will tell you you
[F#/A#] can't sleep, alone in a
[B] 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
[B] 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#] [B] [B] //
[C#] [C#] [F#] [F#]
[F#] I don't care what you
[F#/A#] say anymore, this is
[B] my life
[C#] Go ahead with your own life, and leave me a-
[D#m]-lone
REPEAT INTRO 2: [x2] 