Billy Joel, My Life (1978)
^{Key: :[G] (w: Billy Joel) (Westlife, Key: D)}

INTRO 1: [G]

INTRO 2:
^[Em]^[Dm] [F9] // [Abmaj7] [Ab6] [Eb] : [x2]

VERSE 1:
[G] Got a call from an [G/B] old friend, we used to be [C] real close
[D] Said he couldn't go on the American [G] way
Closed the shop, sold the [G/B] house, bought a ticket to the [C] West Coast
[D] Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L. [G] A.

REPEAT INTRO 2:

CHORUS:
[G] I don't need you to [G/B] worry for me cause I'm [C] alright
[D] I don't want you to tell me it's time to come [G] home
[G] I don't care what you [G/B] say anymore, this is [C] my life
[D] Go ahead with your own life, and leave me a-[Em]-lone

BRIDGE:
[Em] I never said you had to offer me a [B] second chance
[G7] I never said I was a victim of [A7+9] circumstance
^[A7]^[B]^[C] I still be-[G/B]-long, [B] don't get me [Em] wrong
[A7] And you can speak your mind, but [C/D] not [D] on [C/D] my [D] time

VERSE 2:
[G] They will tell you you [G/B] can't sleep, alone in a [C] strange place
[D] Then they'll tell you you can't sleep with somebody [G] else
[G] But sooner or [G/B] later you sleep in your [C] own space
[D] Either way it's okay to wake up with your-[G]-self

REPEAT INTRO 2:

REPEAT CHORUS:

REPEAT BRIDGE:

CHORUS 2: (instrumental 1st half)
[G] [G/B] [C] [C] // [D] [D] [G] [G]
[G] I don't care what you [G/B] say anymore, this is [C] my life
[D] Go ahead with your own life, and leave me a-[Em]-lone

REPEAT INTRO 2: [x2]