Billy Joel, My Life (1978)
Key: :[A#] (w: Billy Joel) (Westlife, Key: D)
INTRO 1: [A#]
INTRO 2:
^
[Gm]^
[Fm] [G#9] //
[Bmaj7] [B6] [Gb] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
[A#] Got a call from an
[A#/D] old friend, we used to be
[D#] real close
[F] Said he couldn't go on the American
[A#] way
Closed the shop, sold the
[A#/D] house, bought a ticket to the
[D#] West Coast
[F] Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.
[A#] A.
REPEAT INTRO 2:
CHORUS:
[A#] I don't need you to
[A#/D] worry for me cause I'm
[D#] alright
[F] I don't want you to tell me it's time to come
[A#] home
[A#] I don't care what you
[A#/D] say anymore, this is
[D#] my life
[F] Go ahead with your own life, and leave me a-
[Gm]-lone
BRIDGE:
[Gm] I never said you had to offer me a
[D] second chance
[A#7] I never said I was a victim of
[C7+9] circumstance
^
[C7]^
[D]^
[D#] I still be-
[A#/D]-long,
[D] don't get me
[Gm] wrong
[C7] And you can speak your mind, but
[D#/F] not
[F] on
[D#/F] my
[F] time
VERSE 2:
[A#] They will tell you you
[A#/D] can't sleep, alone in a
[D#] strange place
[F] Then they'll tell you you can't sleep with somebody
[A#] else
[A#] But sooner or
[A#/D] later you sleep in your
[D#] own space
[F] Either way it's okay to wake up with your-
[A#]-self
REPEAT INTRO 2:
REPEAT CHORUS:
REPEAT BRIDGE:
CHORUS 2: (instrumental 1st half)
[A#] [A#/D] [D#] [D#] //
[F] [F] [A#] [A#]
[A#] I don't care what you
[A#/D] say anymore, this is
[D#] my life
[F] Go ahead with your own life, and leave me a-
[Gm]-lone
REPEAT INTRO 2: [x2]