Billy Joel, My Life (1978)
Key: :[B] (w: Billy Joel) (Westlife, Key: D)
INTRO 1: [B]
INTRO 2:
^
[G#m]^
[F#m] [A9] //
[Cmaj7] [C6] [G] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
[B] Got a call from an
[B/D#] old friend, we used to be
[E] real close
[F#] Said he couldn't go on the American
[B] way
Closed the shop, sold the
[B/D#] house, bought a ticket to the
[E] West Coast
[F#] Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.
[B] A.
REPEAT INTRO 2:
CHORUS:
[B] I don't need you to
[B/D#] worry for me cause I'm
[E] alright
[F#] I don't want you to tell me it's time to come
[B] home
[B] I don't care what you
[B/D#] say anymore, this is
[E] my life
[F#] Go ahead with your own life, and leave me a-
[G#m]-lone
BRIDGE:
[G#m] I never said you had to offer me a
[D#] second chance
[B7] I never said I was a victim of
[C#7+9] circumstance
^
[C#7]^
[D#]^
[E] I still be-
[B/D#]-long,
[D#] don't get me
[G#m] wrong
[C#7] And you can speak your mind, but
[E/F#] not
[F#] on
[E/F#] my
[F#] time
VERSE 2:
[B] They will tell you you
[B/D#] can't sleep, alone in a
[E] strange place
[F#] Then they'll tell you you can't sleep with somebody
[B] else
[B] But sooner or
[B/D#] later you sleep in your
[E] own space
[F#] Either way it's okay to wake up with your-
[B]-self
REPEAT INTRO 2:
REPEAT CHORUS:
REPEAT BRIDGE:
CHORUS 2: (instrumental 1st half)
[B] [B/D#] [E] [E] //
[F#] [F#] [B] [B]
[B] I don't care what you
[B/D#] say anymore, this is
[E] my life
[F#] Go ahead with your own life, and leave me a-
[G#m]-lone
REPEAT INTRO 2: [x2] 