Billy Joel, My Life (1978)
Key: :[C] (w: Billy Joel) (Westlife, Key: D)
INTRO 1: [C]
INTRO 2:
^
[Am]^
[Gm] [A#9] //
[Dbmaj7] [Db6] [Ab] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
[C] Got a call from an
[C/E] old friend, we used to be
[F] real close
[G] Said he couldn't go on the American
[C] way
Closed the shop, sold the
[C/E] house, bought a ticket to the
[F] West Coast
[G] Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.
[C] A.
REPEAT INTRO 2:
CHORUS:
[C] I don't need you to
[C/E] worry for me cause I'm
[F] alright
[G] I don't want you to tell me it's time to come
[C] home
[C] I don't care what you
[C/E] say anymore, this is
[F] my life
[G] Go ahead with your own life, and leave me a-
[Am]-lone
BRIDGE:
[Am] I never said you had to offer me a
[E] second chance
[C7] I never said I was a victim of
[D7+9] circumstance
^
[D7]^
[E]^
[F] I still be-
[C/E]-long,
[E] don't get me
[Am] wrong
[D7] And you can speak your mind, but
[F/G] not
[G] on
[F/G] my
[G] time
VERSE 2:
[C] They will tell you you
[C/E] can't sleep, alone in a
[F] strange place
[G] Then they'll tell you you can't sleep with somebody
[C] else
[C] But sooner or
[C/E] later you sleep in your
[F] own space
[G] Either way it's okay to wake up with your-
[C]-self
REPEAT INTRO 2:
REPEAT CHORUS:
REPEAT BRIDGE:
CHORUS 2: (instrumental 1st half)
[C] [C/E] [F] [F] //
[G] [G] [C] [C]
[C] I don't care what you
[C/E] say anymore, this is
[F] my life
[G] Go ahead with your own life, and leave me a-
[Am]-lone
REPEAT INTRO 2: [x2] 