Billy Joel, Uptown Girl (1983)
Key: :[E] (w: Billy Joel)
INTRO: [E] [F#m] [E/G#] ^
[A] ^
[B]
VERSE 1:
[E] Uptown girl
[F#m] She's been living in her
[E/G#] uptown world
^
[A] I bet she ^
[B] never had a
[E] backstreet guy
[F#m] I bet her mama never
[E/G#] told her why
^
[A] I'm gonna ^
[B] try for an
VERSE 2:
[E] Uptown girl
[F#m] She's been living in her
[E/G#] white bread world
^
[A] As long as ^
[B] anyone with
[E] hot blood can
[F#m] And now she's looking for a
[E/G#] downtown man
^
[A] That's what I ^
[B] am
PRE-CHORUS 1:
[C] And when she
[Am7] knows what
She
[Dm] wants from her
[G] time
[C] And when she
[Am7] wakes up
And
[Bdim7] makes up her
[E7] mind
[A] She'll see I'm
[F#m] not so tough
[Bm] Just because,
[B7] I'm in love with an
CHORUS 1:
[E] Uptown girl
[F#m] You know I've seen her in her
[E/G#] uptown world
^
[A] She's getting ^
[B] tired of her
[E] high class toys
[F#m] And all her presents from her
[E/G#] uptown boys
^
[A] She's got a ^
[B] choice
BREAK: (Ohh ohh ohh...)
[G] [Am7] [F#7] ^
[Bm]^
[Bm/A]
[G] [Am7] [F#7] ^
[B]^
[B7]
VERSE 3:
[E] Uptown girl
[F#m] You know I can't afford to
[E/G#] buy her pearls
^
[A] But maybe ^
[B] someday when my
[E] ship comes in
[F#m] She'll understand what kind of
[E/G#] guy I've been
^
[A] And then I'll ^
[B] win
PRE-CHORUS 2:
[C] And when she's
[Am7] walking
She's
[Dm] looking so
[G] fine
[C] And when she's
[Am7] talking
She'll
[Bdim7] say that she's
[E7] mine
[A] She'll see I'm
[F#m] not so tough
[Bm] Just because,
[B7] I'm in love with an
REPEAT VERSE 2:
REPEAT BREAK:
OUTRO:
[E] Uptown girl,
[F#m] my uptown
[E/G#] girl
You ^
[A] know I'm in ^
[B] love with an
[E] Uptown girl,
[F#m] my uptown
[E/G#] girl
You ^
[A] know I'm in ^
[B] love with an
REPEAT OUTRO: