Just The Way You Are
-Billy Joel
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Transcribed by Guitar Player Extraordinaire,
Tim Stoll (of Lockport, New York)
e-mail: Rimsky58@msn.com
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*Note:
Notice that the Dominant 7/9 chord is used in the fourth
line (measure 13), while the minor7th chord is used in
the last line of each verse .
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Helpful chord voicings:
A11: A(open 5th string),G,B,D,A
Gmaj7: G,F,B,D
Frets the chords are played on:
D: 5th
E7/9: 7th
Gmaj7: 3rd
D7/9: 5th
Gm7: 3rd
Fm7: 2nd
Am7: 5th
Bm7: 7th
Em7: 9th
A11: 3rd
A: 5th
Bb: 6th
C: 8th
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Intro is in ‘D’
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Verse 1:
D---------E7/9----Gmaj7-----D----------D7/9
Don`t go changing, to try and please me
Gmaj7----Gm7-------------Fm7—Am7—D7/9
You never let me down before
Gmaj7-Gm7—Fm7-----------Bm7
Don`t imagine…. you`re too familiar
E7/9-----------------------A11
And I don`t see you anymore
D------------E7/9-----Gmaj7-----D------D7/9
I would not leave you in times of trouble
Gmaj7----Gm7-------------------Fm7—Am7—D7/9
We never could have come this far
Gmaj7----Gm7-------Fm7---------Bm7
I took the good times, I`ll take the bad times
Em7-----------------------------D
I`ll take you just the way you are
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Verse 2:
Don`t go trying some new fashion
Don`t change the color of your hair
You always have my unspoken passion
Although I might not seem to care
I don`t want clever conversation
I never want to work that hard
I just want someone that I can talk to
I want you just the way you are.
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Chorus:
Gmaj7---A--------------------Fm7---B
I need to know that you will always be
Em7-----------------------------D-----D7/9
The same old someone that I knew
Bb----------C----------------Am7---D
What will it take `till you believe in me
Gm7------------------------A11
The way that I believe in you.
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Verse 3:
I said I love you, and that`s forever
And this I promise from the heart
I couldn’t love you any better
Em7---------------------------D
I love you just the way you are.
(Saxophone solo)
(back to second half of verse 2,
“I don’t want clever conversation…”
then ending chords as follows):
----------------------------------Bb---C---Am---D7/9---Gm7---A11
I want you just the way you are.....
(back to chords in verse, fade w/ sax solo)
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