Just the Way You Are Page 1

Just The Way You Are Page 1

Billy Joel

Key/Chords

I II III IV V VI VII No. # or b

Key: C / Am Chords: C Dm Em F G Am Bm7(b5) 0

[ Originally in “D” ]

Intro

| C Fm | C Am - G | C Fm | C Am - G |

Verse #1

C Am F Am F Fm C Gm7 - C7 - F

Don’t go changin’, to try and please me, you never let me down before… mmm…

(F) Fm C Am D D7 Gsus4 G

And don’t imagine, you’re too familiar, I don’t see you… anymore

Verse #2

C Am F Am F Fm C Gm7 - C7 - F

I… would not leave you, in times of trouble, we never could’a come this far… mmm…

(F) Fm C Am Dm7 G | C Fm | C Am-G | C Fm | C Am-G |

I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times, I’ll take you just the way you are └─ sax vamp

Bridge

F G Em7 A7 Dm G C C7 - Gm

I need to know that you will al… ways be… the same old someone that I knew

Ab Bb Gm C7 Fm Bb Gsus4 G

What will it take ‘til you believe in me, the way that I believe in you

Verse #3

C Am F Am F Fm C Gm7 - C7 - F

I… said I loved you, that’s forever, this I promise from the heart… mmm…

(F) Fm C Am Dm7 G | C Fm | C Am-G | C Fm | C Am-G |

I couldn’t love you, any better, I love you just the way you are └─ sax vamp

SOLO (verse 1) | C | Am | F | Am | F | Fm | C | Gm7 C7 |

| F | Fm | C | Am | D | D7 | Gsus4 | G |

Verse #4

C Am F Am F Fm C Gm7 - C7 - F

I… don’t want clever, co - nversation… I never want to work that hard ooo…

(F) Fm C Am Dm7 G | Ab | Bb | Gm | C7 | Fm | Bb | (to C…)

I just want someone, that I can talk to I want you just the way you are

Ending

SOLO (verse 1) | C | Am | F | Am | F | Fm | C | Gm7 C7 |

| F | Fm | C | Am | D | D7 | Gsus4 | G |

[ fade out during ending solo ]