Billy Joel – Angry Young Man (Ukulele)

           G                           D
There's a place in the world for the angry young man

         Am7                         D
With his working class ties and his radical plans

     G                   D
He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl,

         Am7                        D
And He's always at home with his back to the wall.

          F            G             C
And he's proud of his scars and the battles he's lost,

       G               A           D
And he struggles and bleeds as he hangs on his cross-

       G                         D         Cmaj7 D G C Am7 G C F C
And he likes to be known as the angry young man.

        G                    D
Give a moment or two to the angry young man,

         Am7                       D
With his foot in his mouth and his heart in his hand.

          G                                D
He's been stabbed in the back, he's been misunderstood,

       Am7                    D
It's a comfort to know his intentions are good.

       F          G           C
And he sits in a room with a lock on the door,

         G            A            D
With his maps and his medals laid out on the floor

        G                        D          Cmaj7 D G C Am7 G C
And he likes to be known as the angry young man.

F              Gm7
I believe I've passed the age

  Bb                 C
Of consciousness and righteous rage

  F                   Bb
I found that just surviving

      C             D
was a noble fight.

 G                 Am7
I once believed in causes too,

  C                D
I had my pointless point of view,

    G               C                   A
And life went on no matter who was wrong or right.

D
Oh.

            G                       D
And there's always a place for the angry young man,

         Am7                       D
With his fist in the air and his head in the sand.

         G                    D
And he's never been able to learn from mistakes,

      Am7                       D
So he can't understand why his heart always breaks.

         F        G            C
And his honor is pure and his courage as well,

         G              A             D
And he's fair and he's true and he's boring as hell-

          G                     D         Cmaj7 D G C Am7 G C   
And he'll go to the grave as an angry old man.

Instrumental: F  Gm7  Bb  C  F  Bb  C   D  G  Am7  C  D  G  C  A  D
(listen for timing)

        G                      D
There's always a place for the angry young man

         Am7                         D
With his working class ties and his radical plans

     G                   D
He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl,

          Am7                     D
And he's always at home with his back to the wall.

          F            G             C  
And he's proud of his scars and the battles he's lost,

       G             A              D
And he struggles and bleeds as he hangs on his cross-

        G                        D          Cmaj7 D G C Am7 G C F C
And he likes to be known as the angry young man.