Billy Joel – Christie Lee (Guitar)

N.C.               C
Let me tell you a story

                     Am G F
About a woman and a man

                       D7
Maybe you will find familiar

                      G7
Maybe you won't understand

                          C
The man's name I don't remember

                     Am  G  F
He was always Joe to me

                       G
But I can't forget the woman

N.C.                    C
She was always Christie Lee

                         C
Well he was working in a night club

                        Am  G  F
Where he played the saxophone

                             D7
He used to fake the stock arrangements

                        G7
He left the customers alone

                          C
But one night before the last song

                       Am  G  F
About a quarter after three

                            G
He saw her standing at the coat check

N.C.                           C
And made his move on Christie Lee

                        C
Christie Lee, Christie Lee

                        Am  G  F
Christie Lee, Christie Lee

   G
Ooo

   C
Ooo

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She was a nice piece of music

                         Am  G  F
She had a rhythm all her own

                       D7
He blew a solo like a blind man

                        G7
She really dug his saxophone

                             C
She wanted more than just an encore

                           Am  G  F
And he could play in every key

                                 G
He left the stage and packed his alto

N.C.                           C
And took it home with Christie Lee

                F
Oh I heard the man knew 'the bird' like the bible

             C
You know the man could blow an educated axe

            F
He couldn't see that Christie Lee was a woman

            D7
Who didn't need another lover

         G                
All she wanted was the sax

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It took a while for him to notice

                            Am G F
It took a while for him to see

                   G
He was never in control here

N.C.                   C
It was always Christie Lee

                       Am  G  F
Christie Lee, Christie Lee

   G
Ooo

   C
Ooo

       F
Oh the man took a calculated gamble

        C
Yes the man had the power to perform

              F
But Christie Lee was more than he knew how to handle

            D7
She didn't need him as a man

         G                  C/G  G7
All she wanted was the horn

N.C.                       C
They say that Joe became a wino

                            Am G F
They say he always drinks alone

                             D7
They say he stumbles like a blind man

                          G
They say he sold his saxophone

                             C
Even the band must face the music

                            Am G F
That's what the moral is to me

                          G
The only time you hit the high notes

N.C.                          C
Is when you play for Christie Lee

C
Christie Lee, Christie Lee

                       Am G F
Christie Lee, Christie Lee

     G
Ooo

                       C
Christie Lee, Christie Lee

                       Am G F
Christie Lee, Christie Lee

      G
Aahh, ha

                       C
Christie Lee, Christie Lee