Billy Joel – Famous Last Words (Guitar)

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Intro C | C/Bb | F/A | Fm/Ab | 2X Verse
C |                      C/Bb |   F/A |               Fm/Ab |            
Sitting here in Avalon, looking at the pouring rain

C |                      C/Bb |   F/A |               Fm/Ab |    
Summertime has come and gone and everybody's home again

Gadd9G |  G  |                        Bb/F |       F  |
Closing down for the season, I found the last of the souvenirs

G               |        G  |                 Am7  |
I can still taste the wedding cake and it's sweet after all these 

BbF/AC/G |
years
Chorus
F - F/A   |  Bb    |                  C | C/Bb |
These are the last words I have to say

F/A   |  Bb    |                       C | C/Bb |
That's why it took so long to write

F/A   |  Bb    |                       C | C/Bb |
There will be other words some other day

F/A   |  Bb    | 
But that's the story of my life
(verse)
C |                      C/Bb |   F/A |               Fm/Ab |   
Comfort in my coffee cup and apples in the early fall

C |                      C/Bb |   F/A |               Fm/Ab |   
They're pulling all the moorings up and gathering at the Legion Hall

Gadd9G |  G  |                        Bb/F |       F  |
They swept away all the streamers after the Labor Day parade

G               |        G  |                 Am7  |     BbF/AC/G |
There's Nothing left for a dreamer now, only one final serenade
Chorus
F - F/A   |  Bb    |                  C | C/Bb |
These are the last words I have to say

F/A   |  Bb    |                       C | C/Bb |
Before another age goes by

F/A   |  Bb    |                       C | C/Bb |
With all those other songs I'll have to play

F/A   |  BbF/A | GF | 
But that's the story of my life
Bridge
Eb     |    Bb    |   F   | C/F  |
And it's so clear standing here where I am

Eb     |    Bb    |   F   | F  |
Ain't that what justice is for?

Fm  | Eb  |  Bb  | F/A |
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn anymore
Verse* C | C/Bb | F/A | Fm/Ab | 2X
G |  G  |                        Bb/F |       F  |
Stack the chairs on the table tops, hang the sheets on the chandeliers

G               |        G  |                 Am7  |
It slows down but it never stops, ain't it sweet after all these 

BbF/AC/G |
years
Chorus*
F - F/A   |  Bb    |                  C | C/Bb |
And these are the last words I have to say

F/A   |  Bb    |                       C | C/Bb |
It's always hard to say goodbye

F/A   |  Bb    |                       C | C/Bb |
But now it's time to put this book away

F/A   |  Bb    |                       C | C/Bb |
But that's the story of my life

F/A   |  Bb    |                       C | C/Bb |
These are the last words I have to say

F/A   |  Bb    |                       C | C/Bb |
That's why it took so long to write

F/A   |  Bb    |                       C | C/Bb |
There will be other words some other day

F/A   |  Bb    |                       C | C/Bb |
Ain't that the story of my life
(chorus)
F/A   |  Bb    |                       C | C/Bb |
These are the last words I have to say

F/A   |  Bb    |                       C | C/Bb |
Before another age goes by

F/A   |  Bb    |                       C | C/Bb |
With all those other songs I'll have to play

F/A   |  Bb    |                       C | C/Bb |
Ain't that the story of my life
F/A | Bb | C | C/Bb | 2X This is the whole song 100% correct tab, have fun!!