Billy Joel – Just The Way You Are (Guitar)

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[Intro] Gm6/D G/D Dsus4 Gm6/D G/D Dsus4 [Verse 1]
D           Bm6     Gmaj7      Bm  D7  Gmaj7          Gm7            D/F#
  Don't go changin'  to try please me       you never let me down before

Am7  D7  Gmaj7        Gm7  D/F#              Bm7
Mmmm          Don't imagine    you're too familiar

E9sus4       E9        G/A
And I don't see you anymore
[Refrain 1]
D          Bm6        Gmaj7              Bm    D9
I would not  leave you     in times of trouble

Gmaj7          Gm7                 D/F#
     we never could have come this far

Am7  D7  Gmaj7          Gm        D/F#              Bm7
Mmmm         I took the good times    I'll take the bad times

Em7               G/A              Gm6/D   G/D  Dsus4  Gm6/D   G/D  Dsus4
   I'll take you just the way you are
[Verse 2]
D           Bm6  Gmaj7         Bm     D9
  Don't go trying    some new fashion

Gmaj7                Gm             D/F#
    Don't change the colour of your hair

Am7  D7  Gmaj7          Gm     D/F#         Bm7
  Mmmm       You always have my   unspoken passion

E9sus4        E9               G/A
  Although I might not seem to care
[Refrain 2]
 D             Bm6  Gmaj7      Bm   D9 Gmaj7        Gm                D/F#
I don't want clever      conversation       I never want to work that hard

Am7  D7  Gmaj7            Gm    D/F#           Bm7
Mmmm         I just want someone    that I can talk to

Em7            G/A              Gm6/D   G/D  Dsus4  Gm6/D   DM7  D7
   I want you just the way you are
[Bridge]
Gmaj7            A6                F#m7  B7
     I need to know that you will always be

Em7              A7sus           D  D/C
   the same old someone that I knew

Bb              C               Am7     D9
  What will it take till you believe in me

Gm            C/G           G/A
  The way that I believe in you
[Refrain 3]
 D       Bm6      Gmaj7             Bm   D9
I said I love you     and that's forever

Gmaj7          Gm              D/F#
  and this I promise from the heart

Am7  D7  Gmaj7            Gm     D/F#     Bm7
Mmmm          I couldn't love you     any better

Em7            G/A              Gm6/D   G/D  Dsus4  Gm6/D   G/D  Dsus4
   I love you just the way you are
[Solo] D Bm6 Gmaj7 Bm D7 Gmaj7 Gm D/F# Am7 D7 Gmaj7 Gm D/F# Bm7 E9sus4 E9 G/A [Refrain 4]
 D           Bm6   Gmaj7  Bm    D9 Gmaj7        Gm                D/F#
I don't want clever conversation        I never want to work that hard

Am7  D7  Gmaj7            Gm     D/F#            Bm7
Mm            I just want someone    that I can talk to

Em             A7sus4           Bb  C  Am7  D9  Gm  A7sus4 A7
   I want you just the way you are
[Outro] D Bm6 Gmaj7 Bm D7 Gmaj7 Gm D/F# Am7 D7 Gmaj7 Gm D/F# Bm7 E9sus4 E9 G/A D Bm6 Gmaj7 Bm D7 Gmaj7 Gm D/F# Am7 D7 (fade out) Suggested Intro (arpeggiated) xx0353, xx0087, xx0085, xx0232 Suggested ways to do certain chords: D9 x54530 (D7 is an easier alternative) E9sus4 020202 (E7sus and E7 are easier alternatives for the E9's) E9 020102 Bm6 x20102 C/G 3x5553