Billy Joel – Pressure (Guitar)

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Intro: Dm A Dm A Dm A
e|--5--5--6--6---------6-6-5---------------------------------------|
B|---6--6--8--8---5-8--------6----6--6--8--8-------5--8--8--6------|
G|--------------6--------------7----7--7--7--7---6-------------7---|
D|---------------------------------------------7-----------------7-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Dm A
e|--5--5--6--6---------6-6-5-----------------------------9--10--|
B|----6--6--8--8---5-8--------6-----6--6--8--8-----5--8--8--10--|
G|---------------6--------------7-----7--7--7--7-6--------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
G                               D      C     D
You have to learn to pace yourself....pressure

G                              D    C     D
You're just like everybody else....pressure

Gm            C        Dm              
You've only had to run so far, so good

Bb           F           G7            A7              Dm
But you will come to a place where the only thing you feel are

       Bb           F                A7                  Dm
Loaded guns in your face, and you'll have to deal with pressure!
[break] Verse 2:
G                         D      C    D   
You used to call me paranoid....pressure

G                     D       C    D
But even you cannot avoid....pressure

Gm                C           Dm         
You turned the tap dance into your crusade

Bb           F                G7           A7          Dm
Now here you are with your faith, and your Peter Pan advice

            Bb            F             A7               Dm
You have no scars on your face, and you cannot handle pressure!
[break] Bridge 1:
G                F#/D             G                 D
All grown up and no place to go, psych 1, psych 2, what do you know?

F                Em          Eb             D
All your life is channel 13, Sesame Street, what does it mean?

G        D        C    D
.................Pressure

G        D        C    D
.................Pressure
Verse 3:
G                              D         C    D
Don't ask for help, you're all alone....pressure

G                              D      C    D
You'll have to answer to your own....pressure

Gm                       C         Dm
I'm sure you'll have some cosmic rationale

Bb           F           G7             A7              Dm
But here you are in the ninth two men out and three men on

           Bb         F              A7               Dm
Nowhere to look but inside, where we all respond to pressure!
[break] Bridge 2:
G                F#/D           G              D 
.................................................................

F                Em             Eb             D
All your life is Time Magazine, I read it too, what does it mean?

G        D        C    D
.........................

G        D                 C    D
.................Pressure!
Verse 4/Outro:
Gm                       C         Dm
I'm sure you'll have some cosmic rationale

Bb           F                G7           A7          Dm
Now here you are with your faith, and your Peter Pan advice

            Bb            F             A7               Dm
You have no scars on your face, and you cannot handle pressure!
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