Billy Joel – The Great Wall Of China (Guitar)
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Chords
[Intro]
D Ah, ah, ah, ah D/C Ah, ah, ah, ah G F Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah ah D Ah, ah, ah, ah D/C Ah, ah, ah, ah G Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah ah
[Interlude]
F F Eb | Ab Ab Bb |
F F Eb | Ab Ab Bb |
[Verse 1]
F F Eb Ab Ab Bb Advice is cheap you can take it from me F F Eb Ab Ab Bb It's yours to keep 'cause opinions are free F F Eb Ab Ab Bb Nobody knows 'bout the trouble I've seen F F Eb Ab F Nobody's perfect, mister, nobody's clean G G F Bb Bb C It costs too much and takes too long to find out too late G G F Bb Bb C Some words are not heard 'til after they're spoken G G F Bb Bb C Your role was protective, your soul was too defective G G F Bb G Some people just don't have a heart to be broken
[Chorus]
C C/Bb C/A C/G We could have gone all the way to the Great Wall of China F C/E Ab/Eb Dbmaj7 Db6 If you'd only had a little more faith in me C C/Bb C/A C/G F C/E D In lieu of diamonds, gold and platinum reminders will still shine bright C C/Bb C/A C/G All the king's men, and all the king's horses F C/E Ab/Eb Dbmaj7 Dbmaj6 Can't put you together the way you used to be C C/Bb C/A C/G We could have been standing on the Great Wall of China
[Interlude]
F F Eb | Ab Ab Bb |
F F Eb | Ab Ab Bb |
[Verse 2]
F F Eb Ab Ab Bb You take a piece of whatever you touch F F Eb Ab Ab Bb Too many pieces means you're touching too much F F Eb Ab Ab Bb You never win if you can't play it straight F F Eb Ab Ab F You only beat me if you get me to hate G G F Bb Bb C It must be so lonely to think that you have only G G F Bb Bb C Somebody else's life to live if they let you G G F Bb Bb C I ain't too selective, but it don't take no detective G G F Bb G To find out how fast your friends will forget you
[Chorus]
C C/Bb C/A C/G We could have gone all the way to the Great Wall of China F C/E Ab/Eb Dbmaj7 Db6 Now all you're going to be is history C C/Bb C/A C/G F C/E D Help yourself, it's all you can eat at the Empire Diner tonight C C/Bb C/A C/G You coulda had class, you could have been a contender F C/E Ab/Eb Dbmaj7 Db6 Charlie, you shoulda looked out for me C C/Bb C/A C/G F C/E D You could have been standing, standing on the Great Wall of Chi - na D Ah, ah, ah, ah D/C Ah, ah, ah, ah G F Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah ah D Ah, ah, ah, ah D/C Ah, ah, ah, ah G Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah ah
[Solo]
F F Eb | Ab Ab Bb |
F F Eb | Ab Ab Bb |
F F Eb | Ab Ab Bb |
F F Eb | Ab F |
[Verse 3]
G G F Bb Bb C This was not your calling, just look how far you've fallen G G F Bb Bb C I heard your story, man, you've got to be joking G G F Bb Bb C Keep things in perspective, this is my true objective G G F Bb G Why tear this heart out if it's only been broken?
[Chorus]
C C/Bb C/A C/G We could have gone all the way to the Great Wall of China F C/E Ab/Eb Dbmaj7 Db6 If you'd only had a little more faith in me C C/Bb C/A C/G F C/E D In lieu of diamonds, gold and platinum reminders will still shine bright C C/Bb C/A C/G All the king's men and all the king's horses F C/E Ab/Eb Dbmaj7 D6 Can't put you together the way you used to be C C/Bb C/A C/G F C/E D We could have been standing, standing on the Great Wall of Chi - na
[Outro] (X4 times)
D D/C Ah, ah, ah, ah D/B D/A Ah, ah, ah, ah G F6 E7 Ebmaj7 Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh D D/C Ah, ah, ah, ah D/B D/A Ah, ah, ah, ah G D/F# E7 Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh