Billy Joel – Wheres The Orchestra (Guitar)
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Chords
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Written by: Billy Joel Tabbed by: maguri
From: "The Nylon Curtain" (1982) Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e INTRO Cm/B 6-x-5-3-4-x Gaug 3(2)1-0-0-3 SONG Gaug 3(2)1-0-0-3 Cm7 x-3-1-3-1-x Cm6 x-3-1-2-1-x G/B x-2-0-0-0-3 B6 x-1-3-0-3-x Gaug/B x-2-1-0-0-3 Gm7 3-x-0-3-3-1 Bb/C x-3-x-3-3-1 Eb/D x-x-0-3-4-3 Dm7-5 x-x-0-1-1-1 or x-5-6-5-6-x Fmaj7 1-x-2-2-1-0 Ebdim7 x-x-1-2-1-2 C/E x-x-2-0-1-0 A7sus4 x-0-2-0-3-0 A7 x-0-2-0-2-0 F/A x-0-3-2-1-1 Fm/Ab 4-x-3-1-1(1) OUTRO Gmaj7/B x-2-0-0-0-2 Gmaj7 3-x-0-0-0-2
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[Intro]
| Eb | Bb | Cm Cm/Bb Cm/Ab | G | Gaug |
[Verse]
C Where's the orchestra? Cm Cm7 Cm6 G/B Wasn't this supposed to be a musical? Bb6 Gaug/B C Here I am in the balcony Cmaj7 Gaug/B Gm7 Bb/C How the hell could I have missed the overture? Fmaj7 D7 I like the scenery Dm7 Fm Gaug Even though I have absolutely no
[Verse]
C Idea at all Cm Cm7 Cm6 G/B What is being said despite the dialogue Bb6 Gaug/B C There's the leading man Cmaj7 Gaug/B Gm7 Bb/C The movie star who never faced an audience Fmaj7 D7 Where's the orchestra?
[Middle 8]
Dm7 After all Ab Bb Eb Eb/D This is my big night on the town Cm7 Gm My introduction to the theatre crowd Ab Dm7-5 I assumed that the show would have a song Gaug So I was wrong
[Verse] (variation)
C At least I understand Cm Cm7 Cm6 G/B All the innuendo and the irony Bb6 Gaug/B C And I appreciate Cmaj7 Gaug/B Gm7 Bb/C The roles the actors played, the point the author made
[Coda]
Fmaj7 D7 And after the closing lines Ebdim7 C/E A7sus A7 And after the curtain calls Bb F/A The curtain falls Fm/Ab G7 [ C ] On empty chairs ... where's the orchestra?
[Outro]
| C | Gmaj7/B | C | Gmaj7/B |
| C | Gmaj7/B Gmaj7 |
| C | Gmaj7/B Gmaj7 |
| C | Gmaj7/B Gmaj7 | [melody: Allentown]
(repeat and fade)