Billy Joel – Wheres The Orchestra (Ukulele)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Billy Joel From: "The Nylon Curtain" (1982) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: soprano C --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro]
  Eb               Bb               Cm                       Ab
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

A|6---5-3-----3---|5---------------|3---------------|--------3-------|
E|3-------6-------|6---------------|3---6-4-3-------|3-------4-------|
C|3---------------|5---------------|3---------------|3-------3-------|
g|3---------------|7---------------|5---------------|--------5-------|

  G                Gaug
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  

A|2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---|
E|3---3---3---3---|3---3---3---3---|
C|2---2---2---2---|3---3---3---3---|
g|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|
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CHORDS
       g-C-E-A
Cm7    5-3-6-3
Cm7    5-3-5-3

Bbadd9 5-5-6-5 
Fmaj7  5-5-5-7
Eb     0-3-3-1

Ebmaj7 0-2-3-1
Dm7-5  1-2-1-3

Ebdim7 2-3-2-3
A7sus4 0-2-0-0
A7     0-1-0-0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | Eb | Bb | Cm | Cm Ab | G | [ Gaug | ] [Verse]
Gaug        C
Where's the orchestra?

Cm             Cm7      Cm6  G  
Wasn't this supposed to be a musical?

Bb6      Gaug    C
Here I am in the balcony

Cmaj7              Gaug              Gm7        Bbadd9
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  
What is being said despite the dialogue

Bb6 Gaug    C
There's the leading man

    Cmaj7          Gaug           Gm7        Bbadd9
The movie star who never faced an audience

Fmaj7       D7
Where's the orchestra?
[Middle 8]
Dm7
After all

        Ab     Bb Eb            Ebmaj7
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  
All the innuendo and the irony

Bb6  Gaug   C
And I     appreciate

    Cmaj7            Gaug       Gm7              Bbadd9
The roles the actors played, the point the author made
[Coda]
    Fmaj7     D7
And after the closing lines

Ebdim7 C        A7sus4     A7
  And after the curtain calls

    Bb              F
The curtain falls

   Fm               G7              [ C ]
On empty chairs ...     where's the orchestra?
[Outro] | C | Gmaj7 | C | Gmaj7 |
| C | Gmaj7 | C | Gmaj7 |
[melody: Allentown]
(repeat and fade)