Billy Joel – Wheres The Orchestra (Ukulele)
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Chords
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Written by: Billy Joel
From: "The Nylon Curtain" (1982)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: soprano C
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[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)