Famous Last Words Chords by Billy Joel

[Intro]
C C7 F C F C7
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[Verse]
                       F
Sitting here in Avalon ■
                       C   
Looking at the pouring rain
                   Bb            F
The summertime has come and gone ■
                Ab        
And everybody's home again
G                            
■ Closing down for the season
            F    Bb     F         G
I found the last of the souvenirs ■
                      G           
I can still taste the wedding cake
         Am                    Bb    G F
And it's sweet after all these years ■ ■


[Chorus]
              Bb           C       Bb 
These are the last words I have to say
F               Bb              C     Bb
■ That's why it took so long to write ■ 
F               Bbmaj7 Bb    C          Bb 
■ There will be other  words some other day
F                Bb          C   
■ But that's the story of my life


[Verse]
              Bb        
Comfort in my coffee cup
F                   Ab         C7
■ The apples in the early fall ■ 
C                       C7          F
They're pulling all the moorings up ■
                     F          
And gathering at the legion hall
G                                        F               
■ Swept away all the streamers after the labor day parade
G                                     
There's nothing left for a dreamer now
Am7            Bb       F
Only one final serenade ■


[Chorus]
              Bb               C       C7  Bb
And these are the last words I have to say ■ 
F        Bb               C  Bb
■ Before another age goes by ■ 
F                Bb               C       Bb   F
■ With all those other songs I'll have to play ■
               Bb    Am    G    F Eb
But that's the story of my life ■ ■ 


[Bridge]
            Bb             F            Eb
And it's so clear standing here where I am
                Bb         F  
Ain't that what justice is for


[Chorus]
               Eb     Bb           F    C       Bb F
And frankly my dear I don't give a damn anymore ■  ■
Ab C7  C Bb   F
■  Hey ■ yeah ■


[Verse]
Ab G                                  
■  ■ Stack the chairs on the tabletops
         Bb            F          
Hang the sheets on the chandeliers
G                               
It slows down but it never stops
         Am    Am7             Bb    Gm7 F
Ain't it sweet after all these years ■   ■
                  Bb           C       Bb 
And these are the last words I have to say
F             Bb                         C  Bb F
■ It's always hard to say goodbye hey oh oh ■  ■


[Chorus]
             Bbmaj7  Bb       C    Bb  
But now it's time to put this book away
F                 Bb          C    C7 C
■ Then that's the story of my life ■  ■
Bb        F 
Hey oh oh oh
              Bb           C       Bb 
These are the last words I have to say
F               Bb              C     Bb
■ That's why it took so long to write ■ 
F               Bb          C          Bb 
■ There will be other words some other day
F                Bb          C    Bb
■ Ain't that the story of my life ■ 
F           
Hey oh oh oh
          Bb               C       Bb 
These are the last words I have to say
F        Bb               C 
■ Before another age goes by
F Am7            Bb               C       Bb  
■ With all those other songs I'll have to play
F                Bb              
■ Ain't that the story of my life
C Bb Am7 Bb C Bb F Bb
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[End]
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