State of Grace Chords by Billy Joel

[Start]

[Intro]
A E F Dm Bm7 Esus4 A E
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[Verse]
A            E                    F             
There you go slipping away into a state of grace
Dm                         Bb              
I know the look that comes across your face
Bm7     E           A  E
It's so familiar to me ■
Dm A         E                        F            
■  Here I am trying to keep you in my line of sight
Dm                     Bb               
I'm never certain that you read me right
Bm7           E                 A  E
Sometimes you don't want to see me ■


[Chorus]
A Dm      Gbm E                        Dmaj7
■ Here we are both of us know we're in love 
E              Dbm    Gbm    E
But that isn't always enough ■
        Dbm7       Dmaj7        E7   E     
I never could rise above it all down I fall
    A                    E                    F             
But darling there you go slipping away into a state of grace
Dm                          Bb           
Granted this world is not a perfect place
Bm7            E                 A
Still it's the world that I'm in ■


[Verse]
E A           E                              F         
■ ■ Here I am talking while you don't hear a word I say
Dm                              Bb      
Knowing you're watching me from far away
               E          A    E
Somewhere that I've never been ■


[Chorus]
Dm        E                         Gbm         
Don't you see you lived a different life than me
                    Esus4   A  B      Ebm B  
It doesn't mean you have to be afraid of  how
Dm                       Esus4       
We're not the same don't leave me now
            A         E  Abm7     F   
But darling there you go slipping away


[Inst]
Dm Bb E7 E A E A
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[Bridge]
    Gbm   E          Dbm            Dmaj7
How can I get you to stay where you are  
E                       Gbm
Keep you from going too far
E           Dbm        Dmaj7 Dm        E         
Holding you here is so hard  to do I'm losing you


[Break]
E7 A E F Dm Bb A E
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[Solo]
Dm A E F Dm Bb
■  ■ ■ ■ ■  ■ 
    E       A            E                    F             
And darling there you go slipping away into a state of grace


[Chorus]
Dm                      Bb          
Drifting away into your sacred place
Bm7            E              
Someplace that I've never been
             A        E Dm   A E F Dm Bb Bm7 E Amaj7 A E Dm A E                    F       
There you go slipping ■ away ■ ■ ■ ■  ■  ■   ■ ■     ■ ■ ■  ■ slipping away into a state of
     
grace
Dm                            Bb                   
■  There you go slipping away into a state of grace
             E            
There you go drifting away
A E Dm A E F
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[Outro]