Billy Joel – Scenes From An Italian Restaurant chords

INTRO:  F  Bb  C  Bb


F                  Gmin7A bottle of white, a bottle of red
C                     Bb/F      FPerhaps a bottle of rose instead
C           C/Bb     FGet a table near the street
             Gm/F   C    In our old familiar place
           Bb      C     Bb    CYou and I, face to face, um umm
F                Gmin7A bottle of red, a bottle of white
C                      Bb/F FIt all depends on your appetite
G             G/A     G/B CI'll meet you anytime you want
        C/D C/E  F       BbIn our Italian Restaurant


SAX SOLO:  C  F  Bb  C  F  Bb  
           Eb  G#  Eb  G#  D

G                    Dm/GThings are okay with me these days
F/G             C/GGot a good job, got a good office
C               Am7Got a new wife, got a new life
        D             D D7And the family's fine
    G             Dm/GOh, we lost touch long ago
F/G               C/GYou lost weight I did not know
C              Am7                D7You could ever look so nice after so much time

         Eb                        Bb                 FDo you remember those days hanging out at the village green
Eb                      Bb                     FEngineer boots, leather jackets and tight blue jeans
                Eb                       Bb               FWoah you drop a dime in the box play the song about New Orleans
Eb         BbCold beer, hot lights
C          D              GMy sweet romantic teenage nights


RAGTIME BIT:  G    C  Am  D
              G    C  Am  D


PIANO SOLO:  G  G
             G  G/F  G/E  D
             G  G/F  G/E  D


G  G/F    G/E    Dsus4 Dsus2Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh
G      G/F    G/E    Dsus4 Dsus2Oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh


GBrenda and Eddie were the popular steadies
        D                             D CAnd the king and the queen of the prom
G                      G/B                  CRiding around with the car top down and the radio on
G                 D    D CNobody looked any finer
       G                    COr was more of a hit at the Parkway Diner
G                      F                          E   (Bass:E F# G# E)We never knew we could want more than that out of life
       Am         Am/B        C           D         GSurely Brenda and Eddie would always know how to survive


   G/F    G/E    Dsus4 Dsus2Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh
G      G/F    G/E    Dsus4 Dsus2Oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh


G                                              D                      D CBrenda and Eddy were still going steady in the summer of seventy five
G                     G/B                      CWhen they decided the marriage would be at the end of July
G                       D     D CEveryone said they were crazy
G                           CBrenda you know that you're much too lazy
G                   F                         E   (Bass:E F# G# E)Eddie could never afford to live that kind of life
        Am            Am/B   C          D         GOh, but there we were waving Brenda and Eddie goodbye


   G/F    G/E    Dsus4 Dsus2Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh


           CWell, they got an apartment with deep pile carpet
      D                        GAnd a couple of paintings from Sears
  CA big waterbed that they bought with the bread
         D                     GThey had saved for a couple of years
     CThey started to fight when the money got tight
         D                        Em         AmAnd they just didn't count on the tears, woh oh, woh oh...yeah rock n roll


SAX SOLO:  G  D 
           G  G/B  C
           G  D  D C
           G  C
           G  F  E
           Am  Am/B  C  D 


G  G/F    G/E    Dsus4 Dsus2Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh


           CWell, they lived for a while in a very nice style
         D                         GBut it's always the same in the end
     CThey got a divorce as a matter of course
         D                            GAnd they parted the closest of friends
         CThen the king and the queen went back to the green
            D                    Em       Am     DBut you can never go back there again, oh oh, oh oh


G                                          D                     D CBrenda and Eddie had had it already by the summer of seventy five
         G                      G/B>From the high to the low to the end of the show
        CFor the rest of their lives
     G                       D       D CThey couldn't go back to the greasers
    G                           CThe best they could do was pick up their pieces
G                         F                      E   (Bass:E F# G# E)We always knew they would both find a way to get by
Am           Am/B        C          DThat's all I heard about Brenda and Eddie
Am             Am/B         C          DCan't tell you more cause I told you already
    Am          Am/B   C          D         GAnd here we are waving Brenda and Eddie goodbye


   G/F    G/E    Dsus4 Dsus2Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh
G  G/F    G/E    Dsus4 Dsus2Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh
G  G/F    G/E    Dsus4 Dsus2Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh


RUN DOWN:  (NOTES)  F E D C B A
                    C Bb A G F E


F  Bb        C   Bb F   Yeah yeah yeah
C C/Bb F Gm/F C  Bb C  Bb 


F                Gmin7A bottle of red, oooh a bottle of white
C                            Bb   FWhatever kind of mood you're in tonight
G             G/A     G/B CI'll meet you anytime you want
        C/D C/E  F       BbIn our Italian Restaurant


SAX OUTRO:  C  F  Bb  C  F  Bb
            Dm  Em  F  G  C