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Just The Way You Are Chords

Music by: Billy Joel · 1977
Genre Rock Tone D major BPM 69 Views 6698
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[Intro 1]
[G][Cm]
[G][C]
[G][Cm]
[G][C]

[Verse 1]
[G]Don't go [Em]changing
[C]to try and ple[Em]ase me[G]
[C]You never let[Cm] me down before[G],
[Dm]mmm-[G]hmm
[C]I don't imagi[Cm]ne
[G]you're too famil[Em]iar
[A]And I don't see you anymor[D]e

[Verse 2]
[G]I would n[Em]ot leave you
[C]in times of tro[Em]uble[G]
[C]We never cou[Cm]ld have come
this [G]far, [Dm]mmm-[G]hmm
[C]I took the goo[Cm]d times,
[G]I'll take the bad[Em] times
[Am]I'll take you just[D] the way you are

[Interlude 1]
[G][Cm]
[G][C]
[G][Cm]
[G][C]

[Verse 3]
[G]Don't go [Em]trying
[C]some new fas[Em]hion[G]
[C]Don't change the col[Cm]or of your hai[G]r,
[Dm]mmm-[G]hmm
[C]You alw[Cm]ays have my [G]unspoken pas[Em]sion
[A]Although I might not seem to car[D]e

[Verse 4]
[G]I don't w[Em]ant clever
[C]conversat[Em]ion[G]
[C]I never wan[Cm]t to work that har[G]d,
[Dm]mmm-[G]hmm
[C]I just want som[Cm]eone
[G]that I can tal[Em]k to
[Am]I want you just [D]the way you are

[Interlude 2]
[G][Cm]
[G][C]
[G][Cm]
[G]

[Bridge 1]
[C]I need to kno[D]w
that you will [Bm]always [E]be
[Am]The same old someo[D]ne that I kn[G]ew
[Eb]Oh, what will it t[F]ake 'til you bel[Dm]ieve in [G]me
[Cm]The way that I believe in you?[D]

[Verse 5]
[G]I said I[Em] love you,
[C]that's foreve[Em]r[G]
[C]And this I pro[Cm]mise from the hea[G]rt,
[Dm]mmm-[G]hmm
[C]I couldn't lov[Cm]e you
[G]any bet[Em]ter
[Am]I love you just [D]the way you are

[Interlude 3]
[G][Cm]
[G][C]
[G][Cm]
[G][C]

[Solo 1]
[G][Em]
[C][Em][G]
[C][Cm]
[G][Dm][G]
[C][Cm]
[G][Em]
[A]
[D]

[Verse 6]
[G]I don't w[Em]ant clever
[C]conversat[Em]ion[G]
[C]I never wan[Cm]t to work that har[G]d,
[Dm]mmm-[G]hmm
[C]I just want som[Cm]eone
[G]that I can tal[Em]k to
[Am]I want you just [D]the way you are
[Eb][F]
[Dm][G]
[Cm][D]

[Outro 1]
[G][Em]
[C][Em][G]
[C][Cm]
[G][Dm][G]
[C][Cm]
[G][Em]
[A]
[D]
[Repeat and fade]
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