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Just The Way You Are by Billy Joel - Guitar Chords

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            [Intro]

Gm6/D  G/D  D  
Gm6/D  G/D  D  


[Verse 1]

D         Bm6     Gmaj7      Bm  D7  Gmaj7          Gm7            D/F#
Don't go changin'  to try please me       you never let me down before
Am7  D7  Gmaj7        Gm7  D/F#              Bm7
Mmmm          Don't imagine    you're too familiar
E9sus4       E9       G/A
And I don't see you anymore


[Refrain 1]

D           Bm6        Gmaj7              Bm    D9
 I would not  leave you     in times of trouble
Gmaj7          Gm7                 D/F#
     we never could have come this far
Am7  D7  Gmaj7          Gm        D/F#              Bm7
Mmmm         I took the good times    I'll take the bad times
Em7              G/A               Gm6/D  G/D  D  Gm6/D  G/D  D 
   I'll take you just the way you are


[Verse 2]

D           Bm6  Gmaj7         Bm     D9
  Don't go trying    some new fashion
Gmaj7                Gm             D/F#
    Don't change the colour of your hair
Am7  D7  Gmaj7          Gm     D/F#         Bm7
  Mmmm       You always have my   unspoken passion
E9sus4        E9               G/A
  Although I might not seem to care


[Refrain 2]

 D             Bm6  Gmaj7      Bm   D9 Gmaj7        Gm                D/F#
I don't want clever      conversation       I never want to work that hard
Am7  D7  Gmaj7            Gm    D/F#           Bm7
Mmmm         I just want someone    that I can talk to
Em7              G/A                 Gm6/D  G/D  D  Gm6/D  DM7 D7
   I'll want you just the way you are


[Bridge]

Gmaj7            A6                F#m7   B7
     I need to know that you will always  be
Em7              A7sus           D  D/C
   the same old someone that I knew
Bb              C               Am7     D9
  What will it take till you believe in me
Gm            C/G           G/A
  The way that I believe in you


[Refrain 3]

 D        Bm6     Gmaj7            Bm     D9
 I said I love you    &amp;  that's forever
Gmaj7         Gm              D/F#
 and this I promise from the heart
Am7  D7  Gmaj7            Gm     D/F#     Bm7
Mmmm          I couldn't love you     any better
Em7               G/A               Gm6/D  G/D  D  Gm6/D  G/D  D
   I'll love  you just the way you are


[Solo]

D Bm6 Gmaj7 Bm D7 Gmaj7 Gm D/F# Am7 D7 Gmaj7 Gm D/F# Bm7 E9sus4 E9 G/A


[Refrain 4]

D             Bm6    Gmaj7 Bm    D9 Gmaj7        Gm                D/F#
I don't want clever  conversation        I never want to work that hard
Am7  D7  Gmaj7            Gm     D/F#            Bm7
Mm            I just want someone    that I can talk to
Em             A7sus4             Bb  C  Am7  D9 Gm A7sus4 A7
   I want you just the way you are

[Outro]

D  Bm6  Gmaj7  Bm D7 Gmaj7  Gm  D/F#  Am7 D7 Gmaj7  Gm  D/F#  Bm7 E9sus4 E9 G/A  (Repeat to fade)


Suggested Intro (arpeggiated)
xx0353. xx0087, xx0085, xx0232

Or this:

e|---------3--------|--------7--5-----|----------3--------|--------7--5-----|-2---------|
B|-----3---3--3-----|-----3--8----7---|-------3--3--3-----|-----3--8----7---|-3---------|
G|---2-----3----3---|---2----7------7-|-----2----3----2---|---2----7------7-|-2---------|
D|-0-------0------0-|-0------0--------|--0-------0------0-|-0------0--------|-0---------|
A|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------|
E|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------|


Suggested ways to do certain chords:
D9      x54530  (D7 is an easier alternative)
E9sus4  020202  (E7sus and E7 are easier alternatives for the E9's)
E9      020102
Bm6     x20102
C/G     3x5553
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