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From: KeanJ@agresearch.cri.nz
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 09:02 +1200 (NZST)
Subject: TAB: Just the Way You Are  - Billy Joel

Here's a song I arranged years ago, but only just around to typing up and 
posting.  The arrangement is not particularly inspiring but is fairly 
faithful to the keyboard part on the recording.  It should work OK either as 
a guitar solo, or with singing.  Most of it is pretty easy.  Enjoy...


Just the Way You Are  - Billy Joel
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>From "The Stranger".
Arranged for solo guitar by John Kean (keanj@agresearch.cri.nz).


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LYRICS:

Don't go changing, to try and please me
You never let me down before
Don't imagine you're too familiar
And I don't see you anymore
I wouldn't leave you in times of trouble
We never could have come this far
I took the good times, I'll take the bad times
I'll take you just the way you are

Don't go trying some new fashion
Don't change the color of your hair
You always have my unspoken passion
Although I might not seem to care
I don't want clever conversation
I never want to work that hard
I just want someone that I can talk to
I want you just the way you are.

I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that I knew
What will it take till you believe in me
The way that I believe in you.

I said I love you and that's forever
And this I promise from the heart
I could not love you any better
I love you just the way you are.










From: asa@civ.bio.unipd.it (Moretto Maurizio)

                    Just the way you are                 B.JOEL

D         Bm6     G7+        Bm    G7+         Gm            D
Don't go changin'  to try please me  you never let me down before
Am  D7  G7+        Gm    D             Bm
Mm         Don't imagine  you're too familiar
E            E7         A4   A   D
And I don't see you anymore
D            Bm6     G7+            Bm 
I would not leave you   in times of trouble
G7+       Gm                   D
we never could have come this far
     Am  D7  G7+           Gm          D             Bm
     Mm         I took the good times  I'll take the bad times
     Em7            A4               D Gm   D G   D Gm  D G
     I'll take you just the way you are

D         Bm6   G7+         Bm  
Don't go trying   some new fashion   
G7+                Gm            D
Don't change the colour of your hair
Am  D7  G7+           Gm       D            Bm
Mm         You always have my   unspoken passion
     E             E7                A4   A   D
     Althought I might not seem so care

D             Bm6  G7+     Bm    G7+       Gm                D
I don't want clever  conversation  I never want to work that hard
Am  D7  G7+            Gm       D            Bm
Mm         I just want someone    that I can talk to
     Em7       A4                   D Gm   D G   D Gm   D G   D
     I'll want you just the way you are

G          A                  Gbm7    B7
I need to know that you will always   be
Em            A                D  D7  Am  
the same old someone that I knew
Bb           Do              Am      D7 
What will it take till you believe in me          MTM
Gm            Do              A4 A
 The way that I believe in you

D         Bm6     G7+           Bm  
I said I love you   &  that's forever     
G7+       Gm                D
& this I promise from the heart
Am  D7  G7+             Gm        D       Bm
Mm          I could not love you     any better
     Em7             A4               D Gm   D G  D Gm   D G
     I'll love  you just the way you are        

D             Bm6  G7+      Bm    G7+        Gm                D
I don't want clever   conversation  I never want to work that hard
Am  D7  G7+           Gm        D               Bm
Mm        I just want someone        that I can talk to
Em7        A4                  Bb  C Am  D7 Gm C
I'll want you just the way you are         

D  Bm6  G7+  Bm  G7+  Gm  D  Am^D7 G7+  Gm  D  Bm...... .

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