{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1012023,"song":"The Downeaster Alexa","artist":"Billy Joel","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11223428-the-downeaster-alexa-chords-by-billy-joel/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1012023?type=chord","rating":4.96088,"votes":528,"content":"THE DOWNEASTER \"ALEXA\"\r\nBilly Joel\r\n\r\n[ch]G/B[/ch]     x20003\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] - [ch]Em[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]Am[/ch]        2x\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell I'm on the Downeaster Alexa[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm cruising through Block Island Sound.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI have charted a course to the Vineyard,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch] - [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut tonight I am Nantucket bound.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\n We took on diesel back in Montauk yesterday,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\n And left this morning from the bell in Gardiner's Bay.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\n Like all the locals here I've had to sell my home,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\n Too proud to leave, I worked my fingers to the bone[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo I could own my Downeaster Alexa[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I go where the ocean is deep.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThere are giants out there in the canyons,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch] - [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd a good captain can't fall asleep.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n I got bills to pay and children who need clothes.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\n I know there's fish out there but where, God only knows.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n They say these waters aren't what they used to be.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\n But I've got people back on land who count on me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo if you see my Downeaster Alexa[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd if you work with the rod and the reel,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTell my wife I am trolling Atlantis,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I still have my hands on the wheel.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental Bridge]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] - [ch]Em[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]Am[/ch]        2x\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] - [ch]Bm[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch] - [ch]Em[/ch]        2x\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] - [ch]Em[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]Am[/ch]        2x\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow I drive my Downeaster Alexa[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMore and more miles from shore ev'ry year,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSince they told me I can't sell no stripers.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd there's no luck in sword fishing here.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\n I was a bayman like my father was before.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\n Can't make a living as a bayman anymore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n There ain't much future for a man who works the sea.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\n But there ain't no island left for islanders like me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Ending]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYa, ya, yaa aaa yo[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYa, ya, yaa aaa yo[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYa, ya, yaa aaa yo[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYa, ya, yaa aaa yo[/tab]","plain_text":"THE DOWNEASTER \"ALEXA\"\nBilly Joel\n\nG/B     x20003\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nAm - Em - G - Am        2x\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental Bridge]\n\nAm - Em - G - Am        2x\nEm - Bm - D - Em        2x\nAm - Em - G - Am        2x\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Ending]","chords":["G/B","Am","Em","G","C","F","Dm","Bm","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}