{"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":1868182,"song":"Laura","artist":"Billy Joel","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1868182-laura-chords-by-billy-joel/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1868182?type=chord","rating":4.92494,"votes":8,"content":"---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n                    Laura – Billy Joel\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nWritten by: Billy Joel\r\nFrom \"The Nylon Curtain\" (1982)\r\n\r\nTabbed by: maguri\r\nTuning: Standard\r\n\r\nFor slightly easier chord shapes transpose -1 and use a capo 1st fret\r\nto get back to the original key.\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[tab]CHORDS\r\n          E-A-D-G-B-e\r\nC7/G      3-x-2-3-1-0\r\nC7/E      0-x-2-3-1-0\r\nEb7       x-x-1-3-2-3\r\nBb/A      x-0-3-3-3-x\r\nGbm6/A    x-0-1-2-2-2\r\nDb6       x-4-3-3-2-x\r\nDbaug     x-4-3-2-2-x\r\nDb/F      1-4-3-1-2-1[/tab]\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n| [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] | [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Eb5[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] | [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Eb5[/ch] |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nLaura calls me in the middle of the night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7/G[/ch]  [ch]C7[/ch]     [ch]C7/E[/ch]   [ch]Eb7[/ch]\r\n      Passes on her  painful information[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]Bb/A[/ch]              [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nThen these careless fingers, they get caught in her vice[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7/G[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch]          [ch]C7/E[/ch]    [ch]Gb7[/ch]   [ [ch]Gb7/Ab[/ch] ] [ [ch]Gb7/Bb[/ch] ]\r\n     Til they're bleeding on my coffee    table[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                 [ch]F7[/ch]                          [ch]Gm[/ch] \r\nLiving alone isn't all that it's cracked up to be[/tab]\r\n(break]\r\n[tab][ch]Gb7[/ch]\r\nOh whoa whoa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                        [ch]F7[/ch]                     [ch]Gm[/ch] \r\nI'm on her side, why does she push the poison on me?[/tab]\r\n(break] (break]\r\n[tab][ch]Gb7[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]       [ [ch]Bb[/ch] ]\r\nOh whoa whoa whoa whoa[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\n  Laura has a very hard time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7/G[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch]      [ch]C7/E[/ch]         [ch]Eb7[/ch]\r\n     All her life has been one long disaster[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]Bb/A[/ch]                           [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nThen she tells me she suddenly believes she's seen a very good sign[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7/G[/ch]         [ch]C7[/ch]   [ch]C7/E[/ch] [ch]Gb7[/ch]\r\n   She'll be taking ...  some aggressive action[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                           [ch]F7[/ch]                       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nI fight her wars while she's slamming her doors in my face[/tab]\r\n(break)\r\n[tab][ch]Gb7[/ch]\r\nOh whoa whoa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                       [ch]F7[/ch]                    [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nFailure to break was the only mistake that she made[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gb7[/ch]              [ [ch]Db[/ch] ]\r\nOh whoa whoa whoa whoa[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Middle 8]\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]                               [ch]Eb7[/ch]\r\nHere I am feeling like a fucking fool[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Gbm6/A[/ch]        [ch]Ab[/ch]          [ch]Db[/ch]            [ch]Db6[/ch] [ch]Dbaug[/ch]  \r\nDo I react the way exactly she intends me to?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]                             [ch]Db/F[/ch]                      [ch]Eb7[/ch]\r\nEvery time I think I'm off the hook she makes me lose my cool[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Gbm6/A[/ch]            [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nI'm her machine and she can punch all the keys[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Gbm6/A[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd she can push any button I was programmed through[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                      [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nLaura calls me when she needs a good fix[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7/G[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch]      [ch]C7/E[/ch]     [ch]Eb7[/ch]\r\n     All her questions will get sympathetic [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]Bb/A[/ch]               [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nAnswers I should be so immunized to all of her tricks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7/G[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch]        [ch]C7/E[/ch]     [ch]Gb7[/ch]     [ [ch]Gb7/Ab[/ch] ] [ [ch]Gb7/Bb[/ch] ]\r\n      She's surviving ... on her  second     chances[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                         [ch]F7[/ch]                    [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nSometimes I feel like this Godfather deal is all wrong[/tab]\r\n(break)\r\n[tab][ch]Gb7[/ch]\r\nOh whoa whoa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                    [ch]F7[/ch]                   [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nHow can she hold an umbilical chord for so long?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gb7[/ch]              [ [ch]Db[/ch] ]\r\nOh whoa whoa whoa whoa[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Solo] (= Middle 8. part 1)\r\n| [ch]Db[/ch] [ch]Db/F[/ch] | [ch]Eb7[/ch] | [ch]Gbm6/A[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] | [ch]Db[/ch]     [ch]Db6[/ch] [ch]Dbaug[/ch] |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Middle 8] (part2)\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]                              [ch]Db/F[/ch]                  [ch]Eb7[/ch]\r\nI've done everything I can what else am I supposed to do[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Gbm6/A[/ch]            [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nI'm her machine and she can punch all the keys[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Gbm6/A[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd she can push any button I was programmed through[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]           \r\nLaura (Laura) loves me (loves me) [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Gm7[/ch]                                  [ch]C7/G[/ch]\r\nEven if I don't care (If I don't care, aa-aah)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]        [ch]C7/E[/ch]   [ch]Eb7[/ch]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThat's my problem that's her sacred absolution[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb/A[/ch]                    [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nIf she had to she would put herself in my chair[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C7/E[/ch]\r\n(Herself in my chair, aah-aaah)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]   [ch]C7/E[/ch]       [ch]Gb7[/ch]    [ [ch]Gb7/Ab[/ch] ] [ [ch]Gb7/Bb[/ch] ]\r\nEven though I ... faced  electro - cution[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                      [ch]F7[/ch]                          [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nShe always says I'm the best friend that she's ever had[/tab]\r\n(break)\r\n[tab][ch]Gb7[/ch]\r\nOh whoa whoa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                    [ch]F7[/ch]                         [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nHow do you hang up on someone who needs you that bad? [/tab]\r\n(break] (break]\r\n[tab][ch]Gb7[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]        [ [ch]Bb[/ch] ]\r\nOh whoa whoa whoa whoa[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Coda]\r\n| [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] | [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Eb5[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] | [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Eb5[/ch]","plain_text":"---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n                    Laura – Billy Joel\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nWritten by: Billy Joel\nFrom \"The Nylon Curtain\" (1982)\n\nTabbed by: maguri\nTuning: Standard\n\nFor slightly easier chord shapes transpose -1 and use a capo 1st fret\nto get back to the original key.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n[Intro]\n| Bb Ab | Gb Eb5 |\n| Bb Ab | Gb Eb5 |\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n(break]\n\n\n(break] (break]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n(break)\n\n\n\n\n\n[Middle 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n(break)\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo] (= Middle 8. part 1)\n| Db Db/F | Eb7 | Gbm6/A Ab | Db     Db6 Dbaug |\n\n\n[Middle 8] (part2)\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n(break)\n\n\n(break] (break]\n\n\n\n[Coda]\n| Bb Ab | Gb Eb5 |\n| Bb Ab | Gb Eb5","chords":["E","A","D","G","B","C7/G","C7/E","Eb7","Bb/A","Db6","Dbaug","Db/F","Bb","Ab","Gb","Eb5","Gm7","C7","Gb7","Gb7/Ab","Gb7/Bb","B7","F7","Gm"],"chord_diagrams":{"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]},"Gm7":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,1,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,3,3,3,3]}}}