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Billy Joel: Famous Last Words
Intro
C| C/Bb| F/A| Fm/Ab| 2X
Verse
C| C/Bb| F/A| Fm/Ab|
Sitting here in Avalon, looking at the pouring rain
C| C/Bb| F/A| Fm/Ab|
Summertime has come and gone and everybody's home again
Gadd9– G| G| Bb/F| F|
Closing down for the season, I found the last of the souvenirs
G| G| Am7|
I can still taste the wedding cake and it's sweet after all these
Bb– F/A– C/G|
years
Chorus
F- F/A| Bb| C| C/Bb|
These are the last words I have to say
F/A| Bb| C| C/Bb|
That's why it took so long to write
F/A| Bb| C| C/Bb|
There will be other words some other day
F/A| Bb|
But that's the story of my life
(verse)
C| C/Bb| F/A| Fm/Ab|
Comfort in my coffee cup and apples in the early fall
C| C/Bb| F/A| Fm/Ab|
They're pulling all the moorings up and gathering at the Legion Hall
Gadd9– G| G| Bb/F| F|
They swept away all the streamers after the Labor Day parade
G| G| Am7| Bb– F/A– C/ G|
There's Nothing left for a dreamer now, only one final serenade
Chorus
F- F/A| Bb| C| C/Bb|
These are the last words I have to say
F/A| Bb| C| C/Bb|
Before another age goes by
F/A| Bb| C| C/Bb|
With all those other songs I'll have to play
F/A| Bb– F/A| G– F|
But that's the story of my life
Bridge
Eb| Bb| F| C/F|
And it's so clear standing here where I am
Eb| Bb| F| F|
Ain't that what justice is for?
Fm| Eb| Bb| F/A|
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn anymore
Verse*
C| C/Bb| F/A| Fm/Ab| 2X
G| G| Bb/F| F|
Stack the chairs on the table tops, hang the sheets on the chandeliers
G| G| Am7|
It slows down but it never stops, ain't it sweet after all these
Bb– F/A– C/G|
years
Chorus*
F- F/A| Bb| C| C/Bb|
And these are the last words I have to say
F/A| Bb| C| C/Bb|
It's always hard to say goodbye
F/A| Bb| C| C/Bb|
But now it's time to put this book away
F/A| Bb| C| C/Bb|
But that's the story of my life
F/A| Bb| C| C/Bb|
These are the last words I have to say
F/A| Bb| C| C/Bb|
That's why it took so long to write
F/A| Bb| C| C/Bb|
There will be other words some other day
F/A| Bb| C| C/Bb|
Ain't that the story of my life
(chorus)
F/A| Bb| C| C/Bb|
These are the last words I have to say
F/A| Bb| C| C/Bb|
Before another age goes by
F/A| Bb| C| C/Bb|
With all those other songs I'll have to play
F/A| Bb| C| C/Bb|
Ain't that the story of my life
F/A| Bb| C| C/Bb| 2X
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The story behind the song

"Famous Last Words" appears on the album River of Dreams. It's a song that, at its heart, feels like a definitive closing statement, a final pronouncement on something deeply felt. As you play it, you can channel the sense of bringing a significant chapter to a close, with all the weight and resolution that entails.

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