Pressure

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Step 1 / 61Position: 5
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Standard Tuning EADGBe
DmA DmA
Intro:
Dm A
e|--5--5--6--6---------6-6-5---------------------------------------|
B|---6--6--8--8---5-8--------6----6--6--8--8-------5--8--8--6------|
G|--------------6--------------7----7--7--7--7---6-------------7---|
D|---------------------------------------------7-----------------7-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Dm A
e|--5--5--6--6---------6-6-5-----------------------------9--10--|
B|----6--6--8--8---5-8--------6-----6--6--8--8-----5--8--8--10--|
G|---------------6--------------7-----7--7--7--7-6--------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
G D C D
You have to learn to pace yourself....pressure
G D C D
You're just like everybody else....pressure
Gm C Dm
You've only had to run so far, so good
Bb F G7 A7 Dm
But you will come to a place where the only thing you feel are
Bb F A7 Dm
Loaded guns in your face, and you'll have to deal with pressure!
[break]
Verse 2:
G D C D
You used to call me paranoid....pressure
G D C D
But even you cannot avoid....pressure
Gm C Dm
You turned the tap dance into your crusade
Bb F G7 A7 Dm
Now here you are with your faith, and your Peter Pan advice
Bb F A7 Dm
You have no scars on your face, and you cannot handle pressure!
[break]
Bridge 1:
G F#/D G D
All grown up and no place to go, psych 1, psych 2, what do you know?
F Em Eb D
All your life is channel 13, Sesame Street, what does it mean?
G D C D
.................Pressure
G D C D
.................Pressure
Verse 3:
G D C D
Don't ask for help, you're all alone....pressure
G D C D
You'll have to answer to your own....pressure
Gm C Dm
I'm sure you'll have some cosmic rationale
Bb F G7 A7 Dm
But here you are in the ninth two men out and three men on
Bb F A7 Dm
Nowhere to look but inside, where we all respond to pressure!
[break]
Bridge 2:
G F#/D G D
.................................................................
F Em Eb D
All your life is Time Magazine, I read it too, what does it mean?
G D C D
.........................
G D C D
.................Pressure!
Verse 4/Outro:
Gm C Dm
I'm sure you'll have some cosmic rationale
Bb F G7 A7 Dm
Now here you are with your faith, and your Peter Pan advice
Bb F A7 Dm
You have no scars on your face, and you cannot handle pressure!
[break]
[break]
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Pressure chords and lyrics

Free chords for Pressure by Billy Joel. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Standard Tuning EADGBe 
Intro: Dm  A   Dm  A
    Dm                            A            
    Dm                             A
Verse 1:
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Verse 2: 
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Bridge 1: 
Verse 3: 
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Bridge 2: 
Verse 4/Outro: 
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Pressure Chords by Billy Joel

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Pressure Chords · Billy Joel