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                    Laura – Billy Joel
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Written by: Billy Joel
From "The Nylon Curtain" (1982)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
For slightly easier chord shapes transpose -1 and use a capo 1st fret
to get back to the original key.
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CHORDS
          E-A-D-G-B-e
C7/G      3-x-2-3-1-0
C7/E      0-x-2-3-1-0
Eb7       x-x-1-3-2-3
Bb/A      x-0-3-3-3-x
Gbm6/A    x-0-1-2-2-2
Db6       x-4-3-3-2-x
Dbaug     x-4-3-2-2-x
Db/F      1-4-3-1-2-1
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[Intro]
  BbAb GbEb5
|   |   |
  BbAb GbEb5
|   |   |
[Verse]
Bb                    Gm7
Laura calls me in the middle of the night
C7/G  C7     C7/E   Eb7
      Passes on her  painful information
Bb                  Bb/A              Gm7
Then these careless fingers, they get caught in her vice
C7/GC7        C7/EGb7  Gb7/AbGb7/Bb
                  [  ] [  ]
     Til they're bleeding on my coffee    table
[Chorus]
B7                 F7                          Gm
Living alone isn't all that it's cracked up to be
(break]
Gb7
Oh whoa whoa
B7                        F7                     Gm
I'm on her side, why does she push the poison on me?
(break] (break]
Gb7  B        Bb
            [  ]
Oh whoa whoa whoa whoa
[Verse]
Bb            Gm7
  Laura has a very hard time
C7/G C7      C7/E         Eb7
     All her life has been one long disaster
Bb                    Bb/A                           Gm7
Then she tells me she suddenly believes she's seen a very good sign
C7/G         C7   C7/E Gb7
   She'll be taking ...  some aggressive action
[Chorus]
B7                           F7                       Gm
I fight her wars while she's slamming her doors in my face
(break)
Gb7
Oh whoa whoa
B7                       F7                    Gm
Failure to break was the only mistake that she made
Gb7             Db
              [  ]
Oh whoa whoa whoa whoa
[Middle 8]
Db                               Eb7
Here I am feeling like a fucking fool
       Gbm6/A        Ab          Db            Db6 Dbaug
Do I react the way exactly she intends me to?
Db                             Db/F                      Eb7
Every time I think I'm off the hook she makes me lose my cool
          Gbm6/A            Ab
I'm her machine and she can punch all the keys
            Gbm6/A                F
And she can push any button I was programmed through
[Verse]
Bb                      Gm7
Laura calls me when she needs a good fix
C7/G C7      C7/E     Eb7
     All her questions will get sympathetic 
Bb               Bb/A               Gm7
Answers I should be so immunized to all of her tricks
C7/GC7      C7/E Gb7    Gb7/AbGb7/Bb
                   [  ] [  ]
      She's surviving ... on her  second     chances
[Chorus]
B7                         F7                    Gm
Sometimes I feel like this Godfather deal is all wrong
(break)
Gb7
Oh whoa whoa
B7                    F7                   Gm
How can she hold an umbilical chord for so long?
Gb7             Db
              [  ]
Oh whoa whoa whoa whoa
[Solo] (= Middle 8. part 1)
  DbDb/FEb7Gbm6/AAb Db   Db6Dbaug
|   |  |   |        |
[Middle 8] (part2)
Db                              Db/F                  Eb7
I've done everything I can what else am I supposed to do
          Gbm6/A            Ab
I'm her machine and she can punch all the keys
            Gbm6/A                F
And she can push any button I was programmed through
[Verse]
Bb            Bb
Laura (Laura) loves me (loves me) 
     Gm7                                  C7/G
Even if I don't care (If I don't care, aa-aah)
C7        C7/E   Eb7                  Bb
That's my problem that's her sacred absolution
       Bb/A                    Gm7
If she had to she would put herself in my chair
                          C7/E
(Herself in my chair, aah-aaah)
C7 C7/E   Gb7   Gb7/AbGb7/Bb
              [  ] [  ]
Even though I ... faced  electro - cution
[Chorus]
B7                      F7                          Gm
She always says I'm the best friend that she's ever had
(break)
Gb7
Oh whoa whoa
B7                    F7                         Gm
How do you hang up on someone who needs you that bad? 
(break] (break]
Gb7  B         Bb
             [  ]
Oh whoa whoa whoa whoa
[Coda]
  BbAb GbEb5
|   |   |
  BbAb GbEb5
|   |  

Laura chords and lyrics

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

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    Laura – Billy Joel
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Written by: Billy Joel
From "The Nylon Curtain" (1982)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
For slightly easier chord shapes transpose -1 and use a capo 1st fret
to get back to the original key.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
| Bb Ab | Gb Eb5 |
| Bb Ab | Gb Eb5 |
[Verse]
[Chorus]
(break]
(break] (break]
[Verse]
[Chorus]
(break)
[Middle 8]
[Verse]
[Chorus]
(break)
[Solo] (= Middle 8. part 1)
| Db Db/F | Eb7 | Gbm6/A Ab | Db     Db6 Dbaug |
[Middle 8] (part2)
[Verse]
[Chorus]
(break)
(break] (break]
[Coda]
| Bb Ab | Gb Eb5 |
| Bb Ab | Gb Eb5

Laura Chords by Billy Joel

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