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Tuning: E A D G B E
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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]
| Bb Ab | Gb Eb5 |
| Bb Ab | Gb Eb5 |
[Verse]
BbLaura calls me in the Gm7middle of the night
C7/G C7Passes C7/Eon her Eb7 painful information
BbThen these careless Bb/Afingers, they get Gm7caught in her vice
C7/G C7 C7/E Gb7 [ Gb7/Ab ] [ Gb7/Bb ]
Til they're bleeding on my coffee table
[Chorus]
B7Living alone isn't F7all that it's cracked up to Gmbe
(break]
Gb7Oh whoa whoa
B7I'm on her side, why does F7she push the poison on Gmme?
(break] (break]
Gb7 B [ Bb ]
Oh whoa whoa whoa whoa
[Verse]
Bb Laura has a Gm7very hard time
C7/G C7All her C7/Elife has beenEb7 one long disaster
BbThen she tells me she Bb/Asuddenly believes she's seen a Gm7very good sign
C7/G She'll be C7takinC7/Eg ...Gb7 some aggressive action
[Chorus]
B7I fight her wars while she's F7slamming her doors in my Gmface
(break)
Gb7Oh whoa whoa
B7Failure to break was the F7only mistake that she Gmmade
Gb7 [ Db ]
Oh whoa whoa whoa whoa
[Middle 8]
DbHere I am feeling like a fucking Eb7fool
Do I reGbm6/Aact the way exAbactly she inDbtends me to? Db6 Dbaug
DbEvery time I think I'm off the Db/Fhook she makes me lose my Eb7cool
I'm her maGbm6/Achine and she can Abpunch all the keys
And she can Gbm6/Apush any button I was Fprogrammed through
[Verse]
BbLaura calls me when she Gm7needs a good fix
C7/G C7All her C7/EquestionsEb7 will get sympathetic
BbAnswers I should Bb/Abe so immunized to Gm7all of her tricks
C7/G C7 C7/E Gb7 [ Gb7/Ab ] [ Gb7/Bb ]
She's surviving ... on her second chances
[Chorus]
B7Sometimes I feel like this F7Godfather deal is all Gmwrong
(break)
Gb7Oh whoa whoa
B7How can she hold an umF7bilical chord for so Gmlong?
Gb7 [ Db ]
Oh whoa whoa whoa whoa
[Solo] (= Middle 8. part 1)
| Db Db/F | Eb7 | Gbm6/A Ab | Db Db6 Dbaug |
[Middle 8] (part2)
DbI've done everything I can what Db/Felse am I supposed to Eb7do
I'm her maGbm6/Achine and she can Abpunch all the keys
And she can Gbm6/Apush any button I was Fprogrammed through
[Verse]
BbLaura (Laura) Bbloves me (loves me)
Even Gm7if I don't care (If I don't care, aa-C7/Gaah)
C7That's my C7/EproblemEb7 that's her sacred abBbsolution
If she Bb/Ahad to she would put herGm7self in my chair
(Herself in my chair, aah-C7/Eaaah)
C7 C7/E Gb7 [ Gb7/Ab ] [ Gb7/Bb ]
Even though I ... faced electro - cution
[Chorus]
B7She always says I'm the F7best friend that she's ever Gmhad
(break)
Gb7Oh whoa whoa
B7How do you hang up on F7someone who needs you that Gmbad?
(break] (break]
Gb7 B [ Bb ]
Oh whoa whoa whoa whoa
[Coda]
| Bb Ab | Gb Eb5 |
| Bb Ab | Gb Eb5