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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Where's the Orchestra? - Billy Joel --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Billy Joel Where's the Orchestra? (1982) (Billy Joel) From: "The Nylon Curtain" Beautiful song but not easy ... What I found out sounds alright to me. Suggestions for improvements are highly welcome, though. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS e-B-G-D-A-E *Am 0-1-2-x-x-x *Am/G 0-1-0-x-x-x *Am/F 0-1-2-3-x-x E5+ 0-1-1-2-x-x Am7 3-1-2-2-0-x Am6 2-1-2-2-0-x E/G# 0-0-1-2-x-4 G6 0-0-0-0-2-3 E5+/G# (0)1-1-2-x-4 Amaj7 0-2-1-2-0-x Em7 0-3-0-2-2-0 G/A x-3-4-5-0-x C/B 0-1-0-x-2-x Bm7b5 x-3-2-3-2-x Cdim x-4-2-4-3-x A/C# (0)2-2-2-4-x F#7sus 2-2-4-2-4-2 F#7 2-2-3-2-4-2 *G x-3-0-0-x-3 D/F# x-3-2-0-x-2 Dm/F x-3-2-0-x-1 E7 x-3-1-2-2-0 *A x-2-2-2-0-x G#m6 x-4-4-2-x-4 *Emaj7 x-4-4-2-x-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capo 3rd fret | C | G | *Am *Am/G *Am/F | E | E5+ |
Where's the Aorchestra? AmWasn't this supAm7posed to Am6be a E/G#musical? G6 E5+/G# A Here I am in the balcony Amaj7 E5+/G# Em7 G/A How the hell could I have missed the overture? I Dmaj7like the B7scenery Bm7 Dm E5+ Even though I have absolutely no
IAdea at all AmWhat is being Am7said desAm6pite the E/G#dialogue G6 E5+/G# A There's the leading man Amaj7 E5+/G# Em7 G/A The movie star who never faced an audience Dmaj7Where's the B7orchestra?
Bm7After all This is Fmy bigG Cnight on the C/Btown My Am7introduction to the Emtheatre crowd I asFsumed that the show would have a Bm7b5song E5+ So I was wrong
At least I Aunderstand AmAll the innuAm7endoAm6 and the E/G#irony G6 E5+/G# A And I appreciate Amaj7 E5+/G# Em7 G/A The roles the actors played, the point the author made Dmaj7 B7(no3rd) And after the closing lines Cdim7 And A/C#after the F#7suscurtain callF#7s *G D/F# The curtain falls Dm/F E7 [A] On empty chairs ... where's the orchestra?
OUTRO | *A | G#m6 | *A | G#m6 | | *A | G#m6 *Emaj7 | *A | G#m6 *Emaj7 | *A | G#m6 *Emaj7 | [melody: Allentown] (repeat and fade)