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Laura – Billy Joel
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Billy Joel
Laura (1982)
(Joel)
From "The Nylon Curtain"
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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
F#m6/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]
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/G C7 C7/E F#7 [ F#7/G# ] [ F#7/A# ]
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]
F#7
Oh whoa whoa
B7 F7 Gm
I'm on her side, why does she push the poison on me?
(break] (break]
F#7 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 F#7
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)
F#7
Oh whoa whoa
B7 F7 Gm
Failure to break was the only mistake that she made
F#7 [ Db ]
Oh whoa whoa whoa whoa
[Middle 8]
Db Eb7
Here I am feeling like a fucking fool
F#m6/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
F#m6/A Ab
I'm her machine and she can punch all the keys
F#m6/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/G C7 C7/E F#7 [ F#7/G# ] [ F#7/A# ]
She's surviving ... on her second chances
[Chorus]
B7 F7 Gm
Sometimes I feel like this Godfather deal is all wrong
(break)
F#7
Oh whoa whoa
B7 F7 Gm
How can she hold an umbilical chord for so long?
F#7 [ Db ]
Oh whoa whoa whoa whoa
[Solo] (= Middle 8. part 1)
| Db Db/F | Eb7 | F#m6/A Ab | Db Db6 Dbaug |
[Middle 8] (part2)
Db Db/F Eb7
I've done everything I can what else am I supposed to do
F#m6/A Ab
I'm her machine and she can punch all the keys
F#m6/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 F#7 [ F#7/G# ] [ F#7/A# ]
Even though I ... faced electro - cution
[Chorus]
B7 F7 Gm
She always says I'm the best friend that she's ever had
(break)
F#7
Oh whoa whoa
B7 F7 Gm
How do you hang up on someone who needs you that bad?
(break] (break]
F#7 B [ Bb ]
Oh whoa whoa whoa whoa
[Coda]
| Bb Ab | Gb Eb5 |
| Bb Ab | Gb Eb5
