Wheres the orchestra - chords ver. 1 Chords & Tabs

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                Where's the Orchestra? - Billy Joel
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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.

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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

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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     F                                Bm7b5 I assumed that the show would have a song          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)