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Just the Way You Are

Billy Joel


[Intro]
 D      Gm6/D      G/D      Gm6/D      G/D      D 


[Verse]
  D       Bm6      Gmaj7     Bm         D7            Gmaj7 
Don’t go changing         to try to please me
          Gm            D/F#      Am7  D7       Gmaj7 
You never let me down before    --  mmm      hmmm
        Gm6       D/F#     Bm7           Bm7/E 
Don’t imagine              you’re too familiar
    E9                   G/A 
And I don’t see you anymore


[Chorus]
  D           Bm6      Gmaj7                    Bm    D7          Gmaj7 
I would not leave you            in times of trouble
           Gm                      D/F#    Am7 D7          Gmaj7 
We never could have come this far  -- mmmm   hmmm
            Gm6          D/F#                        Bm7       Em7 
I took the good times,        I’ll take the bad times
               G/A               D   Gm6/D  G/D   D    Gm6/D    G/D      G 
I’ll take you just the way you are


[Bridge]
  G A                          F#m7  B7      
I need you to know that you will always be 
  Em7              A              D Am/C 
The same old someone that I knew
 Bb            C                    Am7   D   D7   Gm7 
Oh    what will it take for you to believe in me
       C                   G/A 
The way that I believe in you


[Chorus]
 D           Bm6      Gmaj7                   Bm       D7        Gmaj7 
I said I love you           and that’s forever
              Gm                   D/F#         Am7 D7    Gmaj7 
And this I promise from the heart            -- mm   mmmm
             Gm6      D/F#                Bm7         Em7 
I could not love you               any better
                G/A              D   Gm6/D  G/D   D    Gm6/D    G/D      D 
I love you just the way you are


[Instrumental]


[Chorus]
  D            Bm6   G7      Bm        D7        Gmaj7 
I don’t want clever    conversation
         Gm                   D/F#      Am7  D7        Gmaj7 
I never want to work that hard --     mm hmmm
             Gm6       D/F#                        Bm7           Em7 
I just want someone               that I can talk to
          G/A                   Bb   C   Am7   D7   Gm7   A7   Dmaj7 
I want you just the way you are 


[Instrumental]