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Piano Man
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Billy Joel
Piano Man is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel. Joel acknowledged on Inside the Actors Studio in 1999 that each of the characters in the song was based on a real person, either a friend of his or another customer at the bar, and the lyrics tell a story ("Yes, theyre sharing a drink they call lonelinesss, but its better than drinkin alone.)
For Guitar fingerstyle or Guitar and Voice.
Easy to Early Intermediate. With standard notation and tablature (TAB).
With Lyrics and melody line.
Pages: Five pages (5).
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![A handwritten note by Bach in his copy of the Calov Bible..jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec1f12_4af9750bf82541769f765225dfe227fd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_331,h_413,q_75/ec1f12_4af9750bf82541769f765225dfe227fd~mv2.jpg)
![Bach's autograph of the first movement of the first sonata for solo violin, BWV 1001.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec1f12_4721afa9752e4ded827e3f08b77900cc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_211,h_317,q_75/ec1f12_4721afa9752e4ded827e3f08b77900cc~mv2.jpg)
![Bach's seal (centre), used throughout his Leipzig years. It contains the superimposed lett](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec1f12_fdcf801e50154a33b91c98363f2fc53f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_717,h_317,q_75/ec1f12_fdcf801e50154a33b91c98363f2fc53f~mv2.png)
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![Image of the Bach memorial [de] erected by Felix Mendelssohn in Leipzig in 1843.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec1f12_716ec353591a40ad81d05be731fb7617~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_334,h_472,q_75/ec1f12_716ec353591a40ad81d05be731fb7617~mv2.jpg)
![Johann Ambrosius Bach, 1685, Bach's father. Painting attributed to Johann David Herlicius](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec1f12_cb5c6743a9ab4f48a436b1732292bc9e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_300,h_426,q_75/ec1f12_cb5c6743a9ab4f48a436b1732292bc9e~mv2.jpg)
![Johann Sebastian Bach (aged 61) in a portrait by Elias Gottlob Haussmann, second version o](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec1f12_b775898596bb4d069a83116df6e88d89~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_348,h_429,q_75/ec1f12_b775898596bb4d069a83116df6e88d89~mv2.jpg)
![Organ of the St. Paul's Church in Leipzig, tested by Bach in 1717..jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec1f12_2036df690eb444dbb98de39fc92321bb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_220,h_429,q_75/ec1f12_2036df690eb444dbb98de39fc92321bb~mv2.jpg)
![Painting of Johann Sebastian Bach by 'Gebel', before 1798..jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec1f12_354f755b9c7d4b998dc51e5b5d2215ad~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_330,h_429,q_75/ec1f12_354f755b9c7d4b998dc51e5b5d2215ad~mv2.jpg)
![Signature of Johann Sebastian Bach.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec1f12_afa29abc89074a0db77028e8b916b718~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_959,h_177,q_75/ec1f12_afa29abc89074a0db77028e8b916b718~mv2.png)
![St. Thomas Church and School, Leipzig in 1723.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec1f12_3538be9747354518a995fa65749c4793~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_289,h_377,q_75/ec1f12_3538be9747354518a995fa65749c4793~mv2.jpg)
![The Wender organ Bach played in Arnstadt.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec1f12_4d37b4485caf42a1a7bcc3550d233aee~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_289,h_275,q_75/ec1f12_4d37b4485caf42a1a7bcc3550d233aee~mv2.jpg)
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