Billy Joel

Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are guitar tab

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From: KeanJ@agresearch.cri.nz

Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 09:02 +1200 (NZST)

Subject: TAB: Just the Way You Are - Billy Joel

Here's a song I arranged years ago, but only just around to typing up and

posting. The arrangement is not particularly inspiring but is fairly

faithful to the keyboard part on the recording. It should work OK either as

a guitar solo, or with singing. Most of it is pretty easy. Enjoy...

Just the Way You Are - Billy Joel

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>From "The Stranger".

Arranged for solo guitar by John Kean (keanj@agresearch.cri.nz).

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LYRICS:

Don't go changing, to try and please me

You never let me down before

Don't imagine you're too familiar

And I don't see you anymore

I wouldn't leave you in times of trouble

We never could have come this far

I took the good times, I'll take the bad times

I'll take you just the way you are

Don't go trying some new fashion

Don't change the color of your hair

You always have my unspoken passion

Although I might not seem to care

I don't want clever conversation

I never want to work that hard

I just want someone that I can talk to

I want you just the way you are.

I need to know that you will always be

The same old someone that I knew

What will it take till you believe in me

The way that I believe in you.

I said I love you and that's forever

And this I promise from the heart

I could not love you any better

I love you just the way you are.

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