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UPTOWN GIRL by Billy Joel www.billyjoel.com
From his 1983 album An Innocent Man
Written by Billy Joel
Transcribed by T-rev www.t-rev.net
E
Uptown girl
F#m E/G#
She's been living in her uptown world
A B E F#m
I bet she's never had a backstreet guy
E/G#
I bet her mama never told her why
A B
I'm gonna try for an...
E
Uptown girl
F#m E/G#
She's been living in her white bread world
A B E
As long as anyone with hot blood can
F#m E/G#
And now she's looking for a downtown man
A B
That's what I am
C Am
And when she knows
Dm G
What she wants from her time
C Am
And when she wakes up
Dm E
And makes up her mind
A F#m
She'll see I'm not so tough
Bm B
Just because I'm in love with an
Uptown girl
You know I've seen her in her uptown world
She's getting tired of her high class toys
And all the presents from her uptown boys
She's got a choice
G A F#/A# Bm A G A F#/A# B
Ohh.................. Ohh..................
Uptown girl
You know I can't afford to buy her pearls
But maybe someday when my ship comes in
She'll understand what kind of guy I've been
And then I'll win
C Am
And when she's walking
Dm G
She's looking so fine
C Am
And when she's talking
Dm E
She'll say that she's mine
A F#m
She'll see I'm not so tough
Bm B
Just because I'm in love with an uptown girl
Transcribed 2020-05-02 by T-rev
More tab available at www.t-rev.net
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UPTOWN GIRL by Billy Joel www.billyjoel.com
From his 1983 album An Innocent Man
Written by Billy Joel
Transcribed by T-rev www.t-rev.net
Transposed from original starting key of E to A
A
Uptown girl
Bm A/C#
She's been living in her uptown world
D E A Bm
I bet she's never had a backstreet guy
A/C#
I bet her mama never told her why
D E
I'm gonna try for an...
A
Uptown girl
Bm A/C#
She's been living in her white bread world
D E A
As long as anyone with hot blood can
Bm A/C#
And now she's looking for a downtown man
D E
That's what I am
F Dm
And when she knows
Gm C
What she wants from her time
F Dm
And when she wakes up
Gm A
And makes up her mind
D Bm
She'll see I'm not so tough
Em E
Just because I'm in love with an
Uptown girl
You know I've seen her in her uptown world
She's getting tired of her high class toys
And all the presents from her uptown boys
She's got a choice
C D B/Eb Em D C D B/Eb E
Ohh.................. Ohh..................
Uptown girl
You know I can't afford to buy her pearls
But maybe someday when my ship comes in
She'll understand what kind of guy I've been
And then I'll win
F Dm
And when she's walking
Gm C
She's looking so fine
F Dm
And when she's talking
Gm A
She'll say that she's mine
D Bm
She'll see I'm not so tough
Em E
Just because I'm in love with an uptown girl
Transcribed 2020-09-26 by T-rev
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