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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Where's the Orchestra? - Billy Joel --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capo 3rd fret | C | G | *Am *Am/G *Am/F | E | E5+ | [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/b/billy-joel/324423.html ] A Where's the orchestra? Am Am7 Am6 E/G# Wasn't this supposed to be a 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? Dmaj7 B7 I like the scenery Bm7 Dm E5+ Even though I have absolutely no A Idea at all Am Am7 Am6 E/G# What is being said despite the dialogue G6 E5+/G# A There's the leading man Amaj7 E5+/G# Em7 G/A The movie star who never faced an audience Dmaj7 B7 Where's the orchestra? Bm7 After all F G C C/B This is my big night on the town Am7 Em My introduction to the theatre crowd F Bm7b5 I assumed that the show would have a song E5+ So I was wrong A At least I understand Am Am7 Am6 E/G# All the innuendo and the 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 A/C# F#7sus F#7 And after the curtain calls *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) |