Where's The Orchestra chords by Billy Joel

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        Where's the Orchestra? - Billy Joel
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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.

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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+/Ab  (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
Abm6   x-4-4-2-x-4
*Emaj7  x-4-4-2-x-0

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Capo 3rd fret

| C | G | *Am *Am/G *Am/F | E | E5+ |


      A
Where's the orchestra?
Am       Am7   Am6 E/G#
Wasn't this supposed to be a musical?
G6   E5+/Ab  A
Here I am in the balcony
Amaj7       E5+/Ab      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+/Ab  A
There's the leading man
  Amaj7     E5+/Ab     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+/Ab A
And I   appreciate
  Amaj7      E5+/Ab   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 | Abm6 | *A | Abm6 |
| *A | Abm6 *Emaj7 | *A | Abm6 *Emaj7 | *A | Abm6 *Emaj7 |
[melody: Allentown]        (repeat and fade)