Chords: Vienna by Billy Joel
Look, I know its not 'cool' but neither is playing the ukulele, or stopping drinking, or baring bits of your soul for folk to poke fun at in a steadfast exercise to grow as a person: Billy Joel is one of my favourite artists. Yeah. You heard me.
I just really like his voice. His lyrics strike a chord with me. His vocal range and mine have a pleasing crossover. Some of his songs are pleasantly hard to play and have chord progressions that make me smile big. I'm resolutely uncool. And I am cool with it.
So you know what you're getting yourself in for, first the imperfection project audio. You know the score: me and a uke, one take into my phone, no effects, plentiful mistakes. No, I am not standing up to sing. Nor I do not sound the best I've ever sounded. But I'm pretty stoked about it, to be honest!
If you want to make a sound just as iffy as I (why, who wouldn't?) here's the ukulele songsheet with chords and lyrics:
It's a melancholy song that's fun to sing, and from an excellent album (The Stranger) - though, weirdly, not my favourite of his. I guess that's what comes of writing too many great songs? I hope you enjoy singing and playing it yourself!
With love,
Fay
xXx
Disclaimer: I did not write this song. It's not mine. I don't own any part of it. Billy does a much better job, unsurprisingly, and you can listen to the original here: