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Billy Joel: "Honesty"

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± BPM (tempo): ♩ = 137 beats per minute

Lyrics and Music by Billy Joel

Intro: Bb⁵ Bbm/Ab | Gbmaj F₇

Bb                Eb
If you search for tenderness,
F            F/Eb Dm₇
It isn’t hard to find.
Eb               Gm₇
You can have the love
            Am₇   Cm₇ F F₇
You need to live.
Bb                  Csus₄        C
But if you look for truthfulness
          F/C     A₇/C#   Dm
You might just as well be blind;
   Eb               A₇
It always seems to be
   A₇sus₄  D₇sus₄ D₇ D₇sus₄ D₇
So hard to give.

Chorus:
     Ebmaj F₉   D/F#   D₇/F#  Gm    Fadd₉
     Honesty is such a lonely word.
     Eb          F
     Everyone is so
     Fsus₄add₉ Bb Bbadd₉ D₇ Em₇^5- D₇/F#
     Untrue.
     Ebmaj F₉   D/F#   D₇/F# Gm   Fadd₉
     Honesty is hardly ever heard
         Eb            F
     And mostly what I need
     F₉   Bbsus₄ Bb F₇
     From you.

I can always find someone
To say they sympathize
If I wear my heart
Out on my sleeve.
But I don’t want some pretty face
To tell me pretty lies.
All I want is someone
To believe.

Chorus:
     Honesty is such a lonely word.
     Everyone is so
     Untrue.
     Honesty is hardly ever heard
         Eb            F
     And mostly what I need
     F₉   Bbsus₄ Bb
     From you.

Instrumental: Bb Bbm/Ab | Gbmaj F₇

Bridge:
 Gm
   I can find a lover
 D₇add₁₁
   I can find a friend.
 Fm₆
   I can have security
     C/E
   Until the bitter end.
 Eb₆          F       Fadd₉
   Anyone can comfort me
        Eb/Bb     Bb
   With promises again,
     Csus₄   C       F₆ F₇
   I know, I know, I know,
   D₇/F# D₇ Eb Eb/F
   Whoa, whoa.

When I’m deep inside of me
Don’t be too concerned,
I won’t ask for nothing
While I’m gone.
But when I want sincerity,
Tell me, where else can I turn
Because you’re the one that I
Depend upon.

Chorus:
     Honesty is such a lonely word.
     Everyone is so
     Untrue.
     Honesty is hardly ever heard
         Eb            F
     And mostly what I need
     F₉   Bbsus₄ Bb
     From you.

Instrumental: Bb Bbm/Ab | Gbmaj F₇
              Ebm₇₊ Ebm F₆ F₇ | Bb

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