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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 Bbm₇ | Gb F₇

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

Chorus:
     Eb    F₇   D      D₇     Gm    F
     Honesty is such a lonely word.
     Eb          F
     Everyone is so
               Bb        D₇ Gm    D₇
     Untrue.
     Eb    F₇   D      D₇    Gm   F
     Honesty is hardly ever heard
         Eb            F
     And mostly what I need
     F₇   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
     F₇   Bb
     From you.

Instrumental: Bb Bbm₇ | Gb F₇

Bridge:
 Gm
   I can find a lover
 D₇
   I can find a friend.
 Fm
   I can have security
     C
   Until the bitter end.
 Eb           F
   Anyone can comfort me
        Eb        Bb
   With promises again,
     C               F  F₇
   I know, I know, I know,
   D₇       Eb
   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
     F₇   Bb
     From you.

Instrumental: Bb Bbm₇ | Gb F₇
              Ebm Ebm F F₇ | Bb

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