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Billy Joel: "Honesty"

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

Lyrics and Music by Billy Joel

Intro: C#⁵ C#m/B | Amaj G#₇

C#                F#
If you search for tenderness,
G#           G#/F# Fm₇
It isn’t hard to find.
F#               Bbm₇
You can have the love
            Cm₇   Ebm₇ G# G#₇
You need to live.
C#                  Ebsus₄       Eb
But if you look for truthfulness
          G#/Eb   C₇/E    Fm
You might just as well be blind;
   F#               C₇
It always seems to be
   C₇sus₄  F₇sus₄ F₇ F₇sus₄ F₇
So hard to give.

Chorus:
     F#maj G#₉  F/A    F₇/A   Bbm   G#add₉
     Honesty is such a lonely word.
     F#          G#
     Everyone is so
     G#sus₄add₉ C# C#add₉ F₇ Gm₇^5- F₇/A
     Untrue.
     F#maj G#₉  F/A    F₇/A  Bbm  G#add₉
     Honesty is hardly ever heard
         F#            G#
     And mostly what I need
     G#₉  C#sus₄ C# G#₇
     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
         F#            G#
     And mostly what I need
     G#₉  C#sus₄ C#
     From you.

Instrumental: C# C#m/B | Amaj G#₇

Bridge:
 Bbm
   I can find a lover
 F₇add₁₁
   I can find a friend.
 G#m₆
   I can have security
     Eb/G
   Until the bitter end.
 F#₆          G#      G#add₉
   Anyone can comfort me
        F#/C#     C#
   With promises again,
     Ebsus₄  Eb      G#₆ G#₇
   I know, I know, I know,
   F₇/A  F₇ F# F#/G#
   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
         F#            G#
     And mostly what I need
     G#₉  C#sus₄ C#
     From you.

Instrumental: C# C#m/B | Amaj G#₇
              F#m₇₊ F#m G#₆ G#₇ | C#

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