Billy Joel: "Honesty"

printer-friendly version (guitar, D, simplified)

© Muzland.info/ - Chord Chart Server
© Anton Gavzov

© Chorded by Mikhail Ocheret // specialist (https://Muzland.info)
± BPM (tempo): ♩ = 137 beats per minute

Lyrics and Music by Billy Joel

Intro: D5 Dm7 | Bb A7

D                 G
If you search for tenderness,
A                 F#m7
It isn’t hard to find.
G                Bm7
You can have the love
            C#m7  Em7 A A7
You need to live.
D                   E
But if you look for truthfulness
          A       C#7     F#m
You might just as well be blind;
   G                C#7
It always seems to be
           F#7
So hard to give.

Chorus:
     G     A7   F#     F#7    Bm    A
     Honesty is such a lonely word.
     G           A
     Everyone is so
               D         F#7 Bm   F#7
     Untrue.
     G     A7   F#     F#7   Bm   A
     Honesty is hardly ever heard
         G             A
     And mostly what I need
     A7   D         A7
     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
         G             A
     And mostly what I need
     A7   D
     From you.

Instrumental: D Dm7 | Bb A7

Bridge:
 Bm
   I can find a lover
 F#7
   I can find a friend.
 Am
   I can have security
     E
   Until the bitter end.
 G            A
   Anyone can comfort me
        G         D
   With promises again,
     E               A  A7
   I know, I know, I know,
   F#7      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
         G             A
     And mostly what I need
     A7   D
     From you.

Instrumental: D Dm7 | Bb A7
              Gm Gm A A7 | D

Finger notations of chords (guitar)

© Muzland.info/ - Chord Chart Server, Guitar
© Anton Gavzov