Billy Joel — Honesty (F) | printer-friendly version

Billy Joel: "Honesty"

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

Lyrics and Music by Billy Joel

Intro: F⁵ Fm/Eb | C#maj C₇

F                 Bb
If you search for tenderness,
C            C/Bb Am₇
It isn’t hard to find.
Bb               Dm₇
You can have the love
            Em₇   Gm₇ C C₇
You need to live.
F                   Gsus₄        G
But if you look for truthfulness
          C/G     E₇/G#   Am
You might just as well be blind;
   Bb               E₇
It always seems to be
   E₇sus₄  A₇sus₄ A₇ A₇sus₄ A₇
So hard to give.

Chorus:
     Bbmaj C₉   A/C#   A₇/C#  Dm    Cadd₉
     Honesty is such a lonely word.
     Bb          C
     Everyone is so
     Csus₄add₉ F  Fadd₉  A₇ Bm₇^5- A₇/C#
     Untrue.
     Bbmaj C₉   A/C#   A₇/C# Dm   Cadd₉
     Honesty is hardly ever heard
         Bb            C
     And mostly what I need
     C₉   Fsus₄  F  C₇
     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
         Bb            C
     And mostly what I need
     C₉   Fsus₄  F
     From you.

Instrumental: F Fm/Eb | C#maj C₇

Bridge:
 Dm
   I can find a lover
 A₇add₁₁
   I can find a friend.
 Cm₆
   I can have security
     G/B
   Until the bitter end.
 Bb₆          C       Cadd₉
   Anyone can comfort me
        Bb/F      F
   With promises again,
     Gsus₄   G       C₆ C₇
   I know, I know, I know,
   A₇/C# A₇ Bb Bb/C
   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
         Bb            C
     And mostly what I need
     C₉   Fsus₄  F
     From you.

Instrumental: F Fm/Eb | C#maj C₇
              Bbm₇₊ Bbm C₆ C₇ | F

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