Billy Joel —
Honesty

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

Lyrics and Music by Billy Joel

Intro: F#5 F#m7 | D C#7

F#                B
If you search for tenderness,
C#                Bbm7
It isn’t hard to find.
B                Ebm7
You can have the love
            Fm7   G#m7 C# C#7
You need to live.
F#                  G#
But if you look for truthfulness
          C#      F7      Bbm
You might just as well be blind;
   B                F7
It always seems to be
           Bb7
So hard to give.

Chorus:
     B     C#7  Bb     Bb7    Ebm   C#
     Honesty is such a lonely word.
     B           C#
     Everyone is so
               F#        Bb7 Ebm  Bb7
     Untrue.
     B     C#7  Bb     Bb7   Ebm  C#
     Honesty is hardly ever heard
         B             C#
     And mostly what I need
     C#7  F#        C#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
         B             C#
     And mostly what I need
     C#7  F#
     From you.

Instrumental: F# F#m7 | D C#7

Bridge:
 Ebm
   I can find a lover
 Bb7
   I can find a friend.
 C#m
   I can have security
     G#
   Until the bitter end.
 B            C#
   Anyone can comfort me
        B         F#
   With promises again,
     G#              C# C#7
   I know, I know, I know,
   Bb7      B
   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
         B             C#
     And mostly what I need
     C#7  F#
     From you.

Instrumental: F# F#m7 | D C#7
              Bm Bm C# C#7 | F#