Learn "SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT" by Billy Joel on Piano

Master "SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT" by Billy Joel with our interactive piano player. This hard-level Pop arrangement is in the key of Bb at 120 BPM, making it a rewarding piece for advanced players to master.

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Lyrics

A bot tle of white, a bot tle of red Per haps a bot tle of ro sé in (F)stead We’ll get a ta ble near the street In our old fa (Bb)mil iar place (Gm)You and I (Gm)face to (Gm)face (C)mm (Bb)mm A bot tle of red, a bot tle of white it all de pends up on your (Bb)ap pe tite I’ll meet you (F)an y time (G)you want In our I tal ian res tau rant (G)Things are o kay with me these days (Dm)Got a good job, I (G7)got a good of fice, I (C)got a new wife, (C)got a new life and the fam ’ly is fine We lost touch long a go, You lost weight I (G7)did not know You could ev er look so nice af ter (Am7)so much time Do you re (Eb)mem ber those days hang ing (Bb)out at the Vil lage Green The (Eb)en gi neer boots, leath er (Bb)jack ets and tight blue jeans. You drop a (Eb)dime in the box play a (Bb)song a bout New Or leans Cold beer, hot lights My sweet ro man tic (D)teen age nights. Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa (G)Bren da and Ed die were the pop u lar stead stead ies and the (D)king and the queen of the prom (G)Rid ing a round with the car top would down and the ra di o on (G)No bod y looked an y fin er (C)or was (G)more of a hit at the park way din er (G)we nev er knew we could want more than that out of life Sure (E)ly Bren we da were and Ed wav die ing would Bren al da ways and know Ed how to sur vive Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa (G)Bren da and Ed die were still pop go ing stead stead y in the (D)sum mer of sev en ty five. (G)When they de cid ed the mar riage would be at the end of Ju ly (G)Ev ’ry one said they were cra zy, (C)or was (G)“Bren da, you know that you’re much too la zy (G)Ed die could nev er af ford to live that kind of life.” Oh, (E)but there we da were and Ed wav die ing would Bren al da ways and know Ed how die good bye. Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa Well, they (F)got an a part (C)ment with (F)deep pile car (C)pets and a (D)cou ple of paint (D7)ings from Sears A (F)big wa ter bed (C)that they (F)bought with the bread (C)they saved for a cou (D7)ple of years. They (F)start ed to fight (C)when the (F)mon ey got tight and they (D)just did n’t count on the tears Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa Well, they (F)lived for a while (C)in a (F)ver y nice style, but it’s (D)al ways the (G)same (D)in the (C)end. They (F)got a di vorce (C)as a (F)mat ter of course and they part ed the (G)clos (D)est of (C)friends then the (F)king and the queen (C)went (F)back to the green, but you can (D)nev er go (G)back (D)there a (Em)gain Whoa whoa (G)Bren da and Ed die had had it al read y by the (D)sum mer of sev en ty five (C)From the (G)high to the low to the end of the show for the rest of their lives (C)They (G)could n’t go back to the greas ers (C)the (G)best they could do was pick up their piec es (G)we al ways knew they would both find a way to get (E)by. (E7)Oh, and that’s all I (G)heard a bout (C)Bren da and Ed die (Am)can’t tell you more ’cause I’ve told you al read y and here we are (G)wav ing Bren da and Ed die good bye Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa A bot tle of red, a bot tle of white What ev er kind of mood you’re in to (F)night I’ll meet you (F)an y time (G)you want in our I tal ian res tau rant

Song Details

Category
Pop
Key
Bb
Tempo
120 BPM
Difficulty
hard

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