Just The Way You Are Chords & Tabs

by Billy Joel

[Intro]
Gm6/D   G/D  Dsus4
Gm6/D   G/D  Dsus4

[Verse 1]
D         Bm6     Gmaj7      Bm  D7  Gmaj7          Gm7            D/F#
Don't go changin'  to try please me       you never let me down before
Am7  D7  Gmaj7        Gm7  D/F#              Bm7  
Mmmm          Don't imagine    you're too familiar
E9sus4       E9        G/A
And I don't see you anymore

[Refrain 1]
D          Bm6        Gmaj7              Bm   D9
I would not  leave you     in times of trouble
Gmaj7     Gm7                 D/F#
we never could have come this far
Am7  D7  Gmaj7          Gm        D/F#              Bm7      
Mmmm         I took the good times    I'll take the bad times
Em7            G/A              Gm6/D G/D Dsus4 Gm6/D G/D Dsus4
I'll take you just the way you are

[Verse 2]
D         Bm6  Gmaj7         Bm    D9
Don't go trying    some new fashion
Gmaj7            Gm             D/F#
Don't change the colour of your hair
Am7D7  Gmaj7          Gm     D/F#         Bm7   
Mmmm       You always have my   unspoken passion
E9sus4        E9               G/A
Although I might not seem to care

[Refrain 2]
 D             Bm6  Gmaj7      Bm   D9 Gmaj7        Gm                D/F#
I don't want clever      conversation       I never want to work that hard
Am7  D7  Gmaj7            Gm    D/F#           Bm7    
Mmmm         I just want someone    that I can talk to
Em7         G/A              Gm6/D G/D Dsus4 Gm6/D D D7
I want you just the way you are

[Bridge]
Gmaj7       A6                F#m7  B7
I need to know that you will always be
Em7           A7              D D/C
the same old someone that I knew
Bb            C               Am7     D9
What will it take till you believe in me
Gm          C/G           G/A
The way that I believe in you

[Refrain 3]
 D       Bm6      Gmaj7             Bm  D9
I said I love you     and that's forever
Gmaj7        Gm              D/F#
and this I promise from the heart
Am7  D7  Gmaj7            Gm     D/F#     Bm7   
Mmmm          I couldn't love you     any better
Em7         G/A              Gm6/D G/D Dsus4 Gm6/D G/D Dsus4
I love you just the way you are

[Solo]
D   Bm6   Gmaj7   Bm D7
Gmaj7   Gm   D/F#   Am7 D7
Gmaj7   Gm   D/F#Bm7
E9sus4   E9   G/A

[Refrain 4]
 D           Bm6   Gmaj7  Bm    D9 Gmaj7        Gm                D/F#
I don't want clever conversation        I never want to work that hard
Am7  D7  Gmaj7            Gm     D/F#            Bm7   
Mm            I just want someone    that I can talk to
Em             A7sus4           Bb  C  Am7  D9  Gm  A7sus4 A7
I want you just the way you are

[Outro]
D   Bm6   Gmaj7   Bm D7
Gmaj7   Gm   D/F#   Am7 D7
Gmaj7   Gm   D/F#Bm7
E9sus4   E9   G/A
D   Bm6   Gmaj7   Bm D7
Gmaj7   Gm   D/F#   Am7 D7
(fade out)
Suggested Intro (arpeggiated)
xx0353, xx0087, xx0085, xx0232
Suggested ways to do certain chords:
D9      x54530  (D7 is an easier alternative)
E9sus4  020202  (E7sus and E7 are easier alternatives for the E9's)
E9      020102
Bm6     x20102
C/G     3x5553