Just the way you are    (video)    (midi)

 

    D - Gm - D - G (2x)

 

   D                  Bm        - G                    Bm            - D7

1.    Don't go changing        to try and please me,

G                 Gm                     D     Am  D7

    you never let me down before, mm mm.

G             Gm      - D                     Bm

    Don't imagine       you're too familiar,

E                    E7                 A       - A7

    and I don't see you anymore.

 

      - D                   Bm           - G                    Bm      - D7

2. I......I would not leave you        in times of trouble,

G                  Gm                             D   Am  D7

    we never could have come this far, mm mm.

G                  Gm            - D                   Bm

    I took the good times,      I'll take the bad times,

Em                   A                        D       - G - D - D7

    I'll take you just the way you are.

 

G                    A                       F#m     B7

    I need to know that you will always be

Em                      A                        D

    the same old someone that I knew.

          - Bb                   C                    Am       D

    Oh,       what will it take 'till you believe in me,

Gm                  C                  A     - A7

    the way that I believe in you.

 

      - D            Bm         - G                    Bm      - D7

3. I......I said I love you       and that's forever,

G                  Gm                        D     Am  D7

    and this I promise from the heart, mm mm.

G                 Gm         - D         Bm

    I couldn't love you        any better,

Em                A                         D       - G - D - D7

    I love you just the way you are.

 

+  instrumental = verse 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      - D                     Bm    - G            Bm        - D7

4. I......I don't want clever       conversation,

G              Gm                        D     Am  D7

    I never want to work that hard, mm mm.

G                   Gm           - D                 Bm

    I just want someone         that I can talk to,

Em                 A                        Bb - C - Am - D

    I want you just the way you a.....................re.

 

+  Gm - A - D - D7      - G - Gm - D - Bm

 

    (Billy Joel)