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Song title:      Uptown Girl
Original Album:	 An Innocent Man

Words and Music by Billy Joel
Copyright © 1983 Columbia Records
Published by Sony Music Publishing

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net)



INTRO:
Chords:
E     022100    A     x02220
F#m7  242222    A/B   x22220
E/G#  476454


[play: 4/4| E | F#m7 | E/G# | A  A/B |]




VERSE1:
Chords
E     022100    A    x02220
F#m7  242222    A/B  x22220
E/G#  476454    B    x24442


| E           | F#m7                     | E/G#
  Uptown girl,    She's been living in her uptown world

| A             A/B       | E
    I bet she's never had a backstreet guy

| F#m7                  | E/G#
    I bet her momma never told her why

| A           B
    I'm gonna try for an...




VERSE2:
Chords
E     022100    A    x02220
F#m7  242222    A/B  x22220
E/G#  476454    B    x24442


| E           | F#m7                     | E/G#
  Uptown girl,    she's been living in her white-bread world

| A            A/B       | E
    As long as anyone with hot blood can

| F#m7                        | E/G#
    And now she's looking for a downtown man

| A               B
    That's what I am




BRIDGE1:
Chords:
C    x32010    G      320003
Am7  x02010    Bm7b5  x20201 or x20231
Dm7  xx0211    E7     020130


| C            | Am7          | Dm7          | G
    And when she knows what she wants from her time

| C            | Am7        | Bm7b5      | E7
    And when she wakes up and makes up her mind

| A              | F#m7         | Bm         | B
    She'll see I'm not so tough   just because I'm in love with an




VERSE3:
Chords
E     022100    A    x02220
F#m7  242222    A/B  x22220
E/G#  476454    B    x24442


| E           | F#m7                          | E/G#
  Uptown girl,    you know I've seen her in her uptown world

| A               A/B         | E
    She's getting tired of her  high-class toys

| F#m7                          | E/G#
    And all her presents from her uptown boys

| A             B
    She's got a choice




INTERLUDE1:
Notes:
F#/A# is an E/G# shape moved up two frets.

Chords:
G   320003    F#/A#  698676
A   x02220    Bm     x24432 or 799777


| G         | A         | F#/A#     | Bm    A
    Ohh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

| G         | A         | F#/A#     | B
    Ohh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh




VERSE4:
Chords:
E     022100    A    x02220
F#m7  242222    A/B  x22220
E/G#  476454    B    x24442


| E           | F#m7                       | E/G#
  Uptown girl,    you know I can't afford to buy her pearls

| A           A/B           | E
    But maybe someday when my ship comes in

| F#m7                           | E/G#         | A               B
    She'll understand what kind of guy I've been    and then I'll win




BRIDGE2:
Chords:
C    x32010    G      320003
Am7  x02010    Bm7b5  x20201 or x20231
Dm7  xx0211    E7     020130


| C              | Am7          | Dm7      | G
    And when she's walking, she's looking so fi___ine

| C              | Am7           | Bm7b5        | G
    And when she's talking, she'll say that she's mi___ine

| A              | F#m7         | Bm         | B
    She'll see I'm not so tough   just because I'm in love with an



[repeat VERSE2]


[repeat INTERLUDE1]
 


OUTRO:
Chords:
E     022100    A    x02220
F#m7  242222    A/B  x22220
E/G#  476454    B    x24442


| E           | F#m7            | E/G#
  Uptown girl,    she's my uptown girl

| A          A/B
    You know I'm in love with an

| E           | F#m7      | E/G#
  Uptown girl,    my uptown girl

| A          B
    You know I'm in love with an...



[repeat OUTRO to fade]