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MOVIN’ OUT (Anthony’s Song)

by billy joel · posted by WaltP

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Tab
MOVIN’ OUT (Anthony’s Song)
By Billy Joel
Key: F

-6 -33*3 -55*5
Oo Ah Ha  Mm
-6 -6  -6  -6    6  6   6  -5 -5   -5
An-tho-ny works in the gro-cer-y store
-5   5   6  -5   5    6   -5   5
Sav-in' his pen-nies for some-day
-6 -6 -6 -6 6   6  6  6   -5 -5   -5
Ma-ma Le-o-ne left a note on the door,
-5   -5     -5 5    6   -5  5   6   -5   5
She said, "Son-ny, move out to the coun-try."
-6  5   -6  -6  -6   -6  -6   -6  -6
Ah but work-in' too hard can give you 
-6  6   -6  -6   -6  -6  -6  -6  -6
a heart at-tack (ack-ack-ack-ack-ack)
-6    6  -6   6  -5  5 
You ought-a know by now
-6   -6  -6  -6   -3  -2   3  3   -2
Who needs a house out in Hack-en-sack?
-3  3   -2  -3   3  -2   -3   3  -2
Is that all you get for your mon-ey?

-6  -6   -6   -5 -3* -3*  -3 -3 3
And it seems such a waste of time
3    6     5*    5* -3  3  -2
If that's what it's all a-bout
-5 5 -3*  -5    -3* -2  3
Ma-ma if that's mov-in' up 
-2    2  -1  -1  -1
then I'm mov-in' out.
-6 -6  -5   5   5   -5-3 4-5
Mm I'm mov-in' out...mmm-hmm...
-7  -6   -3-2 3    -55* 5
ooo-ooo...uh-huh...mmm-hmm.

-6   -6  -6   -6   6   6   6  -5   -5
Ser-geant O'Leary is walk-in' the beat
-5  -5   5  6   -5   5  6  -5   5
At night he be-comes a bar-ten-der
5    -5  6  -6  -6  -6  -6  -6   6
He works at Mis-ter Cac-cia-tor-e's 
6    6   6  -5 -5    -5
down on Sul-li-van Street
-5 -5     5   6  -5  5  6  -5   5
A-cross from the med-i-cal cen-ter
-6   5    -6  -6  -6 -6   -6 -6
And he's trad-in' in his Chev-y 
-6 -6  6  -6 -6    -6  -6  -6  -6  -6
for a Cad-il-lac  (ack-ack-ack-ack-ack)
-6    6  -6   6  -5  5  
You ought-a know by now
-6 -6  -6     -6   -3 -2  3   3   -2
If he can't drive with a bro-ken back
-3   3   -2 -3    3 -2  -3   3   -2   
At least he can pol-ish the fen-ders

-6  -6   -6   -5 -3* -3*  -3 -3 3
And it seems such a waste of time
3    6     5*    5* -3  3  -2
If that's what it's all a-bout
-5 5 -3*  -5    -3* -2  3
Ma-ma if that's mov-in' up 
-2    2  -1  -1  -1
then I'm mov-in' out.
-6 -6  -5   5   5   -5-3 4-5
Mm I'm mov-in' out...mmm-hmm...
-7  -6   -3-2 3    -55* 5
ooo-ooo...uh-huh...mmm-hmm.

-6    -6   -6  -6 -6 -6   -6 -5  
You should nev-er ar-gue with a 
6   -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6  -6
cra-zy mi mi mi mi mi mind)
-6    6  -6  6   -5  5
You ought-a know by now
5    5  -6  -6 -6  -6   -3  -2  3  3   -2
You can pay Un-cle Sam with the o-ver-time
-3   3  -2  -3   3  -2   -3   3  -2
Is that all you get for your mon-ey?

-6  -6  -6     -5  -3*  -3* -3 -3 3
And if that's what you have in mind
7      7     6     5*   -3  3  -2
Then that's what you're all a-bout
-5    -5  -3* -2   3   -2    2  -1  -1  -1
Good luck mov-in' up 'cause I'm mov-in' out
-6 -6  -5   5   5    -5-34-5
Mm I'm mov-in' out...mmm-hmm...
-7  -6    -3-2 3   -55* 5
ooo-ooo...uh-huh...mmm-hmm.

(motorcycle riff-raff motor running.)
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