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Movin' out

Billy Joel

RockAdvanced for beginners15 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Dm××○
Gm7Diagram coming soon
C×○○
CaugDiagram coming soon
E○○○
Fmaj7Diagram coming soon
G7○○○
BbDiagram coming soon
C7×○
F
D××○
A×○○
C#Diagram coming soon
Em7○○○○○
G○○○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro: 
| Dm | Gm7 | C Caug/E | Fmaj7 | 
| Dm | Gm7 | C Caug/E | Fmaj7 | 
  
  
Verse 1: 
Dm                   Gm7 
Anthony works in the grocery store 
C          Caug/E           Fmaj7 
Saving his pennies for someday 
Dm                Gm7 
Mama Leone left a note on the door 
           C           Caug/E       Fmaj7 
She said, "Sonny, move out to the country" 
  
  
Bridge: 
Dm                              G7 
Working too hard can give you a heart attack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack 
Bb                   C 
You ought to know by now 
Dm                       G7 
Who needs a house out in Hackensack? 
   C7sus4       C7/E         F 
Is that all you get for your money? 
  
  
 
   Bb           Bb/D     C    C7/Bb  A                A/C# Dm 
It seems like a waste of time,    if that's what it's all about 
Dm/C     Bb            Bb/D    Em7   A        Dm  
Mama, if that's movin' up then I'm  ... movin' out 
  
  
Interlude: 
| Dm | Gm7 | C Caug/E | Fmaj7 | 
| Dm | Gm7 | C Caug/E | Fmaj7 | 
  
  
Verse 2: 
Dm                  Gm7 
Sergeant O'Leary is walking the beat 
   C          Caug/E      Fmaj7 
At night he becomes a bar tender 
            Dm                          Gm7 
He works at Mister Cacciatore's down on Sullivan Street 
 C              Caug/E    Fmaj7 
Across from the Medical Center 
  
  
Bridge:
         Dm                         G7 
And he's trading in his Chevy for a Cadillac-ac-ac-ac-ac-ac 
Bb                   C 
You ought to know by now 
    Dm                       G7 
And if he can't drive with a broken back 
   C7sus4       C7/E         F 
At least he can polish the fenders 
  
  
 
   Bb           Bb/D     C    C7/Bb  A                A/C# Dm 
It seems like a waste of time,    if that's what it's all about 
Dm/C     Bb            Bb/D    Em7   A        Dm  
 Yea, if that's movin' up then I'm  ... movin' out 
  
  
Interlude: 
| Dm | Gm7 | C Caug/E | Fmaj7 | 
| Dm | Gm7 | C Caug/E | Fmaj7 | 
  
  
Bridge: 
Dm                            G7 
You should never argue with a crazy ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mind 
Bb                   C 
You ought to know by now 
        Dm                     G7 
You can pay Uncle Sam with the overtime 
   C7sus4       C7/E          F 
Is that all you get for your money? 
  
  
 
       Bb              Bb/D    C    C7/Bb     A                  A/C# Dm 
And if that's what you have in mind, yeah, if that's what you're all about 
Dm/C  Bb          Bb/D    Em7   A        Dm  
 Good luck movin' up 'cos I'm  ... movin' out 
  
  
Interlude: 
| Dm | Gm7 | C Caug/E | Fmaj7 | 
| Dm | Gm7 | C Caug/E | Fmaj7 | 
  
  
Outro: 
| D | G | A | D | 
  
voc ad lib (repeat and fade)

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Chord set

Dm · Gm7 · C · Caug · E · Fmaj7 · G7 · Bb · C7 · F · D · A · C# · Em7 · G

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.