Uptown Girl

Billy Joel

RockAdvanced for beginners12 chords

How to play it

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

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Am7

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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              E           F#m      G#m       B  A
ahh ahh ahh aahhh ahhh ahhh ahhhhhahaha
 
E           F#m
Uptown girl 
                         G#m          A
She's been living in her uptown world 
          B           E               F#m
I bet she never had a back street guy
                     G#m           A
I bet her mama never told her why
          B          E           F#m
I'm gonna try for an uptown girl 
                         G#m                A
She's been living in her white bread world 
           B           E             F#m
As long as anyone with hot blood can 
                            G#m           A
And now she's looking for a downtown man 
              B
That's what I am
 
  C              Am7
  And when she knows what
  Dm             G      
  She wants from her t-i-i-ime
  C              Am7 
  And when she wakes up
  Dm/B             E
  And makes up her m-i-i-ind 
  A                F#m
  She'll see I'm not so tough
  Bm
  Just because
  B
  I'm in love with an
 
 
Uptown girl 
You know I've seen her in her uptown world 
She's getting tired of her high class toys 
And all her presents from her uptown boys 
She's got a choice
 
G           A         Bm       Bm7
Oowoh oowoh wahooooowah oowah oowah
G           A         B       B7
Oowoh oowoh wahooooowah oowah oowah
 
Uptown girl 
You know I can't afford to buy her pearls 
But maybe someday when my ship comes in 
She'll understand what kind of guy I've been 
And then I'll win
 
 
 
 
And when she's walking
She's looking so fine 
And when she's talking
She'll say that she's mine 
She'll say I'm not so tough 
Just because
I'm in love with an
 
 
Verse
Uptown girl 
She's been living in her white bread world 
As long as anyone with hot blood can 
And now she's looking for a downtown man 
That's what I am
 
G           Am7         Bm       Bm7
Oowoh oowoh wahooooowah oowah oowah
G           Am7         B       B7
Oowoh oowoh wahooooowah oowah oowah
 
Uptown girl 
She's my uptown girl 
You know I'm in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl
You know I'm in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl
You know I'm in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl
 
End on E

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Chord set

E · F#m · G#m · B · A · C · Am7 · Dm · G · Bm · Bm7 · B7

Practice tip

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