SCEnEs FrOM An ITAlIAn RESTAuRAnT

Words & Music by Billy Joel

Album: The Stranger (1977)

INTRO: B g G g


BA bottle ogf white, a bottle of red
GPerhaps a botgtle of rosBe instead
GGet a table [G/Gm]near the gstreet
In our old fa[g/Gm]miliar Gplace
You and I, gface to Gface, gum umm
BA bottle of red, ga bottle of white
GIt all dependsg on Byour appetite
CI'll meet you C/Ganytime C/Fyou Gwant
In our IG/CtaliG/Gan ReBstaurantg  


SAx SOLO: G B g G B g
c c c c C

CThings are okay with me these days
CGot a good job, got a good office
GGot a new wife, g7got a new life
And the Cfamily's fine C  C 
Oh, Cwe lost touch long ago
CYou lost weight I did not know
GYou could ever g7look so nice after Cso much time

Do you recmember those daysg hanging out at theB village green
cEngineer boots,g leather jackeBts and tight blue jeans
Woah you drop a cdime in the box gplay the song aboBut New Orleans
cCold beer, ghot lights
GMy sweet roCmantic teenage Cnights


RGGtIME BiT: C G g C
C G g C


PIAnO SOLO: C C
C C/B C/G C
C C/B C/G C


COh C/Boh, oh C/Goh, oh Coh oh oh oh
COh, oh C/Boh, oh C/Goh, oh Coh oh oh oh


CBrenda and Eddie were the popular steadies
And the Cking and the queen ofC tGhe prom
CRiding around C/Fwith the carG top down and the radio on
CNobody looked any CfinerC  G 
Or was Cmore of a hiGt at the Parkway Diner
CWe never knew Bwe could want moreG than that out of life
Surely gBrenda and g/FEddie would Galways know Chow to surCvive


Oh C/Boh, oh C/Goh, oh Coh oh oh oh
COh, oh C/Boh, oh C/Goh, oh Coh oh oh oh


CBrenda and Gddy were still goCing steady in CthGe summer of seventy five
CWhen they decC/Fided the marriagGe would be at the end of July
CEveryone said tChey weCreG crazy
CBrenda you know thaGt you're much too lazy
CEddie couldB never afford to Glive that kind of life
Oh, but gthere we were g/Fwaving GBrenda and CEddie goodCbye


Oh C/Boh, oh C/Goh, oh Coh


Well, they Ggot an apartment with deep pile carpet
And a Ccouple of paintiCngs from Sears
A Gbig waterbed that they bought with the bread
They had Csaved for a cCouple of years
They Gstarted to fight when the money got tight
And they Cjust didn't coungt on the tegars, woh oh, woh oh...yeah rock n roll


SAx SOLO: C C
C C/F G
C C C G
C G
C B G
g g/F G C


COh C/Boh, oh C/Goh, oh Coh


Well, they Glived for a while in a very nice style
But it's Calways the same iCn the end
They Ggot a divorce as a matter of course
And they Cparted the closest oCf friends
Then the Gking and the queen went back to the green
But you can Cnever go bacgk there aggain, oCh oh, oh oh


CBrenda and Eddie had had Cit already byC tGhe summer of seventy five
From the Chigh to the loC/Fw to the end of the show
For the Grest of their lives
They Ccouldn't go bacCk to theC gGreasers
The Cbest they could do Gwas pick up their pieces
CWe always knew thBey would both Gfind a way to get by
gThat's all I g/Fheard about GBrenda and CEddie
gCan't tell you g/Fmore cause I Gtold you alCready
And ghere we are g/Fwaving GBrenda and CEddie goodCbye


Oh C/Boh, oh C/Goh, oh Coh oh oh oh
COh C/Boh, oh C/Goh, oh Coh oh oh oh
COh C/Boh, oh C/Goh, oh Coh oh oh oh


RUN DoWN: (NOTES) B G C G F G
G g G C B G


B   gYeah yeah Gyeahg   B 
G G/g g g/g G g G g


BA bottle of red, goooh a bottle of white
GWhatever kind of moogd youB're in tonight
CI'll meet you C/Ganytime C/Fyou Gwant
In our IG/CtaliG/Gan ReBstaurantg  

SAx OUTRO: G B g G B g
c g B C G

Notes:
? Run Down: There are no chords to fit over this part, the whole band plays the run down:
E-----------------|
B----------------|
G-----------------|
D-320-------------|
A----320-310------|
E-----------310---|