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Just The Way You Are

Music
Billy Joel
Lyrics
Billy Joel

"Just the Way You Are" is a 1977 song by Billy Joel from his album The Stranger. This page has the Just the Way You Are chords and a backing track you can slow down, speed up and transpose.

Who wrote "Just the Way You Are"

Billy Joel wrote the music and the words. The single reached the American top ten, and in 1979 the song won the Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

Recordings that made it a standard

  • Billy Joel — The Stranger (Columbia, 1977), with Phil Woods on alto saxophone.

Just The Way You Are chords:

A
E Am6/E
E A/E
E Am6/E
E A/E
B
Emaj7
C#m7
Amaj7
C#m7 E7
Amaj7
Am6
G#m7
Bm7 E7
Amaj7
Am6
G#m7
C#m7
C#m7/F#
F#9
A/B
C
E Am6/E
E A/E E7
D
Amaj7
B B/A
G#m7
B/C# C#7
F#m7
B7
E
E Bm7/E
C
D
Bm7
Esus E
Am7
D
A/B
E
Emaj7
C#m7
Amaj7
C#m7 E7
F
Amaj7
Am6
G#m7
Bm7 E7
Amaj7
Am6
G#m7
C#m7
F#m7
A/B
E Am6/E
E A/E E
E Am6/E
E A/E E
Outro A
E

Key: E major · Tempo: 80 bpm

Play the chord progression and change the key, style and tempo:

Play "Just The Way You Are" in the online player