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I Go to Extremes – Billy Joel Song Chord/Tab and Lyric

I Go to Extremes – Billy Joel Piano, Guitar, Ukulele Chord/Tab and Lyric
Artist: Billy Joel
Album/Category: Storm Front (1989)


I Go To Extremes ? Billy Joel

Intro:
[F/A]
[F/A]
Verse 1:
Call me a joker,call[F/C] me a fool.Right at[F/C] this moment I'm totally cool.
Clear as a crystal, [F/A]sharp as a knife. I feel like I'm in the prime of my life.

Pre-Chorus:
Sometimes it feels l[F/A]ike I'm going to fast I don't know how[C/G] long this feeling will last.[D7/F#]
[C/G]Maybe it's only tonite.

Chorus:
Darling I don't know why [F/A]I go to extremes.
Too high or too low there ain't[F/A] no in betweens.
Bb6 A7 Dm Dm/E[/ch] Fm
And if I stand or I fall, it's all or nothing at all.
Darling I don't know why [F/A]I go to extremes.

Verse 2:
Sometimes I'm tired,[F/C] sometimes I'm shot, s[F/C]ometimes I don't
know how much more I've got.
Maybe I'm [C/E]headed over the hil, Maybe I've set myself up for the kill.

Pre-Chorus:
Tell me how much do [F/A]u think u can take,[C/G] until the heart in u is starting to break?[D7/F#]
[C/G]Sometimes it feels like it will.

Chorus:
Darling I don't know why [F/A]I go to extremes.
Too high or too low there ain't[F/A] no in betweens.
Bb6 A7 Dm Dm/E[/ch] Fm
You can be sure when I'm gone,I won't be out there too long.
Darling I don't know why [F/A]I go to extremes.

Bridge:
Out of the darkness, into the light, leaving the scene of the crime.
Either I'm wrong or I'm perfectly right every time.
Am F ? F/C ? F/A ? F C C/E
Sometimes I lie awake night after night, coming apart at the
seams.
D Bb F ? F/G ? F/A C C
Eager to please, ready to fight why do I go to extremes.

Piano interlude:
[F/A]
[F/A]
Chorus:
Bb6 A7 Dm Dm/E[/ch] Fm
And if I stand or I fall, it's all or nothing at all.
Darling I don't know why [F/A]I go to extremes.
Darling I don't know why [F/A]I go to extremes.
Too high or too low, there ain[F/A]'t no in-betweens.
Bb6 A7 Dm Dm/E[/ch] Fm
You can be sure when I'm gone,I won't be out there too long.
Darling I don't know why [F/A]I go to extremes.

Outro:
[F/A] I don't know why, I don't know why!
[F/A] I don't know why. I don't know why!

Bb F/A C X5

This tab is 100% correct with the live version as it was played in Frankfurt have fun!
the video: http://youtu.be/aMegExKstdM
Listen to the song so you know when to play witch Chord exactly!!

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