Sleeping With the Television On – Billy Joel Song Chord/Tab and Lyric

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Sleeping With the Television On – Billy Joel Piano, Guitar, Ukulele Chord/Tab and Lyric
Artist: Billy Joel
Album/Category: Glass Houses (1980)


Gmaj7 A Bm/D[/ch]
A Bm/D[/ch]
A Bm/D[/ch]
A Bm/D[/ch]

I've been w[A/C#]atching you waltz all night [D/F#]Diane
Nobody's found a way behind your defenses
They never n[A/C#]otice the zap gun in your h[D/F#]and
Until you're p[D/F#]ointing it and stunning their [D/F#]senses

All night long, all [D/F#]night long
You'll shoot 'em [D/F#]down because you're waiting for somebody
good to come on
All night long, all n[D/F#]ight long
But you'll be sleeping with the television on

A Bm/D[/ch]
A Bm/D[/ch]

You say you[A/C#]'re looking for someone soli[D/F#]d here
You can't be bothered with those `just for the night' boys
Tonight unle[A/C#]ss you take some kind of ch[D/F#]ances dear
Tomorrow morni[D/F#]ng you'll wake up with the whi[D/F#]te noise

All night long, all [D/F#]night long
You're only stand[D/F#]ing there 'cause somebody once did

somebody wrong
All night long, all n[D/F#]ight long
But you'll be sleeping with the television on

Your eyes are saying t[D/G]alk to me, t[D/G]alk to me
But your attitude is "don't w[A/B]aste my t[A/B]ime"[D/G]
Your eyes are saying t[D/G]alk to me, t[D/G]alk to me
But you wo[D/G]n't hear a word 'cause it jus[Bm/A]t might be the same
old[Bm/A] line

This isn't [A/C#]easy for me to say Diane[D/F#]
I know you don't need anybody's protection
I really wis[A/C#]h I was less of a thinking [D/F#]man
And more a foo[D/F#]l who's not afraid of rejectio[D/F#]n

All night long, all [D/F#]night long
I'll just be stan[D/F#]ding here 'cause I know I don't have the
guts to come on
All night long, all n[D/F#]ight long
And I'll be sleeping with the television on

Your eyes are saying t[D/G]alk to me, t[D/G]alk to me
But my attitude is "boy, don't wa[A/B]ste your [A/B]time"[D/G]
Your eyes are saying t[D/G]alk to me, t[D/G]alk to me
But I won'[D/G]t say a word 'cause it just m[Bm/A]ight be somebody
else's sam[Bm/A]e old line

Instrumental verse

All night long, all [D/F#]night long
We're only standi[D/F#]ng here 'cause somebody might do somebody
wrong
All night long, all n[D/F#]ight long
G A Gmaj7 A Bm/D[/ch]
And we'll be sleeping with the television on
Sleeping with the television on
A Bm/D[/ch] A Gmaj7 A Bm/D[/ch]
Sleeping with the television on
Ooohhhhhhh, Sleeping with the television on

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