Movin Out Anthonys Song

Written by: Billy Joel
From: "The Stranger" (1977)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: soprano C

CHORDS
        g-C-E-A
Caug    1-0-0-3
C7sus4  0-0-1-1
A7      0-1-0-0
Em7     0-2-0-2

Intro

| Dm | Gm7 | C Caug | F |
| Dm | Gm7 | C Caug | F |

Verse

Dm                   Gm7
Anthony works in the grocery store
C          Caug           F
Saving his pennies for someday
Dm                Gm7
Mama Leone left a note on the door
           C           Caug       F
She said, "Sonny, move out to the country"

Bridge

Dm                              G7
Working too hard can give you a heart attack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack
Bb                   C
You ought to know by now
Dm                       G7
Who needs a house out in Hackensack?
   C7sus4       C7         F
Is that all you get for your money?

Chorus

   Bb                    C    C7     A                A7   Dm
It seems like a waste of time,    if that's what it's all about
Dm7      Bb                    Em7    A       [ Dm ]
Mama, if that's movin' up then I'm       movin' out

Interlude

| Dm | Gm7 | C Caug | F |
| Dm | Gm7 | C Caug | F |

Verse

Dm                  Gm7
Sergeant O'Leary is walking the beat
   C          Caug      F
At night he becomes a bar tender
            Dm                          Gm7
He works at Mister Cacciatore's down on Sullivan Street
 C              Caug    F
Across from the Medical Center

Bridge

         Dm                         G7
And he's trading in his Chevy for a Cadillac-ac-ac-ac-ac-ac
Bb                   C
You ought to know by now
    Dm                       G7
And if he can't drive with a broken back
   C7sus4       C7         F
At least he can polish the fenders

Chorus

   Bb                    C    C7     A                A7   Dm
It seems like a waste of time,    if that's what it's all about
Dm7      Bb                    Em7    A       [ Dm ]
 Yea, if that's movin' up then I'm      movin' out

Interlude

| Dm | Gm7 | C Caug | F |
| Dm | Gm7 | C Caug | F |

Bridge

Dm                            G7
You should never argue with a crazy ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mind
Bb                   C
You ought to know by now
        Dm                     G7
You can pay Uncle Sam with the overtime
   C7sus4       C7          F
Is that all you get for your money?

Chorus

       Bb                    C    C7     A                A7   Dm
And it seems such a waste of time,    if that's what it's all about
Dm7   Bb                  Em7    A      [ Dm ]
 Good luck movin' up 'cos I'm      movin' out

Interlude

| Dm | Gm7 | C Caug | F |
| Dm | Gm7 | C Caug | F |

Outro

| D | G | A | D |
voc ad lib (repeat and fade)