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Billy Joel - Storm Front Chords

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Storm Front Chords

(ver. 1)
Billy Joel
"Storm Front" (Capo: 3rd. fret)

____Intro: (2 times)

 A  D/A  A7  /E  /F#  /G  /F#  /E
 A  D/A  A7

____Verse: 1

 A       D/A   A7      A7      
 Safe____at____harbor, everything is easy 
 F#m    F#m7sus  F#m        D7                  E7
 Off____to_______starboard, daylight comes up fast 
 A      D/A    A7       A7      
 Now____I'm____restless for the open water 
 F#m    F#m7sus      F#m    D7                     E7  E  F#m
 Red____flags____are flying from the Coast Guard mast 
G                G     A     D                        D7/F#
 They told me to st____ay, I heard all the information 
G          G     A      F#7+9      
 I motored aw____ay and steered straight ahead 
            B7+9
 Though the weatherman said 

____Chorus:

           Em7               C      B7 
 There's a storm front coming (mood indigo) 
 Em7                         C             B7 
 White water running and the pressure is low 
 Em7               C      B7 
 Storm front coming (mood indigo) 
 Bb9-5
 Small craft warning on the radio 

____Verse: 2

 A       D/A       A7      A7      
 I've____been____sailing a long time on this ocean 
 F#m    F#m7sus  F#m       D7                   E7
 Man____gets_____lonesome, all those years at sea 
 A       D/A      A7     A7      
 I've____got____a woman, my life should be easy 
 F#m     F#m7sus  F#m    D7                 E7  E  F#m
 Most____men______hunger for the life I lead 
G                G     A       D                   D7/F#
 The morning was gr____ay, but I had the motivation 
G          G     A      F#7+9      
 I drifted aw____ay and ran into more 
       B7+9
 heavy weather off shore 

____Chorus: 

           Em7               C      B7 
 There's a storm front coming (mood indigo) 
 Em7                         C             B7 
 White water running and the pressure is low 
 Em7               C      B7 
 Storm front coming (mood indigo) 
 Bb9-5
 Small craft warning on the radio

____Bridge:

             A7+9                                      Bb7+9
 We've got a low pressure system and a northeast breeze 
             A7+9                             Bb7+9
 We've got a falling barometer and rising seas 
               A7+9                            Bb7+9
 We've got the cumulonimbus and a possible gale 
             Eaug5
 We've got a force nine blowing on the Beaufort scale 

____Verse: 3

 A      D/A   A7           A7      
 I'm____still rest____less for the open water 
 F#m       F#m7sus  F#m      D7           E7  E  F#m
 Though____she______gives me everything I need 
G                G     A       D                     D7/F#
 She asked me to st____ay, but I'd done my navigation 
G            G     A       F#7+9      
 I drove her aw____ay, but I should have known 
         B7+9
 To stay tied up at home 

____Chorus:

           Em7               C      B7 
 There's a storm front coming (mood indigo) 
 Em7                         C             B7 
 White water running and the pressure is low 
 Em7               C      B7 
 Storm front coming (mood indigo) 
 Bb7+9
 Small craft warning on the radio

____Guitar solo:

 C#7+9 (6 bars)
 C#7+9  C9+11  B9  Bb7+9 

____Chorus: (twice/ A9 throughout)

  A9 
 (Storm front coming) There's a storm front coming, babe
                                      (mood indigo)
 
 (White water running) 1st. time: White water running
                       2nd. time: Get into white water running, yeah!
 (Storm front coming) 
              Oh, there's a storm front coming, babe
                                  (mood indigo) 
 (White water running, running)
            
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