Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are Guitar Chords Lesson - Acoustic

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In this Just The Way You Are guitar chords lesson, I will show you how to play this great Billy Joel classic arranged for acoustic guitar.

The tuning is standard tuning, E A D G B E.

The song was mostly played on a Fender Rhodes piano on the original recording. It can always be a bit tricky to play the same chord progressions on the guitar while making the chord voicings sound similar yet also reasonably playable.

I would put this arrangement around the intermediate level for guitarists due to the liberal use of barre chords and chord voicings that might not be very familiar to the beginning guitarist.

I have also transcribed the opening piano riff that occurs a few times throughout the song. It requires you to move around the fretboard pretty rapidly, but I think once you get it down, anyone hearing it will instantly recognize the song.

Have fun learning this acoustic guitar arrangement of a beautiful Billy Joel classic.

Carl...

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[jamisonc]

3:08 Main riff
5:54 Intro ending
6:31 1st verse 1st half
12:52 1st verse 2nd half
16:14 Ending variation
17:55 Bridge
21:23 Ending
22:54 Sax progression
23:22 Variation after sax
23:52 Demonstration
26:08 Mellow variation

I always love your Billy Joel arrangements! Billy was my most listened to artist of the year. I believe he’s the best songwriter of all time. You should consider doing Only the Good Die Young!

[asmrcharlie]

Ive said this before and I think it bears repeating. Carl is SO good because he embraces (and seems to truly love) all kinds of music. Many people are too locked into their genre to see the beauty in different chords and melodies. This was a total smoke show. Unbelievably tricky to sing and play these chords. So well done, Carl. Thank you.

[shadowlazers]

You're a great teacher your singing is so far but you are awesome forgotten like 10 Pink Floyd songs you are so good at explaining and teaching everything is as clear and simple to understand and you spell it out so precisely no fat involved

[fernandosancho]

Beautiful! I’d wish you had played part of the song in one go! Thank you for sharing!!

[yig]

I decided to play this song today, I got on some of the chords, but I was missing the more complex chords..thank you dear

[coffermartin]

Carl, you're a legend! The best guitar tutor on YouTube.

[murasakimirisan]

Thank you Carl, my parents asked me to play this for their wedding anniversary, and I am a singer pretending to be a guitarist, so learning from you rather than trying to make sense of the sheet music is so incredibly helpful!

[len]

Carl……you are a brilliant explainer-in-Chief. Thank you so much. Just know that we feel your desire to communicate well and therefore teach well. This is a great guitar arrangement of this song and I can’t wait to nail it down. Respect.

[wesjeanblanc]

This absolutely made my day! Thanks, Carl. Time and time again, you prove that you're the best, most versatile guitar teacher out there. Thank you so much!

[alexcantelou]

Always solid vids and lessons from your end. Just a killer arrangement of a classic pop tune. Way to knock it out of the park!!!

[Hoguitarthereal]

Bro amazing job one of the greatest chord writings ever.

[alanmcdowell]

Have a Happy New Years GuitarLessons365Song Think you so much for your time
Teching guitar songs and lessons

[donnyt]

Wow. You did great on that one. You're always excellent but that was special.

[genovon]

Ive done this tune for years but I wanted to hear your take because I have loved watching your lessons thank you

[RobMortonMusic]

This is a fantastic lesson. Thanks so much for all your time figuring this out. Just a perfect arrangement. Bravo. ✨👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[alessandromasipersonal]

Billy Joel is one of my favorites. Great

[irwanwan]

Good Teacher, Easy Learning & Practice. Goodjob

[AndyBankside]

Probably your best lesson. And my you've done some amazing ones. Thank you!

[EmrysGaming]

I just requested this song the other day and was wondering if you would teach it, and here you are! Thank you so much Carl!!!

[rhoanmartinez]

So professional master Carl from tarlac city Philippines!!!the best!!