Laura Tabulatur von Billy Joel (für Baryton)

Bb                               Gm               C7/G
Laura calls me in the middle of the night
C7              Ebm7
Passes on her     painful information
Bb                            Bb/A                   Gm             C7/G
Then these careless fingers, they get caught in her vice
C7                               F#7
Til they're bleeding on my coffee table

Chorus:

B7                        F7                    Gm 
Living alone isn't all that it's cracked up to be
F#7
Oh whoa whoa
B7                        F7                     Gm 
I'm on her side, why does she push the poison on me?
F#7          B*    Bb
Oh whoa whoa whoa whoa

(*First chorus only)

Verse:
Laura has a very hard time
All her life has been one long disaster
Then she tells me she suddenly believes she's seen a very good sign
She'll be taking some aggressive action

Chorus:
I fight her wars while she's slamming her doors in my face
Oh whoa whoa
Failure to break was the only mistake that she made
Oh whoa whoa

Bridge:

Db                               Eb7
Here I am feeling like a fucking fool
Ebdim/A                Ab                 Db    
Do I react the way exactly she intends me to?
Db                            Db /F                      Eb7
Every time I think I'm off the hook she makes me lose my cool
                  Ebdim/A                Ab
I'm her machine and she can punch all the keys
                    Ebdim/A                F
And she can push any button I was programmed through

Verse:
Laura calls me when she needs a good fix
All her questions will get sympathetic 
Answers I should be so immunized to all of her tricks
She's surviving on her second chances