20 (CH bt haem Words and Music by Billy Joel Fmaj Moderate a reat Gm ae % Eat Abas = 2. Bbasa? bade? They say that these are not the best. of times, __ So we'll ar - gue and we'llcom - pro mise, Instrumental © 1976, 1978 Blackwood Music nc. and Joelsongs ‘Administered by Blackwood Music Inc., 1850 Avenue ofthe Americas, New York, NY 10019 ‘International Copyright Secured Made in U.S.A. AllRights ReservedGm? Bbads? F They're the on - ly times__ I've re - a-lize. that noth- ing's changed. - per - i- ence, Gm? Bhasd?gee 7 Now,I have seen that sad sur - ren- der in my Now'we are forced to re - cog-nize our in - mu - n (3) How thought - — less-ly we dis = si - pate our stand a - part and — sym- pa-thize_ For we are ists with our in - san - i - ty__ And though we each oth - ers fan - ta -sies_ And as we 2 22al - ways what our choose be - tween re - stand up - on us, it's. eith-er sad —— ness it's eith-er sad with our re ~spec - tive sit =~ fo £- tions hand —_ al - i - ty - and mad — ness or eu - pho ness or___________ eu-~ pho - sim-i - lar - i - ties__ D.C. (take second ending at intro D.S.%