Just The Way You Are by Billy Joel Piano Sheet Music

100% accurate note-for-note transcription of the piano part played on Billy Joel’s song Just The Way You Are from the 1977 album The Stranger.

Just The Way You Are by Billy Joel Piano Sheet Music

100% accurate note-for-note transcription of the piano part played on Billy Joel’s song Just The Way You Are from the 1977 album The Stranger.

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The Van Tuyl Music Foundation’s sheet music transcription of the piano part played on Billy Joel’s song Just The Way You Are was completed by our team of elite, professional musicians who invest multiple hours into ensuring the accuracy of each transcription. PDF sheet music downloads of our transcriptions are available for educational use only to members of The Van Tuyl Music Foundation’s Rhino Clubs, to students in programs funded by The Van Tuyl Music Foundation, and also to donors of The Van Tuyl Music Foundation who support our mission to make modern music education accessible to people of all ages, ethnicities, and economic backgrounds.

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About Just The Way You Are (from Wikipedia):

“Just the Way You Are” is a song by Billy Joel from his fifth studio album The Stranger (1977). It was released in September 1977 as the album’s lead single. It became both Joel’s first US Top 10 and UK Top 20 single (reaching No. 3 and No. 19 respectively), as well as Joel’s first gold single in the US. The song also topped the Billboard Easy Listening Chart for the entire month of January 1978. “Just the Way You Are” garnered two Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year in 1979. Billy Joel – lead vocals, Fender Rhodes Hugh McCracken – acoustic guitar Steve Burgh – acoustic guitar Doug Stegmeyer – bass guitar Liberty DeVitto – drums Ralph MacDonald – percussion Phil Woods – alto saxophone Patrick Williams – orchestration

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