Billy Joel – She’s Always a Woman

Learn how to play Billy Joel – She’s Always a Woman note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty level: Advanced
Barre chords: Yes
Thumb over chords: Yes
Playing Style: Fingerpicked
Tuning: Standard
This lesson teaches an arrangement of Billy’s piano part as played on the original studio version, arranged for acoustic guitar.
The complete file contains 2 lesson videos, a performance play thru video, full tabs, chords and lyrics. You’ll receive a link to download the lesson which will download as a zip file of 469 Mb containing all the lesson content.
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You’ll receive at least two videos per song, one lesson and one performance-standard play-through. You’ll receive the chords/lyrics and guitar tabs as PDF files.
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Dave Brown says
I love this song, used to listen to it on the school bus in the 70s. I think The Stranger was the first album I ever bought.
Two questions.
Although you describe it as advanced, the preview doesn’t seem too bad, is it just the solo part that is advanced?
Does it include the guitar part from the original?
Jerry says
Hi Dave
It doesn’t include the guitar part from the original. It’s a transcription of Billy’s piano part for guitar.
The tricky bit is the second half of the bridge (“Oh, and she never gives out…) which dips briefly into the key of C minor.
Dave Brown says
Many thanks Jerry, I’ll give it a go.
mike says
absolutely worth the long wait. thank you very much. best arrangement for acoustic guitar i’ve come across.