A MATTER OF TRUST As recorded by Billy Joel (From the 1986 Album THE BRIDGE) Words and Music by Billy Joel Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Russell Javors - Electric Guitar' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'David Brown - Electric Guitar' Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Billy Joel - Piano' Intro Q=115 N.C. D5 B5 4/4 Gtr III (Piano arr. for Gtr.) Gtr I H E E E E +W +W Q a E E Q E E |-----------------|-------------|-------------|-----12s14----------------| |-----------------|-------------|-------------|-----10s12---10---10\-----| |-----------------|-------------|-------------|--------------9---11\-----| |--------------12-|-(12)--------|-(12)--------|--------------------------| |--------12-14-12-|-(12)--------|-(12)--------|--------------------------| |-----------------|-------------|-------------|--------------------------| | | Gtr II | W W W Q. E E E E S S |-----------------|-------------|-------------|--------------------------| |-----------------|-------------|-------------|--------------------------| |-----------------|-------------|-------------|-7--------------7-----4-4-| |-----------------|-------------|-------------|-7--------------7-----4-4-| |-----------------|-------------|-------------|-5--------------5-----2-2-| |-----------------|-------------|-------------|--------------------------|

E S S E E S S E E ^D5E +E E a E E Q E ^B5E |--------------------------|-------10h12---------------| |--------------------------|-------10h12---10---10-----| |----------7-7-9p7---7-----|----------------9---11-----| |----7-(7)-7-7-9p7---7-9---|-(9)-----------------------| |----7h=9----------9-------|-----------------------x---| |--------------------------|---------------------------|

| | Q. E E E E S S Q. E E E E S S |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |-4----------------4---7-7-|--7---------------7----4-4-| |-4----------------4---7-7-|--7---------------7----4-4-| |-2----------------2---5-5-|--5---------------5----2-2-| |--------------------------|---------------------------| 1st - 4th Verses $ $$ D5 D5 B5 PM-------------| S S E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------------||-----------------------| |------------------------||o----------------------| |--------7-7-9p7---7-7---||--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----| |--------7-7-9p7---7-7---||--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----| |-9--9-7---------9-------||o-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----| |------------------------||-----------------------| | | Q. E E E E S S Q. E E E E S S |------------------------||-----------------------| |------------------------||o----------------------| |-4--------------4---7-7-||--7----------7---4-4---| |-4--------------4---7-7-||--7----------7---4-4---| |-2--------------2---5-5-||o-5----------5---2-2---| |------------------------||-----------------------| D5 B5 PM--------------------------------------- E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------| |-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7---| |-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7---| |-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5---| |--------------------|--------------------| | | Q. E E E E S S Q. E E E E S S |--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------| |-4----------4---7-7-|-7----------7---4-4-| |-4----------4---7-7-|-7----------7---4-4-| |-2----------2---5-5-|-5----------5---2-2-| |--------------------|--------------------| F#m ------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----| |-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----| |-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----| |--------------------|---------------------| | | Q. E E E E S S Q E E E E E S S |--------------------|-----2-----2---------| |--------------------|-----2-----2---------| |-4----------4---4-4-|---------------------| |-4----------4---4-4-|---------------------| |-2----------2---2-2-|-4-------------4-4---| |--------------------|-2-------------2-2---| A D5 B5 PM----------------------------------------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---| |-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| | | Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E S S Q E E E E E S S Q E E E E E S S |-----2-----2-----|-----5-------------|-----5-----5-------|-------------------| |-----2-----2-----|-----5-------------|-----5-----5-------|-------------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------x---7-7-|-7---7-----7---4-4-| |-----------------|-----------7---7-7-|-7---------7---7-7-|-7---7-----7---4-4-| |-4-------------7-|-7---------7---7-7-|-7---------7---5-5-|-5---5-----5---2-2-| |-2-------------5-|-5-----------------|-------------------|-------------------| D5 B5 PM-------------------------------------- E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7---| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7---| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5---| |-------------------|--------------------| | | Q E E E E E S S Q. E E E E S S |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-4---4-----4---7-7-|-7----------7---4-4-| |-4---4-----4---7-7-|-7----------7---4-4-| |-2---2-----2---5-5-|-5----------5---2-2-| |-------------------|--------------------| D5 F#m ------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----| |-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----| |-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----| |--------------------|---------------------| | | Q. E E E E S S Q E E E E E S S |--------------------|-----2-----2---------| |--------------------|-----2-----2---------| |-4----------4---7-7-|---------------------| |-4----------4---7-7-|---------------------| |-2----------2---5-5-|-4-------------4-4---| |--------------------|-2-------------2-2---| To Coda To Coda A PM------------------------------------ E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------|------------------| |-------------------|------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| |-------------------|------------------| | | Q E E E E E S S Q E E E E E E |-----2-----2-------|-----5-----5------| |-----2-----2-------|-----5-----5------| |-------------------|-----6-----6------| |-------------------|---------------7--| |-4-------------7-7-|-7-------------7--| |-2-------------5-5-|-5-------------5--| Interlude 1. D5 B5 ---------------| E E E E E E E E Q a E E Q S S E |-------------------||-----12s14-----------------| |-------------------||-----10s12---10---10-x-----| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||--------------9---11---7---| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||---------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||---------------------------| |-------------------||---------------------------| | | Q E E E E E S S Q. E E E E S S |-----5-----5-------||---------------------------| |-----5-----5-------||---------------------------| |-------------------||-7--------------7------4-4-| |-7-------------7-7-||-7--------------7------4-4-| |-7-------------5-5-||-5--------------5------2-2-| |-5-----------------||---------------------------|

E S S E E S S E E ^D5E Q a E E Q S S ^B5E |------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------|-----10s12---10---10-------| |--------7-7-------7-----|------9s11----9---11-------| |--------7-7-9p7---7-9---|---------------------9s7---| |----7h9---------9-------|---------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------|

| | Q. E E E E S S Q. E E E E S S |------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------| |-4--------------4---7-7-|-7--------------7------4-4-| |-4--------------4---7-7-|-7--------------7------4-4-| |-2--------------2---5-5-|-5--------------5------2-2-| |------------------------|---------------------------| D5 |-3-| E S S E S S +E E S S S E |-----------------------------------|| |----------------------------------o|| |--------7-(7)(7)-(7)-7-------------|| |-7------7--7h=9--(9)-7-------------|| |-7--7h9----------------7h9p7s5----o|| |-----------------------------------|| | | Q. E E E E S S |-----------------------------------|| |----------------------------------o|| |-4-------------------4-------7-7---|| |-4-------------------4-------7-7---|| |-2-------------------2-------5-5--o|| |-----------------------------------|| Bridge 2. A G5 PM------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E |-----------------||-0-----------0---0-|-0-----------0---0-| |-----------------||-----0-3-(3)---2---|-----0-3-(3)---2---| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||---0---------------|---0---------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-------------------|-------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-------------------|-------------------| |-----------------||-------------------|-------------------| | | PM------------------------------------- | Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-5---5-----5-5---||-------------------|-------------------| |-5---5-----5-5---||-------------------|-------------------| |-----------------||-------------------|-------------------| |-----------------||-------------------|-------------------| |-----------------||-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-| |-----------------||-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-| F#5 Q E E +E E E E E E E E +H |-0---2-------2---2-|-0-----2-(2)---------| |-------3-(3)---2---|-----2---------------| |-2-----------------|---2-----------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| | |-------------------------------------| | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4---| |-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2---|

^E5 Q. Q. Q ^A5E E E E +H |-!0------!0------!0---|---0---------------| |-!3------!2------!0---|-----0-------------| |-!0------!0------!0---|-2-----2-(2)-------| |----------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------|

| | PM--------------------------------------- | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |----------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-6-| |--2--2-2--2--2-2--2-2-|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-4-| |--0--0-0--0--0-0--0-0-|-------------------| D.S. al Coda D5 G5 A5 Q. E H E E E E E E E E |-!0------0-!0-------|---3-3-3---5-5-5--|| |-!2------3-!2-------|---3-3-3---5-5-5--|| |-!2------2-!2-------|---4-4-4---6-6-6--|| |--------------------|---5-5-5---7-7-7--|| |--------------------|------------------|| |--------------------|------------------|| | |------------------------------------| | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------|------------------|| |--------------------|------------------|| |--------------------|------------------|| |--7--7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|------------------|| |--5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7--|| |--------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5--|| Guitar Solo & A D5 B5 PM------------| E E E E E E E E E S S E E E +S +S S S E |-------------------||---------------------------------------| |-------------------||---10s12s10---10-----(10)-(10)---------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||----9s11s=9p7--9b11===(9)r=(9)-7-------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||---------------------------------9-7---| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||---------------------------------------| |-------------------||---------------------------------------| | | Q E E E E E S S Q E E E E E S S |-----5-------------||---------------------------------------| |-----5-------------||---------------------------------------| |-----6---------7-7-||-7--------7------------7-----------4-4-| |---------------7-7-||-7--------7------------7-----------4-4-| |-7---------7---5-5-||-5--------5------------5-----------2-2-| |-5---------5-------||---------------------------------------|

E S S E E S E. S S ^D5E S S S S S E. S S E Q ^B5 |----------------------------|---------------------------/12------| |-------10-10----------------|----------10s12----10------/12------| |--------7--7-7h9----7-------|-----------9s11-------11------------| |---7h9----------------9-7---|-7--7-7----7s=9---------------------| |----------------------------|--------7---------------------------| |----------------------------|------------------------------------|

| | Q E E E E E S S Q. E E E E S S |----------------------------|------------------------------------| |----------------------------|------------------------------------| |-4------4---------4-----7-7-|-7-----------------------7-----4-4--| |-4------4---------4-----7-7-|-7-----------------------7-----4-4--| |-2------2---------2-----5-5-|-5-----------------------5-----2-2--| |----------------------------|------------------------------------| +E E S S E S S E E E |-(12)-10------------------------| |-(12)-10-10-----12s10---10------| |---------11p9s7-11s=9p7--9------| |---------------------------9\---| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| | | Q. E E E E S S |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |---4------------------4----4--4-| |---4------------------4----4--4-| |---2------------------2----2--2-| |--------------------------------|

^F#mE S S E E E E E a E +Q S S S S E E E ^AS S |-------2---2-----5s7-|-(7)--5-------2-----5-5-| |-------2---2-----5s7-|-(7)--5-7-----2---3-5-5-| |-------2---2---------|----------6---2---2-----| |---2s4---------------|----------------4-------| |---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|------------------------|

| | Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E S S |-------2-----2-------|------2---------2-------| |-------2-----2-------|------2---------2-------| |---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|------------------------| |-4-----------------4-|--4-----------------7-7-| |-2-----------------2-|--2-----------------5-5-| ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. S S S S E +E S S E E Q Q Q |-5-------5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|-5----9----9----9--|| |-5-------5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|-7---10---10---10--|| |-------------------------|-------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------|| | | Q E E E E E E Q E E E E Q |-----5---------5---------|------5------------|| |-----5---------5---------|------5------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------|| |-7-------------------7---|-7-----------7--7--|| |-5-------------------5---|-5-----------5--5--|| Bridge

^G5 Q. E +Q Q +E E +Q Q Q |-!0------!0-(0)---!0---|-(0)-!0-(0)---!0---!0---| |-!0------!3-(3)---!2---|-(2)-!0-(0)---!3---!2---| |-!0------!0-(0)---!0---|-(0)-!0-(0)---!0---!0---| |-----------------------|------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------|

| | PM------------------------------------------| | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------------|------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------| |--5--5-5--5--5--5--5-5-|--5---5--5--5--5-5--5-5-| |--3--3-3--3--3--3--3-3-|--3---3--3--3--3-3--3-3-|

^F#5 Q. E +Q Q +E Q E +Q Q |-!2------!2-(2)---!2---|-(2)-!2---!2-(2)---!5---| |-!5------!3-(3)---!2---|-(2)-!5---!3-(3)---!5---| |-!2------!2-(2)---!2---|-(2)-!2---!2-(2)---!2---| |-----------------------|------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------|

| | PM--------------------------------------------- | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------------|------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------| |--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4-|--4---4-4--4--4--4--4-4-| |--2--2-2--2--2--2--2-2-|--2---2-2--2--2--2--2-2-|

^E5 Q. E +Q Q ^A5E E E E E E Q |-!0------!0-(0)---!0---|-------0-----0----| |-!3------!2-(2)---!0---|-----0---0---0----| |-!0------!0-(0)---!0---|---2-------2------| |-----------------------|------------------| |-----------------------|------------------| |-----------------------|------------------|

| |---------------------------------------| | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------------|------------------| |-----------------------|------------------| |-----------------------|------------------| |-----------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| |--2--2-2--2--2--2--2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| |--0--0-0--0--0--0--0-0-|------------------| D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda && D5 G5 A5 D5 E E E E +E E Q E E E E E E E E |-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2---|---3-3-3---5-5-5----|| |-2-2-2-2-(2)-3-2---|---3-3-3---5-5-5----|| |-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2---|---4-4-4---6-6-6----|| |-------------------|---5-5-5---7-7-7----|| |-------------------|--------------------|| |-------------------|--------------------|| | | PM--------------| | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S |-------------------|--------------------|| |-------------------|--------------------|| |-------------------|---------------7-7--|| |-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-|---------------7-7--|| |-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5---7-7-5-5--|| |-------------------|-3-3-3-3---5-5------|| Outro A D5 D5 B5 PM------------| PM--| E E E E E E E E Q a E E Q S S E |-------------------||------10s12----------------| |-------------------||o-----10s12---10---7-7-----| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||--------------11---7-7-----| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||-----------------------9---| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||o--------------------------| |-------------------||---------------------------| | | Q E E E E E S S Q. E E E E S S |-----------5-------||---------------------------| |-----------5-------||o--------------------------| |---------------7-7-||--7--------------7-----4-4-| |---------------7-7-||--7--------------7-----4-4-| |-7---7-7-7-----5-5-||o-5--------------5-----2-2-| |-5---5-5-5---------||---------------------------|

E E E E E E E ^D5S S Q a E E S S S S S S ^B5S S |--------------------|-----10s12---10-10-10-10-10-7-----| |--------------------|-----10s12---10-10-10-10-10-7-----| |----------9-9p7-----|------------------------------9---| |--------7-9-9p7-----|----------------------------------| |-9--7-9---------9-7-|----------------------------------| |--------------------|----------------------------------|

| | Q. E E E E S S Q. E E E E S S |--------------------|----------------------------------| |--------------------|----------------------------------| |-4----------4---7-7-|-7------------------7---------4-4-| |-4----------4---7-7-|-7------------------7---------4-4-| |-2----------2---5-5-|-5------------------5---------2-2-| |--------------------|----------------------------------| D5 B5

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Q E S S Q a E E Q E S S |--------------------------|------10s12--------7--------| |--------------------------|------10s12---10---7--------| |--------7-7---------7-----|--------------11------------| |--------7-7-7-7h9---------|---------------------9p7----| |-9--9-7---------------9s7-|----------------------------| |--------------------------|-10-------------------------|

| | Q. E E E E S S Q. E E E E S S |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------| |-4----------------4---7-7-|--7--------------7---4-4----| |-4----------------4---7-7-|--7--------------7---4-4----| |-2----------------2---5-5-|--5--------------5---2-2----| |--------------------------|----------------------------|

E E E E S S E E ^D5E E S S a E E Q E ^B5S S |----------------------|--------10s12---10---7-----| |----------------------|--------10s12---10---7-----| |--------7-------7-----|-----------------9---------| |--------7-9p7---7-9---|----7-7----------------7h9-| |-9--7-9-------9-------|---------------------------| |----------------------|---------------------------|

| | Q. E E E E S S Q. E E E E S S |----------------------|---------------------------| |----------------------|---------------------------| |-4------------4---7-7-|-7-----------------7---4-4-| |-4------------4---7-7-|-7-----------------7---4-4-| |-2------------2---5-5-|-5-----------------5---2-2-| |----------------------|---------------------------|

S S S S E E S S S S E ^D5E |-----------------------------|| |----------------------------o|| |----------7-7---7-----7-7----|| |-9--9-----7-7---------7-7----|| |------7h9---------7h9-------o|| |-----------------------------||

| | Q. E E E E S S |-----------------------------|| |----------------------------o|| |-4----------------4-----7-7--|| |-4----------------4-----7-7--|| |-2----------------2-----5-5-o|| |-----------------------------|| Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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