Billy Joel - State of Grace: chords

A              E/G#                  F
There you go, slipping away into a state of grace
Dm                            A#
I know the look that comes across your face
Bm7-5        E       E/A A E/A D/A
It's so familiar to me
A           E/G#                     F
Here I am, trying to keep you in my line of sight
Dm                          A#
I'm never certain that you read me right
Bm7-5          E            E/A A E/A
Sometimes you don't want to see
        F#m  C#m/E                     Dmaj9
Here we are, both of us know we're in love
    C#m/E                   F#m
But that isn't always enough
C#m/E               Dmaj9         E
I never could rise above it all, down I fall

Chorus:
E             A             E/G#                 F
But darling there you go, slipping away into a state
of grace
Dm                            A#
Granted, this world is not a perfect place
Bm7-5           E             E/A A E/A D/A
Still it's the world that I'm in
A          E/G#                           F
Here I am talking while you don't hear a word I say
Dm                               A#
Knowing you're watching me from far away
Bm7-5          E           E/A A E/A
Somewhere that I've never been

D/A        E  Gm6                    D/F#
Don't you see, you lived a different life than me
Fm6                A           B/D#
It don't mean you have to be afraid of how
     Bm/D                 Esus4  E
We're not the same, don't leave me now
              A         E/G#
But darling there you go
           F
Slipping away

D/A    F#m C#m/E                      Dmaj9
How can I, get you to stay where you are
C#m/E                   F#m
Keep you for going too far
C#m/E                  Dmaj9             E
Holding you here is so hard to do...I'm losing you

A              E/A                   F
There you go, slipping away into a state of grace
Dm                       A#
Drifting away into your sacred place
Esus/B         E            A E/A D/A
Someplace that I've never been
A           E/A
There you go
           F   Dm
Slipping away
Dm          A# Esus4/B
Slipping away
E        A       E/A  D/A
Into a state of grace
A              E/A                  F
There you go, slipping away into a state of grace
Dm                A# Esus4/B
You're drifting away
E          A       E/A D/A
Into that sacred place