Piano ® Vocal * Guitar Rinna LTON JOH OmenoON “aio INCLUDING BENNIE AND THE JETS # THE Brrc Is Back # CaN You FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT # CANDLE IN THE WIND 1997 # CiRcLE OF LiFE ¢ CROCODILE ROCK * Daniet * Don’t Ler THe Sun Go Down ON Me # Goopsye YELLOW Brick ROAD # HEALING HANDS # Honky Car # | Guess THa’s Way THEY CALL IT THE BLUES @ ISLAND GIRL ma HAL*LEONARD®ae Rana ELTON JOHN ‘ISBN 0-7935-9408-1 HAL® LEONARD® at grad Ot a4 7 10 13 18 22 25 28 32 38 40 45 48 52 56 63 68 74 78 82 90 94 104 101 108 12 120 124 128 us 132 136 CONTENTS SONG ALL THE GiRts Love ALICE Amazes ME BAD SIDE OF THE MOON Batt AND CHAIN Beuieve BENNIE AND THE JETS ‘Tue Brien Is Back Birt Your Lip (Ger Up aNp Dance) BLESSED Buue Eyes BLUES FOR BABY AND ME BORDER SONG Burn DOWN THE MISSION Cav You Fett THE Love ToNtGHr CANDLE IN THE WIND CANDLE IN THE WIND 1997 CAPTAIN FANTASTIC AND THE BRowN Dirt Cowsoy CARLA ETUDE Cutoe Circ oF Lire CLUB AT THE END OF THE STREET Cow Comer DOWN IN TIME Country Comrorr CROCODILE ROCK CURTAINS DANIEL Don’t Go BREAKING My HEART Don’t Ler THE SUN Go Down ON ME Dues ror ONE Eco Ewpry GarbeN (Hey Hey Jonny) FIRST APPEARED ON THIS ALBUM: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973) Sleeping with the Past (1989) 11-17-70 (1971) Jump Up! (1982) Made in England (1995) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973) Caribou (1974) Blue Moves (1976) Made in England (1995) Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975) Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973) Elton John (1970) Tumbleweed Connection (1971) The Lion King (1994) Honkey Chateau (1972) Single Only Release (1997) Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975) The Fox (1981) The Fox (1981) The Lion King (1994) Leather Jackets (1986) ‘Made in England (1995) Tumbleweed Connection (1971) Tumbleweed Connection (1971) Don’t Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973) Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975) Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973) Elton John’s Greatest Hits, Vol. II (1977) Caribou (1974) Duets (1993) To Be Continued (1990) Jump Up! (1982)Son 144 FANFARE 146 Frienps 148 FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND 141 Goopsye Yettow Brick Roap 152. Grey SEAL 156 Grow Some FUNK OF Your OWN 160 Harmony 172. HAVE MERCY ON THE CRIMINAL 178 HEALING HANDS 182 HEARTACHE ALL OVER THE WORLD 188 HIGH FLYING BIRD 192 Honky Car 165 I Dox’ WANNA Go oN wi You Like THAT 198 I Pret Like a Buuwer (Iv THe Gun oF Roser ForD) 202 1 Guess THar’s Way THY CALL Ir THe Buues 205 I Neep You To Turn To 208 I'M STILL STANDING 216 IN NEON 220 INDIAN SUNSET 228 IsLaND GIRL 211 Kiss THE BRIDE 232 THE Lasr SonG 236 LEGAL Boys 241 Lies 250. Livre JEANNIE 246 Levon FIRST APPEARED ON THIS ALBUM: The Fox (1981) “Priends" (1971) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973) Rock of the Westies (1975) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973) Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973) Sleeping with the Past (1989) Leather Jackets (1986) Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973) Honky Chateau (1972) Reg Strikes Back (1988) Rock of the Westies (1975) ‘Too Low for Zero (1983) Elton John (1970) Too Low for Zero (1983) Breaking Hearts (1984) Madman Across the Water (1971) Rock of the Westies (1975) Too Low for Zero (1983) ‘The One (1992) Jump Up! (1982) Made in England (1995) 21 at 33 (1980) Madman Across the Water (1971)ALL THE GIRLS LOVE ALICE ‘Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and BERNIE TAUPIN Moderate Rock Raised to be a a-li-ty it G Ebm en rule AL = ice was the just a dream She could - n't get it the pub-lic school With a dou -ble bar = rel name_ who's boys on the scene But what do you ex = pect from a cl coppigh © 197 ik anes Mu ted igs forte Unite tates an mst by og FbyGrmlnteatin ne ‘neater Coppa Seed Al hs ReseedG TB>m| back of her brain Anda sim - ple case — of just six teen And Ab Bbm it itt "Mum-my does-n’t love me" blues Re- Hey hey hey heyhey heyhey Bom you know what I mean —All the young girls love Al-ice_ ten-der young Alice they All the young girls love Al-ice— ten-der young Alice they EAT Go iat i — = = == = = o — a = * = — ami say come ov + er and see me come oy - er and please. me say If 1 give you my num-ber will you prom - ise to call___ me C2 —— —= === —— \¢ SS SS 2 = 8 Boo, G Bom Bom i im D.S. (with repeat) i i and Fade i's my turn to - day my hus-band’s a - way Additional Lyries 3. Poor little darling with a chip out of her heart, 4, And who could you call It's like acting in a movie Your friends down in Soho? ‘When you've got the wrong part. ‘One o two middle aged dykes in a go-go" Getting your kicks in another girl's bed, ‘And what do you expect ‘And it was only last Tuesday From a sixteen year old yo-yo? ‘They found you in the subway dead. ‘And hey, hey, hey, oh don’t you know.AMAZES ME Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and BERNIE TAUPIN » i J o » a SE fi 1. You're cool little ont My — dark southern breeze 2. Look up chat. pale light well she’s wak = ing the — tees rm ab b o Hae ai A sweeps through my fingers and it a= ma es me Di = xie drifting in your hoo~doo and it a= ma - 2es me Damn Mag-nolia neg tirucres by tetong vS intcrnaalCopgn seed es Reed68 a» ob fa Bi js oa sha-dow-land your en-vy —shehters me Lay down your bur-den myste-ry of state Ooh ooh Gots hold on me T got mo Bucs preach just Mississippi = Fi tb th é a cy ane a E - bo-ny Andit a = ma= 20s me Oh ita - ma xs me may-be the company neat babe. could be this tune me Wae 13 cm ao ‘ ar oe a ae i EE Sed aine to Coda © =ma - 20s me what drives me crazy is thae big fit yellow moon,b b 4 Fa? » i am as pe e moon, Abd it A = ma ~ zes me Ain’eno magic po-tion No Gri-grt on her side she's bound to my sal = va = thon Sweet lit = tle Mama takeme down by the river to-night. 7 » 3 Ba. copa if Ee ne He. BR DS al Coda And it a = ma = zee. me, and it a = ma~ res me10 BAD SIDE OF THE MOON Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and BERNIE TAUPIN Moderately fH Bats D> ou se ma la, Hireo HEF ou seme la, ou se ma la, ou se ma la, i § Eb gr a a = : = ae === ib = 2 ——— ij Se ns ? — if a fi att Gb ss Eb Ab/Bb baw ‘a ae ee SSS bck = — \BE= 4 Or == —— fea « . = = * Copy 98 om ies ‘cot ‘non und sae ad cane Arad Spa of Poa mana ‘ais arate Cobh Seaced Atha hes" pie live with me_ where the light Common peo - ple Ex-iled here from has__nev-er sentence comes shown, too soon, and the why other worlds; my ae” ap — = her-mits flock— like hum-ming birds, to speak_ in a for-eign tongue, should I be made to pay on the Bad Side Of The Moon?. a from the peo-ple who make_me = aad sit-ting on the Bad Side Of The + = ‘Moon,ae p i i HE RH Db ED a SSS ———— ets sit-ting on the Bad Side Of The Moai Ousemala, ousemala, ousema la, ousema la, ousema la e an se £ en ghia ae aaa fe jo.s. nb Db Ab Eb ob Mat coda e ousema la, ousema la, owsema la © oes Ab Repeat and Fade Ou se ma la, ou se mala, ou se ma Ia,3 BALL AND CHAIN ‘Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and GARY OSBORNE & fs Bb F Bb cei! fae i! [got a ball_and chain__ hang-ing a-round my — heart, — ae gs ze aft dia You were the one to blame, for tearing my world a~ part. Bosust » F Be te EE ae i] = T got a heart so true, yougot a heart-of ice, A You had to tie me down— in-side a cage of doubt. I'm T could-n’t take your pain, — you could-n't —take-my love, copysgh © 192 by ig a Mac igs Arniarybymtenang US, ctrl opyeghected Ah he RedEbBe tad if Ea zt ee little more love from = you—____ it could've been par - a-dise.— sick of be-ing kicked a - round so this is where [get out. Sotim gon-na quit this__game ‘cause ba-by I've had— e - nough. Bb 2 Bahr 5 ae ESE eee! ia i ETT got a ball and chain, hang-ing a - round my jmay-be And if ivs all the same MeySE) ye shoud pat.—_And Tanga Be yeah, do do do do do do dodo do. do do do do_ do do. Ji) i DN DM5 » HE To Coda® do do do do do do say toe. a) T'msing-ing do do dodo__ do do. Oo = ce ba - by, you tried to Bb Ey Eb BD E> BF OF EH BEE hold me,— but youwere slow - ly driv-ing me in ~ sane.— Oo - ee ba = by, I got a ball and chain,if heart, — You were the one to blame_ aS hang-ing a - round my F G a at Ea dere sec I got a heart so true, a heart_ of ice. — F 2: ©, eDKalCode i a a atl a it, could-vebeen par - a-dise,—B Bb bees wo zai fail ro I got a ball_ and chain hanging a- round my heart [got a ball and chain, hang-ing a-round my heart. And I'm sing “ing dodododo_ do do. do dodo do dodododo —do dita! dhl ddl Ds yeah, & li T'msinging dodododo_ do do do dodo do dodo do _— do. dood Doh BN op nm I ! |8 BELIEVE Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN (= 68) ‘om Greve & oa Dsust > Capos Hee es ie ‘ag om ie ie’s all we've got, love has no boun-dar-ies, costs we in love, is all we've got, love has no boun-dar-ies,__ no 3. With-out love, Twould-n't be-lieve in a-ny-thing no-thing © touch. — War makes mo-ney,— can- cer sleeps, bor-ders t0 cross. Love is simple, hhate breeds — that lives and breathes. With - out love Td have no an - ger, onyght © 1595 wim orgie (RS) an ana ASAP) “i igs Aamiswe by Ws ue Cr tema Coy Seed ARs Rndcm saa s — or o ——— = curled up in my —‘fa-ther and that means some-thing tome. those who think dif-fer-ence is. the child of dis - cate. T would-n't be - lieve in the right to stand here. a» cm ‘cmnveb pa} ng & ——— - SS [Se SS SSS — A Chur - ches and dic - ta-tors, po - li = tics and pa-pers, Fa = ther and son, make love and guns With = out love T would-n't be - lieve Ey a could-n’t believe — ry=thing —crum-bles mi - lies to-geth - er in you. and 1 kill would-n’t be- lieve. ter, but ‘with-out me, with-out in love.20 Deus oo om ome eae ea 3 om Dust > gm ie = ire 2 Gm eb cm. Dsusé > copa cm omis> ab Graugsin___ love, » Gravy om — I be-lieve in ove. Fm sues are repeat to fade cs, ig2 BENNIE AND THE JETS Slow tempo ‘Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN ot 0 fez Ze I= SSS = ‘lug. in - to" the faith * tess may = =— Gédim He Kids 3rd time piano solo SS Ad lib. solo 3rd time Am? D = light tingsomething hatspeen nown tochange the weather Weill the a «te all to-night so sek | sound. Bennie makes them agele ‘blinded but = a SS = SSS SSS We shall "sur-vive let ‘us take our-sees a= 2 a = r= + ==, = ae = a = # beet = ——s (3: = Ss = = = te v4 3) IF Em Am 8m = 72S wa S95 7 == —— st Ss Tome— nee Ut? BBR de BS Ss Sag THE SSIS Sh i tt and who's rome eee Z 7 o3 _ oun opyight © 1593 i ames Mui Lined ‘unis tre ester Sender Srl egembteraton,23 (Grd time vocal) Say Can-dy and Ron - nie have you seen them yet but » — (no solo 3rd time) SS out Ben-nie and the Jets they're so spaced But they're weird and they're wonderful oh Ben nie She's real - ly keen She's got e = Tee-tre boots a_-mo-hair suit__ youknow I read it’ in @ mag - a - zine _—____ oh,Bore Gmaj7 Ben-nie and the Jets Fmajy GT Fay, GT—iFmayy’— Gs Fmal msg # Am/s # DS. (Piano solo) al Coda Fmaj? G7 Fmal_ G7 Fai?’ G7_—Fmai’ A/G iit Repeat and Fade Ben-nie Bennie Ben-nie Ben-nie and the JotsTHE BITCH IS BACK Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN With a driving beat tos ee Db/Ab he Db/Ay BT jus - ti- fied. when Twas five ais - in’ cane 1 spit in your eye o» Db/Ab a He Times are chang- in’nowthe poor get_ fat but the fev-er'sgon-na catch you when the bitch gets back26 Db/Ab = — tote 6 7 : === Eat meat on & Db/Ab aS 87 Ab “i “2 al- fight. 1 ev = enlike__steak on a Sat-ur-day night can bitch the best at your so - x = Ss & BT hb Db/Ay = cial do's_ I get high in the evoning sniffing pots of glue Im a BT s 8 bitch I'm a bitch ohthe bitch is back Stonecold so - ber as BT & a a s bitch Lean bitch ‘cause I'm bet-terthan you It's the way that7 & Db/Ab Do/Ae & cen- ter- tain by_ picking brains sell my soul by drop-ping names I don’t like those!_My God, A> D/AD “ & DS. al Coda Ds Do/Ay he BT me __what’s that! Oh, its full_of nas-ty hab-its when the bitch gets back. ma Do/Ay Abr & Db aT Fe bitch, bitch, the bitch is_— back: bitch, bitch, the bitch is___ backBITE YOUR LIP (Get Up and Dance) Words and Music by ELTON JOHN Rock and BERNIE TAUPIN Dm > 0 So Bee tere HEE ERNE! 1. She slid % F eee o> 2 ee fp ee et eee s 7 downto the ci-ty lim-its Mon-key time in if - teen min - utes Bite yourlip, 2. Instrumental solo ad lib. 3. See additional lyrics sai get up, get up and dance. copy © 1975 ty ig Pe musts aragptt Abnatred by ftenarg 08 inenaonl pyro Seed Ai fis see29 Don’tlet me down Please stick a-round Bite your lip, Bb : To Coda ® AR 8 a getup, get up and dance. End of instrumental solo Bb Hi 1&2. Strobe light on funk-y feet, — Soul child-ren in thedis-co. heat, > i Move that mus-cle" ' shake — that fat. Bite your lip. get up, get up and dance,— Bb ag Bite your lip4 HE (19 times? e crescendo poco a poco) get up, get up and dance. Bite your lip get up, get up and dance. Bite yourlip, at a Bh (Repeat od — get up, get up and dance, dance, dance. > Sener reac ae Peers Chords tacet GRE aoa | Bite your lip Additional lyrics 3. Chicago, L.A. Everyplace, everyway, Bite your lip, get up, get up and dance. Ilinois, Santa Fe, Do do do do do do do what I say, Bite your lip, get up, get up and dance. To Coda32 BLESSED Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN om on? Dm +H you're a child. in my head, Crevst C7 Creuss «G7 ar Ser ieee im le ge a < = walked —yet,— your first words have but 1 swear oooh © 1395 wil A. ong Utes) and Hai ASAP pendent ae Cop vnematons Cop sec AIR Readyou'll be______ blessed. you're still just a dream,— your eyes_ might be — be - fore I'm too old, to hhave_ and crauso cr a or php aor green, 0 hold, or the blu ~ est that I've to walk with you and ‘watch, you grow, and know F © Cause aust you'll be. blessed, that you're __blessed. And4 ie ay + 4 = oS — ae © f = 9% youll be Bend youllhave the best, 1 provmise you that. aay" ie ah to Cada 6 Til pick @ starfrom the sky, pull yourmame from a hat, 1 pro - = mise you that,— mise you that,— pro - mise you that,35 ome "aa D& al Coda @ copa = mise you that,— mise you that, you'll be blessed,pull your name from a hat, = mise you that, — mise you that, pm abe ahmai7 3 Csuss © Csuss 5: SF Pyyou'll be. blessed.i BLUE EYES ‘Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and GARY OSBORNE Blue_eyes, — a sce tli i } like a deep” blue sea Like “a clear blue Sky comes, — ‘oman © 96 ty 89g pa mse ‘Atighs forthe Ue ates agmnsere Inertionl Copy Seared i irs emears it __ ——<—= a4 back the tears_ hold-ing back the pain augh-ing in’ the rain FIA Fa/Ab ae a7 Ge z SS = ba - by's got ba = by sgot tte eves, and she's a - lone a-sxin.— | Set and-am Thome gs _ = =— = 7 ie — F = - == a eae 5 : — SS = = nat a tin 4312? © DS. al Fine TAs Gh _DbiF aarey Fine\[2 pyc = feytet fi . are Matrices ff si Andam I home a- gain.BLUES FOR BABY AND ME Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and BERNIE TAUPIN Your old man_ got___mad ' when I told him we— wasleav: Saw your hands tremb- lingyour eyes op ~ened_in__ sur-prise (Gad time) He cursed — and_ he Is nine~ty in the swore at___ the cei - ling called you his child ain't a cloud. inthe sky called— you my__child ong ©3972 bik anes Maia stn ter be unig seine cane ety goto era pt —— saidhon-ey —getwise to his game. said hon nowthis is our game. - ble Iknow it those bums are all__ the same it and I'm hap-py to be home a- gain in the lane it'swait -ingfor uia2 So tell___ him good - bye— we got- ta go— Disust c Disust C —-Dsus4 C D7susd C Drsust = And it's all ov- er now don't you wor - ty no, c e (sus) G3 t | - = di-o's play - ing some blues for_— | i +s FE go ice? ee SS 2 ¢ me ‘And the highLord it looks that trip tothe west. D.S.al Coda - — sing-ing D C. D c D c¢ D Cc Bm Am G45 BORDER SONG Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and BERNIE TAUPIN: Slowly, with a beat {1 ave been te - moved Moy Mo + ses dT en eS Ra lust tse in peeve, 6B Esus E T fave seen the spec - he has Now the wind has changed “di- ree and 1 Let us sige To find a to makgall__— tant cousin from down the —— brand of peo- ple who ant ay OU please ex'~ sem ut its not my cup Theresa mane = ver there; peg whats Color Dh" gone opigh © 199k Jama ude Uke _ntnghs forthe Une tates an caede nes by Song Of PliGrarntrston ne ‘haratorl Copy seed Ath Rea2 E al To Coda.) my af -foirs__ ain't a~ bused, 1 cant take an- y more bad wa - ter been ae (ee NeFo/G OuFe a Ls 4 — —— SS ef ay = SS = 5 = Aa ——$——=—=—— | SSS]. BURN DOWN THE MISSION Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and BERNIE TAUPIN o=Bo Bhic om 1, You tell me there's an an-gel in your 2, Deep in the woods the squirrels are out Eb Gp bass Aschbass Deus eee ** EEE ** aa... BH did he say he'd come to call on me?. my wife cried when they came to take me a- way, 7 # Em7sust 0 Bb/c base # For things are get-ting _des-p'rate_ in| our home, __ But what more could I do just to keep her warm, igh for he Unite ste ap nad arnt Song of PoGram Inara ne inerstonl Cop Seawed Alig ReservedChaim? Grom a ee. ee ee Ey-'ry-bod-y, now, g HE] iH bring your fam- ‘lies down_ to the riv-er-side, € eae ook to the east t see wherethe fat stock hide. Be- hind four walls of stone the rich man_ C6/6 bass ° ae — sleeps,— time we put the flame torch to their keep.Burn down the mis-sion Burn down the mis-sion, Lord, } we're gonna stay alive, — De Ay Gy an ga fm — Burn down the _mis-sion, Burm down— the mission, eum it down tostey a lve, tes our (ee Eb /0> base Bb Ab De on-ly chance of liv-ing,take all you need‘ Faster a F Bbyr as ae + GB _ oaeu F Bb Bb/Dbass F/Cbass Bb ae iia Hae ER & F CibH Gyppae So J vote a a i st Original tempo ae BbiC bass Db/Ab bast Bbm Bbm6 = F/ctas VA bs ey 1 A EE és Repeat and Fade reo Eb/F bast Bbyr bass coda op fe iar de‘CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT from Walt Disney Pictures’ THE LION KING Music by ELTON JOHN Lyrics by TIM RICE Pop Ballad ney B HA Eb/G BbIF BbD b gz &£ F&F BF = 2 ™p legato With pedal aati FA Bh Cm? BLD Eb BbD = & 2 B ce ee ‘There’s. a calm_ —sur-ren - der ‘There’s a time _—for_ev- ’ry-one, Eb BLD Eb B/D A Et Fg a the rush. of day, when the heat_ of the roll-ing — world— they on - ly learn_ that the twist ing ka. lei- do - scope— BD I Eb 2 = gz can be turned. a - way. An en - chant - ed moves us all in turn,_ There’s a rhyme_ and {51894 wonderin Muse Company, Incernatonl cop Seated Al Rig ReservedEb BD Eb Gm cae = Rr = a ee and it sees_ me — through. _ It's e~ nough_ for this rest - less war-rior — when the heart_ of this. star-crossed voy-ag - er to the wild out - doors Ab F Bb BA = g & just to be with you. _ beats in mec With ome. And can you feel the love_ poco crese. —_ to - night? _ It is where— we are. — Its e- nough_______for thisGm Gm Eb cm BD Eb cm im & ge ‘ Eo RY & eyed wan-der - er F Bb FA ees to - night, —__ how it’s laid__ to rest? Ise ~ nough —Gm GmF FTsus Eb cm Eb i fi ze g & & B kings aand___vag-a - bonds __ be - lieve the ver - y best. poco dim Eb BoD FIA Bb Cm? B/D By Be a 2 S Re it Z =. =—- —— = ———— . kings — — vag-a-bondsbe-lieve the ver - y_ best. ‘molto rit.56 CANDLE IN THE WIND Music by ELTON JOHN Words by BERNIE TAUPIN Gently, reflectively B AG$ Fim7 EB Eu OE cy Ss 8 @ HE though I nev - er the tough-est role knew you at all you had the-grace you ev = erplayed. Hol - ly-wood cre = at - ed round you crawled. ‘They crawled out of the the price you paid. E = ven when you 1.91973 Dc ames Muse Line nights for he Unit Sater acd Admntered by Sonar OF PeyCramnternatoral re “ntermaora Copan secre A Rghs Reseedand they whis-pered in = to___._your_ brain. — oh, the press still —hound-ed you, ‘They set ‘All the pa you. on the tread pers had = mill to say was that Mar - i - lyn was found in 7 and they made you change. your name. —_ It seems to me you lived your lifelike a ean - dle in the wind, ee na nev-er know-ing who to cling to when thewould have liked to have known AG# Fam? E. aeB A, ANGE Fem? Good-bye Nor - ma Jean, —_ > a though I nev - er knew you at all you had the grace 0 DIA A a a E/G# zi t hold your - self __ while those a - round you crawled.60 from a youngman in the twen = ty sec - ond row who sees you as some-thing more than sex ~ ual, —_ ‘more than Asus A to me you lived your lifelike. aa E = 2 aa nev -er know - inj who to cling 0 when the rain_ 1B ie ‘And I would have liked to have known Ci you, but Twas just a kid Your can - dle bumed — out \ = ———— Ey z a> long be = fore — your leg-end ev - er did, ___2 would have liked tohave known you, was just Jong be - fore — your leg-end ev-cr diCANDLE IN THE WIND 1997 Music by ELTON JOHN Words by BERNIE TAUPIN B a Fim? B. a = cd = uae e SSS SS SSS T —~ t grow in our hearts, You were the grace that placed it ~ self _— where with = out your smile, This torch we'll al - ways car - ry for our A Asus A ei x lives were torn a - part You called out tour coun-try, na - tion's gold - en child. — And e-venthough we try Copyright © 1973, 1997 James Muse Unites “alge forthe nea tte a Eanads Anstey Songs OF Peyrar nteratonl, nc intrational Copyright Secured Al Rights AveneET. | and you whis-pered to those in pain. ___ Now you be long the truth brings us totes. All. our words F/GE A Asus heaven, and the stars spell out your name. Rot ex- press the joy you've brought us through the years. ‘And it seems to me — you lived your lifelike a can - dle inthe. win with the sun when the rain set in, —65 Bsus B A ze & & z: ‘And your footsteps will al- ways fall__ here _ a- long Cim B oR recta B England's green-est hills. Your can - dle’s burned out Tong — be - fore — your leg-end ev = er wil ___66 BG Fim? E B BT > Eng-land’s rose; —__ were the grace that placed it - sclf_____ where lives Asus, A E Eng-land’s rose,67 ENG3 A —— from a coun-try ost with - out your soul, who'll miss the wings of your com - BIG A. sug pas - sion more than you will ev - er know, copa E ccan - dle’s burned out long — be - fore — > EB EGH Fam? . ne e Ee FE your leg-end ever will.6 CAPTAIN FANTASTIC AND THE BROWN DIRT COWBOY Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN Slow 4 ab # He Ee Cap - tain Fan - tas - tie, raised_and_ reg - i-mented This is a piano guide, t0 be interpreted at the discretion of the player. Fi at a a Hard-ly a he Just some-one_his mother might comn-flakes and clas-sics “Two teas both with sug - ar please” Very clearlya case sguomesmaserau era. oF Am? Inthe back of anal - ley While lit-tle Dirt Cow-boys tumed brown in__their sad - dles choclate bis-cuits, And Sweet o red rosy ap ~ ples_ in sum-mer For it’s hay make and“Hey —mom.— do the pa-perssay an-y-thing good” Are there chances in life for_ lit-tle_ Dirt Cow- boys g 8b 2 a fit igo Should I make my way out of -my_—home inthe woods?7 am? os — = Goose = as young spar-rows . + a =m ‘That starve in the win-ter__— Bro-ken young chil-dren on the wheels of the win-nersn = = ti-val wall flowers are thin Andthe six-ty eight sum-mer fes - == 22S === 3 = ~ ning ~ For cheap eas ~ y meals_ are hard = ly a home— Too hot— for the band___ with a des-per-ate de sire— for. change—n We've thrown in thetowel too man-y times_ a out_ for the count_ when we're down Brown Dirt Cow-boy is end ofthe world Cap tain Fan-tas - tic and the . Yo Code @ FEE to__your town ae DS. al Coitaga @ Coda HHH We've thrown in the towel too_man-y_ times. out for the count when we're down. Cap - tain Fan-tas - tie and the Brown Dirt Cow -boy — from_the end of_ the world to_your town,__ ‘And all this talk of Jesus ‘The captain and the kid Coming back to see us Hm... mm... couldn't fool us For we were spinning out our lines Walking on the wire Hand in hand went music and the rhyme Stepping in the ring. From here on sonny It’s along and lonely climb. For cheap meals... ete., as before. CARLA ETUDE By ELTON JOHN d= 104 B ohn Ha ™ — tatenpo) | B He ft Ap he ay “al R «2 eh chm x.” FS a a?75 a iy (Ped. sim.)6 Eaust ‘marcato io [evemro mp s we (ped. sim)iy8 CHLOE Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and GARY OSBORNE Moderately slow, in 2 E Bb How come you're. so un - der- stand = in How you han > dle what-you live—— through— You're the life - line that 1 cling to you all my lies, ‘er hope- to lear, like giv = in’ in, yg 0181 by Bigha Mus. ‘nates tor tented ats abminsred yeenserg USA. ne Intmatons! Cops Secured Al Ra RosBs and, pre- tend - in’ © to be- lieve them, tak’ in’ all__ the pain I give _you,. when the dreams that [re - ly. on20 And 1 want you 1 will al = And want youFIA Bb Fla fe aR To Coda Sal it} a- bout What you gon- nado === 2.3 (no repeats) Coda % "Ame2 CIRCLE OF LIFE Music by ELTON JOHN Lyrics by TIM RICE ‘Moderately, with an African beat BbS Eb = = @ — African chant eee mf | . 192 vonderand Mase compay, ne Snhignr aseen ied by PermsSame tempo, gently rhythmic (African chant continues) cm7/GFrom the day we ar - rive — thancan ev - er Fsus F Cm7/Bb There’s far too much to take ii85 FA Bb find than can ey - er be found. But the sun roll - ing through the sap - phi- re sky keeps great and Bb Eb/Bb Bb AbIB> life, and it moves us all __Eb mR through de- spair and hope, on the path un - wind BbIF Fsus Ab/Eb Eb a ae through faith and — BoD Eb/Bb aBb Cm7/Bb Cm7 Ab Fous F Bb Cm7/Bbeae increasing Ab cmiG Fous F Bb Bb/Bb cal & BE ici & = It’s the cir - cle_ of Eb AbIED E 5 through de - spair and___ hope,89 Eb Feus F AbIED through _ faith til we find our Ebm7 : a ee Absus AbT GbiDb Db ay o ae adCLUB AT THE END OF THE STREET ‘Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN ° n 6 . ‘ 6 aa yee oat i ca § fig ovine ty & a 1. When the shades ate drawn and the light ofthe moon is ban -ned, 2 From the al = key = ways wherethe cat = walks gently sway a ay 1 ti iy And thestars up a-bove walk the hea-vens. hand in hand__ You hear the sound of Otis and the voice of | Mar - vin Gaye ‘its for ane sees naire nena US.A. Tncroatona Cong Secrest Rao nemtes7 a = ee ¥ = te ——<—Saai aa es Therc'sa sha = dy place at the end of the work ing day_ tn this smo - key room sa, juke ~ box plays all night fie Where young. lov-ers go— and this hot lit-tle io pays— and wean dance real_ clos to the pulse of a ne-on light — ‘That's where we meet — ‘That's where we meet a Me and you ren = der=vous In the club__ at the end of the strcetso i 1) BB > meet. Ooh where we meet P Sri ime to Coda : m AG e oD a 8 2 ms Gee i aa and you = dez- vous In the club__ at theend of the street ae There's 2 down-town smell of _cook-ing93 fame on an o-pon grill There’sa sax and a bigbas_ pump = in’ Lord. have fade batt 6 D c 6 smer-cy Ooh. can't sit till cane sit Guat sel : c « 6 fa mg Vesa : rptt fale yeah can’ sit sil(= 70) 2. You him a- ery — 1. You don’t love said don't Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and BERNIE TAUPIN cooyignto mvt Cop ee ge Rae Wa A Bang ine FS) and Hala ASAP) ris antre by Ms ap. ob = = = SSS ta a4 Se Wien eae eae io ee ray Si ee ee ee ties a a > — tr = = —— = = Se F cil HF | . . oe : - = 3 Zz = ae 2 wm wv 3 in a 6 == ¢ = mete eee ee Ay =: = — = 4brab ohn & i es Love hurts so much, love leaves a scar, — “I don’t love o Love hurts so much, love cuts so deep, i's a % much, love leaves a. scar, — “1 don’t love fi ee you’ is like a stake be- ing dri ~ ven through your heart. But I don't hot sweat and a cold shake like -=— drowning in your sleep. 1 don't you’ is like a stake be- ing dri - ven through your heart. But I don't o ob cb eRe qe to Coda © — care, Tcame back for you, love is cruel, but I don’t care, care, I came back for_ you, love is cruel, but I don’t care, care, Icame back for— you, I don’twbrab Faugsva abn Z 2 = Ee = Twant- ed you, and I'm, Twant-ed you, and I'm. cold. ba-by T'm cold. obiabD8 al Coda ain ioe Oh love hurts soie a ib nd in * a ee PET = oe =e a——== ae eee 1 cold, cold. eoeeeeeeneene on TmFree time bn (i i a101 COUNTRY COMFORT ‘Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN: Slow rock - double-time feeling =, = Soon the +t (FH m/cebas) pines will be fall - ing ev -'ry_- where, vil-lage grandma yesterday down atthe store well, she's And the Well, she chil-dren fight each oth-er for a real- ly go - ing fine for elght-y_- a ‘Ming for he United states nd Cade adres by ergs Of Poyram neato Tnermstanal Copa Seased Aight sed102 sh Ee (Dicabas) Dea - con Poor old six - 0 -nine goes roar - ing past the asked me if some time I'd fix Lee pre-pares his ser-mon for next week, girl, she needs a hand to run the farm. Chorus p HH oaunct) — AB good old Coun-try Com- fort in my bones. Just the sweet-est sound my ears have ever (D/rbaw\(A/c bas) known; Just an old. fash-ioned feel- ing103 bm? p Last time AR 44 to Code —= —— Coun- try A ° oo ps. & HHH Jor extra verses 3. own at_ the) 4) (Now the) fared he jee tah Cee eae eee whe DT HH HEL tH fH] HH] «= RFE Ed Coun= try Com-fort's an-y truck that's go-ing back home,_. Com-tort's an-y truck that's go-ing back home.. COME DOWN IN TIME Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and BERNIE TAUPIN Moderately slow In the qui-et si - lent sec - onds I, I turned off___ the Well,I don't know if I should have heard her maj? Bm? eu switch and 1, 1 came down to meet — yet, but a a true love like rae cpriga Renewed ‘tights fr the Unites tatfand Canada ansterdty ong Of PiGramIntraonl in InvratonaCoprah Seared Aight Reseed105 Dirivas Botha HEE half light the moon left_ while a, A clus-ter of night- a hard love to get. And I've walked ‘most all jar sang_—— some ‘songs out of tune — the way and 1, 1 aint’ heard her cali, and 1, cmaj7 ae Dm HER EAT eae 44 pee fie — x = + = =: 2] SS SS SI —— A man-tle of bright light ——— shone down from a room im getting to think = ine Mf she's “comin” at all ee "Come Down In Time,"106 Em? Dm cmaj7 —— like it was. "Come Down In Time,” she gave. Ebmaj7 "Come Down In Time,107 eu fe a Ht) meet you half - way." eo os sh oo Am? Am? ie? There are © wom - en and wom - en, and some. cmaj7 Bm? Am? ° 00 otro a HH yitara hold you tight,— while — some leave you count - ing the _— stars in the night,108 CROCODILE ROCK ‘Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN Light-hearted Rock 131 res mgm =~ ber when | rock was young. a 2. went and _— Me and Su sie had do much | fan—___ Holding hands Su me for Took just died J gle went and left "us for some for - eign guy. a \= / ony 0g 0 anes usc iad ‘Atego the Unie sates aod Amina org Plyram nteratinl e | copyiht secre Aig Saves109 D or) > ig oe =~} _ 94 = eee a ee ee G SS == E —— ——— td imsmit —— tones fn kd gh Gy OY at te SPL oy ieee cot ma = Ble" att BY or Bechet f my own But the big gest blue jeans But they'll nev cs kick 1 ev - ef Kill the thrills we've ta ‘ = 5 7 aS = =] p= : aS === a ee ais Gea ek sue a sec saa aps ec ie Gk Ge ek ee ee 54 — oe 9 2 L. Se Se = —— i =e S mo Cane a aie ora We really" thought the croc Ore ale Tock would fast,” Well10 ay, Crocedile rock-in’ some-thing shock - in’ when your feet just can’t keep Bie T nev-er knew me a better time and 1 guess 1 oney = er— will ong, Se ——Lawity ma-ma those Fri ~ day nights when Su- sie wore— her dresses tight, the croc-0 - dil rock in’1m CURTAINS 8b? e Siow ee a Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN I used toknow this old scarecrow he was my song. My joy and FTus | Bb sb Be THe fe Cast a-lone —be-tweenthe fur-rows of afield & d no longer sown by dan-de - lion that said the time has come to leave up-on_the wind = copyigh 01975 89 a musicnot to re = turn when sum-mer burned the earth. a - gain. Bb Bur eb if Cultivate the freshest flower thisgar-den ev Bb 8b? fe te Be-neath these branches Tonce wrote4 eb Bb Bb7 ei ie ee! = words for you. But that’s ~ kay there’s trea-sure chil dren al - ways seek ‘And_just like you must have had a onceup -ona time, "Repeat ad lib, for fade oeDUETS FOR ONE Words and Music by ELTON JOHN or and CHRIS DIFFORD oe nie =———— Z SSS Could T have been so foolish and 90 1 hold your pic- ture here be - side my a 2 = a SSS pS aS fee rec a = — > ——$— Oe e = = iS areen, 4 face that smiled at ev -ery passing scene? bed, — you had a par-ty rag-ing in your head. ehus2 ab abe e oe SS SS ee Lookat____-you. You're lost be-hind a web of wo-ven Look at__ me, 1 look at you with va-can-cy and cre merit 1 cae Reeraatt ema oecoe enn 7 Witratnal Cope secured ANnghts emer’116 ab sa : —- os = = — Se = = time, when cache mo-tion pin-balled on your mind. mut ‘od here edgy all I can dois lam SSeS = | é o a ; aE _ Pe SS SS SS ahusz Bb cmt Tm hap-py now, I see your face and For phusz Bb 1 watch the judge and ju - ry at your trial Bheus2 Bb cm 1 know the road a= head will twist and"W Fn? zeus 7 havea time to stand and learn 2 that you and 1___ have come so far__ with a sha-ken faith from the pit of a bro ~ ken heart, toa feel-ing great,a as i pic-ture of me just be - gun, CE DmF CGA malt omv. = ie el fe ogi da as ie AF:19 DS al Coda ‘me ~ mo- ry. CIE Om GIG DmA mali ome 2 No more sing = ing. du + ew for one, Fm CIE OmiF CIS Dm’A Smal omic ° ee GES GRE EE EE no more sing - ingDANIEL Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN Moderately bright 14. Dan-iel is tray = ing to pight_ ona plane. 2. They say Spain is pret hough ve nev - er Been 3. instrumental ad lib, at Ist DS. (small notes) | Tan se the rds tal. lignts— Well Dan-iet Sys isthe” best place he's 4 Jj A = — i Be = SS S copy ©1972 ick ores Mae a ih fer be nied er ends Re yng rata tationsra = "head ing for Spa in 1 can see Dan ” cr. seon_—— Oh and hhe should “know. pepe way - ing good bye od it looks— ae he's been there “e- nough— Lord. 1 FE Teo in my —eyes— him so much —like Dan - tel Must. be the clouds. o ssDan-iel___my you are do. you still, feel the pain— that__won't heal your eyes_ have died ____ you see more— than IL & Dan - isl youre a Tn the face of the sky13 DS. twice Om G7 ist DS. Instrumental &, Sy su ywtamay CODA gig geese 3nd DS Ist Irie agin = 7 ae = 2 looks like Dan ~ el Must— be the clouds.124 DON’T GO BREAKING MY HEART Words and Music by CARTE BLANCHE ‘and ANN ORSON Moderately ™ F BHF F Verse (Boy) POM $0, break ing my heart — fon 1 coulda it tried. dno - bod -y told us. (Cause_no - bod - y showed = mfp tam ETB woh © 197620 Mo Muse mrt se Oe tt a i aang usa tre125 Fc F F c7 Ba - by you're not that — kind (Gi Oh Bink We cama it F Bb/F F Don't go break - ing my heart You take the weight off me (Boy) : (Gnd So don't mis- "un -" der - stand— me You put the ‘ight in my lite instrumental 3rd tome) ie e a gS & 8 © hon = ey when you knock at my door. — — (Boron you put the" spark fo the flame — = 00 1 gave you my + (Gr) ve got your Heart “in my \¢126 No-bod = y knows — (Boy) But be when 1 wes down (Girl) 1 wasyour clown (Together) Oo FP "(BoyRight from the start___(Giri) I gave_you my heart___ Ab cre Bb/F FB F & C7. T gave you my heart7 B c7, 2 & F To Coda HE (Girl) 1 won't go break-ing your heart - F Bs > & CODA F cy Ey Ey ® DS. al Coda + (Together)_.Don't go break-ing_my Repeat ad lib and Fade 2 | + Don’t go break ing my Don't go break-ing my heart (Girl |_won't go. break-ing your heart__tt DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Words and Music by ELTON JO} ‘and BERNIE TAU Slow beat no more of your dark Tm growing tired and time stands still be-f omy 1974 Ba Pa Masi ‘gts forthe Bed tar abmnstre yeesong USA. In fete apiece AR eed9 me. Fro-zen here— (On the lad-der of my lite Too late— to save my-self from fll = ing 1 took a chance and changed your waycof life But you misread my meangige when | Fc iF ce F met, you. — Closed the door and eft me blindby the light Don't let the sun. O7/FR cvG 44 i = although I_search my-self _itsal-ways some-one else I see____ Td just ablow a frag-ment of your to wander free But los-ingev-ry thing. is like Om C/E C/E F/G To Coan, Bt sun go-ingdown on me, oh therightro - mancticline.—131 cE F But see me once— and see the way I feel Don't dis-card me Just be-cause,you think \9 ce F — 1 mean.you harm 3 But these cuts_ 1, have oh they need \ pr as ce 6 7 >, So DS. al Coda love____tohhelp-them heal] EGO ‘Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN Fast Faim Take a look at menow "and take a taste of the mon - ey Take look at menow and take a look at my bill - ing, ‘take look at menow— and take ataste of the mon - ey | Sas eas Ft = fh er =e oe (2! ee LyStep on the thin. Inflate my @ Inflate my & ico 90 90 Ebm/Bb ‘2 bo = on Oh Oh light - ty — gen tly gen = tly and check outthe show —twice {90 tellthemheay - en go tell themheav - en cos I'm Vm on to-night — and — cos I'm Vm so ex press ve and— 'm— cos I'm Vim 90 ex-press ive and— I'm— the price ob - sessed fob - sessed Is right th with my— with my— AL G/B c F Bb & ‘Dsus iz fi ee i ‘Ee iS light, 1 crave the light, mmm blind. message. Oo in-form— the press, mess- age. Oo in-form the press, ing white— | need the light — to-night — In-vite — the guests | need. the press— in-vite—— the guests | need— the press _—* Dsus § F/G C/G i : & = Do you re-mem - ber Am, & Gtdim Am act-ing out your youth, _ + me plen-dent— fon an or- would re -cite and how'd blow my lines, —_ and hide2S = ee = vile: Well maybe it was child = ish foot = th * be-fore_. school = ish, im = matur = ish ‘and prove my eg136 EMPTY GARDEN (Hey Hey Johnny) Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN, Gentle rock Ab What hap pened _here?__ sun = set dis - ap- peared— a-mong the flag - stones there. lived___here@__ He & 7B ‘must have been a gardener who cared 3 who weeded out the tearsand grew a ‘ih fo he Utne asrneesyfenong USA, Tnsrutona Cong seed A Ros Reseed137 good crop_ Now it all looks strange. It's fun-ny how one it~ He -Emp- ty | Gar -den by brown - stone” door? ‘And inthe cracks a - long. the some say he farmed_his best in’ young - “ers_yeats, but_ne'a have “Said the root grows138 noth - inggrows no more Th on-ly he could hear. — must have been a gar - den - er must have been agar - den - et weed-ed out the tears and grew a good. ‘And we are so ‘weeded out the tears and grew a good. Now we pray for — we're crip-pled and we're dazed._ A gar-den-er Uke that. And with “ev'ry drop that wee139 noone can replace, Tey we Heit your" fame—— ‘And I've been knock + ing but noone answers And Pye been knock = ing ‘most all the day. cal ing oh— hey, hey John = ny, can’t you come140 DS. al Coda Can't you come out. — = can't_you come out to_play?__ John - ay, & Fm a Repeat and Fae, can’tyoucome out to play in yourEmp - ty Gar - den? John = ny,sat GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD ‘Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN Moderately slow, in 2 6m c. F * a = ~ = ¢==0r s — —F == a =| = = = When are you gon- na come down When are you going to land— What do youthink you'll do" then 1 bet) that "il shoot down, your plane Panes T —shouldhave stayed — on the farm —_ Should have list = ened to my__ old man re It'll take you a cou - ple of vod - ka andton - ics to set youon yourfeet a- gain = You know you can't hold me for- ev - er 1 did- n't sign up_— with you rans May -be you'll get a fe - place - meni there's plen- ty like me— to be found ge ‘ahs fr he Ute sts aac Ait Song Peyronie. intcataal Coppi urd A igs Nese142 cr, F fe i Tm not @ pre sent for your friends = pen this boy's too young_ to be smon - ares, who ain't got ny Sing-ing for tit > bits ke Erte} sing - ing the bus Ah. you On the ground, = Where the dogs of s0- ci-et-y can’t plant’ me in your pentTm go- ing back to my plough the howl ing old owl. woods Hunt-ing the hom - — y back fin- future lies bbe - yond the yel-low brick 514 ‘Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and JAMES NEWTON HOWARD 2° only14s ny f Eb ce filo Tade 2° pb & Em7/A F Eb Db ub Drauss46 FRIENDS Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and BERNIE TAUPIN Guitar —>Em7 au (Capo up 9098 20000 Slowly, with a beat eel Keyboard —>Gm7 Gm7/C bas ee ———- .S ee ee ee eae —S SSS SSS | 1.1 hope the day will be— alight - er _high- 241) seems to mea crime that we shouldage,— ! . E C6 Grats p itt HE Ht ff F Ee6 Bo/Dbas F for _ friends___are found. on ev-"ry road.— these fragile times shouldnev - erslip us by. a, a P fi Gmi7 Gm7/C boss ev- er think. of an = y bet = ter way time you nev - er can_ or shall e - rase_— as od Gio bas az ERE FE EH Ess Boyopass C7 lost and wea - ry tray - el - lers to go? friends to- geth - er watch their child -hood fly ‘A Rigs for te united suet bed Ca try ang Plea tera Tnunstonl CpyeghSeaned Afi Nessievr G/Dbuss C/Dbss c 00. 00 0 00 2 i} BE 7 F ¥ SS Byroas Ebvrbes Bb fp re et = SS SS Mak-ing friends for the world to see,— you got what you need.. With a friend. at hand_ you will see the light if your ihe 2. be, i H HET HE woes} friends are there thenev-ery-thing's all right. 2.1 V9 IlFUNERAL FOR A FRIEND By ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN Slowly and solemnly ot fee tea12 GREY SEAL Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN Moderate Rock cp. Dsus D Why's it nev - er light on my lawn. _ __ why me - te - ors were formed, were wrought by an = cient ___men__ 7 Why does it, rain and nev -er_ say___good = day eau, = T on = ly farmed— in schools that were so ‘The roots were formed by twisted roots, your roots were 2 — On the big — to the new - born worn — and torn twist - ed then gh 0969 es tii tight for the Unite tates da Cas naar by Song Of Foca near insmstons Cap soca‘ igs hve153 Em ttt _—_sereen they shone us se But not as bright then so can 1 read books The Phoe-nix bird can cry be = fore all_life_could_die one eye — in life asthe = real the — and draw life from will leave this world It’s nev-er quite All my Wf the Phoe -see through155 E B T tie no chord me Grey Seal. I nev-er learned Your mis-sion bells Tell —me_ Grey Dysus D7 Disus. D7 D7sus Bars ae Seal, how — love can feel. _156 GROW SOME FUNK OF YOUR OWN Words and Music by ELTON JOHN BERNIE TAUPIN and DAVEY JOHNSTONE, Bright Rock tempo Play 4 times g. Verse L.Well 1 looked at watch and it quar-ter to five the ‘head - Lines sereamed that I was still a - tve.— 1 thought 1 died last could-n't un - der stand it, night. —157 Om7 8 When a-long came a Sen - or - i ta, Om7 ce She looked so good that 1 had___ to. meet her, I D/A 6B with my Eng lish en, when her g & F F Bs S Am G/B brass knuck-led boy friend grabbed___ me by the arm.said some funk of your own of your own, (spoken) We____ no like to with the grin - go fight but there Mex: - co to-night. Ifyou can’t. grow some funk of your own, death in159 as As mi - got Grow some funk of your own Take my ad vice, take the next__ flight’ and grow. some funk— Brow a E To Coind D.C a your— funk at home. — Am F Li copa Repeat ad lib and Fade 2. (4) 1 dreamed T'd been in a border town 3, Well I looked for support from the rest of my friends Ina little cantina that the boys had found; For their vanishing trick they get ten out of ten; Iwas desperate to dance Tinelt to pray Just to dig the local sounds: Just to see if he would comprehend: (To Verse 4.) When slong came a senorita ete. as above. When along came a senorita etc. as before. To Chorus, To Chorus160 Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and BERNIE TAUPIN Slowly Dm. q baby hel -lo__ have-n’tseen your face. for a while_ Have you quitdo-ing time_ for me. Or are you still the same spoilt child. i Hel-lo, I. said ‘Hel -lo’*_ Is this the on-ly place you thought to go? _ ‘nmr he Unite steed Cand Ane Song Pacem nteratona In incrst rt Cops Soneed At igh Rea161 Am I the on-ly man you ev-er had?_ Or Har-mo-ny and me_________ We're pret-ty good com - pa - ny. Look -ing for an is162 Har-mo-ny,— gee___ I real-ly loveyou and I want to love_ you for ev - er and dream of the nev- er ney - er, nev-er leav-ing har - mo-ny — ba- by hel - lo Open upyour heart and let your feel - ings flow. You're not unluck-y know - ing me ——_Keep-ing the speed.163 AT tr Fa Th an-y case I set my own pace by steal-ing the show_ Say hel- lo, hel - lo hel : lo. Har-mo-ny and me____ we're pret-ty good com - pa-ny Look-ing for an is - land in our Em aH ttt Har-mo-ny, gee. real-ly loveyouand Iwant to. love you for- ev - er. and dream of the ney er ni er, never leav-ing ney = er leav-ing har-mo- ny — Har-mo - ny — FET Em7 Har mo - ny — Har- mo -ny— Har- mony — Har-mo-ny —_165 I DON’T WANNA GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT Words and Music by ELTON JOHN Bright rock beat and BERNIE TAUPIN Am m7 aa Ive al - ways said that one's @ - nough to love Now a a, 1 hear you're brag - gin’ one is m7 Wel, some - one tells. me you're not166 Gsus — 3 plans to make me one of four | quess this kind of thing's just It “gets so hard some-times to catch me_ count - ing + cious er - de's get - ting Dm7 Bsus it takes the fire167 don't in your cap. 1 just wan - na tell you, hon - ey,"am, Ea ea — you ke that. Woh, Om7 6168 Dm7 have to quit ‘em you like that. Woh,170 Dm7 C/E wan-na spreadit a-round, sis ter, that's just ae you wan - na hold some - onem a E7/G¢ tS te D.S. al Coda dle of the night, callout _ the guards, copa Am, ie Repeat ad lib. and FadeHAVE MERCY ON THE CRIMINAL ‘Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN 56/85 cm Fast tempo “fifi TIA Ab cm 6/8) FT/A A>3 Have you heard the dogs at night Ev- er ‘seen the white teeth gleam while you E56/B> Fm/Ab ee va bat Hs cms a Chas-ing some poor crim- in = al And 1 You're taking in’ the face of a if- le butt While them1 they're out ens hold Oh, there must be ‘And you've nev - er G7/B shac - kles_ Eb/Bb Fm/A> mo_- ther tums_your.Ga 75 oy ‘Stumb- ling through jump the walls the dev - i dark with the and the dogs run free___ and the crim in - al who Is run-ning from the law176 ‘Are you blind wind of — change Don’t you hear him an - y- more Pray-ing Lord you got ta gon-na sinBee Just take these chains from a - round my legs Sweet Je - susll be your friend. Now have you8 HEALING HANDS Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and BERNIE TAUPIN Brightly pees 0b throughou e Hy oy OEE EE nne= ver dreamed 1 could ery so__ hard, That ain't Wke a man ne- ver knewlovelike poi = son That bumed like a fire i ee eS = a | Teould Ay like a bind some day place where I could land Alley = er wanted wasa rea = son To drown in your eyes ‘mig forthe re aes tne by eens USA, Inna Copan Seared Al Rs ese179 I could havesworm we were all locked — in = TL ne- ver knew sleep so restless at e F am aH iit [never knew i could hurt That’snot the way itssup Ain't that what you sid empty arms_ so cold bad When the power of love is dead Bur =posed. to be itain't the spell Twas sold. giv-ingin - tothe night-time Ain't no cureforthe pain. “You gotta: wade in-to the wa-ter You gor-to120 eee B® Chorus Tear to live 2 gain reach out for her heal - ing hands — A in i if a aR ee Reach out for her healing hands There's light, where the dark-ness ends ‘Touch me now, and let me see again Rock me now sth time to Coda 5rd time DSS a oh RD 0 5 wo itt tH] Hi i fa EE Ea in your gen - tle hea = ling hands181 DB al Coda 6 Bia Ef D&S Repeat Chorus to fide1 HEARTACHE ALL OVER THE WORLD Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN @ cous c # = ef Well, 'm —Yun-ning a - way from this house = stick on his col - lar, she’s got fish ¢ WC ac g pi onthe hill, There's a dev - il in ~ side, nets on her legs, Tm at home and T've got noth-in’, Original Key: Db major. This edition has been transposed down one half-step to be more playable. aright © 1985 by Big Pi Muse ih for ne Utes ats namntered by tertong USA, ne Intemational Copyright Secure Al Rs Reseed183 Csus c Bbdim7 sitting on the win - dow - sill, And it’s a just a cold____and_ach- ing head. There Csus ia pic wild Fri- day night and 'm all on my own; must be something dirt - y, just blame it onthe mag - a zines. T've knocked_on ev “ty door in town thereain't one___lit- le girl _ Don’t read that trash itll drive ya cra - 2y "eos the cops in C#dim7 G 5 5 —— thas home, And ev. ‘ry-bod-y's vade your — dreams, Oh, but ev - "ry-bod-y's | ot 2 awe184 Gr and the one’s that ain’t are hell. do you do ey, when your heart's And you can go from To-ky- 0 to Rome look-ing for a girl, but it looks 10 me like the week-end. but it seems. to me __like the week-endD(add9) ze = ver the world. Girls, girls, G airls, — (Girls, girls.) 185 have pit- y on___ me. like the week-end Dyadd9) I” = ache all G @ | B | 0 ver the world (Girls, girls, girls. Ooh, - He's got lipCsus c Es ce iit ooh, — Guitar solo-ad lib. To-ky -0 to Rome.(Vocals 2nd time only) pic Dsus D/C Fho Bbdim7 1 2 | DS. al Coda You can go from 2) pase girls, Girls,have pit - yon ___ me. Oh it seems_ to like the week-end means heat - ache, heart eee es Z pes eae = cE 2S | =: §: sche sll os ver the world, (Gis, pds, beat — che, ooh) Heat - 2 a _E ache, heat - ache all Repeat and Fade [Optional Ending bie a aa | © - ver the world,HIGH FLYING BIRD Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and BERNIE TAUPIN Abisust Gb Db Gb Db ee lit=tle cross of gold — a-roundyour neck whitewalls of your dress = ing room are stained in— scar- let red— you flew be-tween my rea-son the cold stone like a — youngman foto! yang ha erat any Screg ae189 ra-ven in the night-time when— you left Inthe for ~ eign field ‘of death — Bbr Bbmt Db fp e+ pe = == ft ot + t chain up-on—— my wrist that bears no name would-n't it be wond = er - ful is all heard you say. Hab ae EEE Db ______ Younev-er closed your eyes — at night and 4 — a = ——>_= wore it Andyou kept it {nyour pil-low all the same_ day - light In - stead you moved a ~ way.=e ee = SSS = — - = + ee My high fly - ing bird has flownfrom out my oe. - m4 bee =a SS vitae ee ae == = arms 1 thought myreelf— her keep - er She thought Imeant —her harm. 6° ppt Te iy = sees = aweath- erman— of == = ——— Db Abf Db Ab Bbm? Ab Abrsust. — GbDb_ Gb 1B, BS. Coda pers The high fly - ing soe ee a o My high fly -ing Abe Gb Db Gb ob Ab192 HONKY CAT Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and BERNIE TAUPIN Brightly, with spirit (Xylophone) 22: 2 £24 co boy, T must— have been bop-pin’ in the coun - try, ‘A Rh forthe United ster bd Canad Arter by Sore Of PolyGram Interaional Tnistonl Copght eared Atha Nese193 Look-in’ for an an = swer, trys in’ to finda sign, un- til 1 saw your cit-y lights, hon-ey Iwas blind. ‘They said, get back, hon - ky cat, better get back to the woods well 1 quit those days_______and___ my red = neck — ways. fmm, — hmm— hmm, hmm,— hmm, oh the change is gon-na do me good.— —__L198 hhon -ky cat live-in” in the cit-y aint where it’s at, ty'n_ to find ‘mine, it's — like *s fe To Coda from a bot-tle of wine Bie195 bout those books and T read some mag ~ dies down— leans and all the = i folks back They said, be = lieve in the Lord. They said hhon-ky cat, Better get back to the woods, well,-1196 uit those ‘They said, — liv-int in the = neck the ways change— is gon-na do me good. They sud, boy, yougot-t tend the farm_ ig gonna break your heart,a SR E = But how can you stay, when your how can you stop. when. your CODA ps.alcon ©, a You bet-ter hon £ : oe + ky cat, Repeat and FadeI FEEL LIKE A BULLET (In the Gun of Robert Ford) Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN Like corm in cut you. down See last page Instrl, ad ti. oe a eee ——————— =a = — = 1 threw. the last punch too hard, years of go - ingstead-y, well 1 thought sat it was time Am? i Ea throw in my hand for a new set of germs s7st tara ais a aang ne IntaratonslCopyraht Seca A gs Reed‘And 1 can’t take you dane - ing out on the week-end I jg-ured we'd paint-ed too much of this town, o And 1 ie And 1 tried not to look as I walked to. my wag -on knew then Thad ost what should-‘Ve been found.200 knew then what should-ve been found. in the gun Rob = ert low as a paid as sas - in is, Youknow l'm cold as a hired sword: I'm so a shamed can’t we patch itcan’t think straight no more. you make me feel like a bul-let, hon-ey in the in the gun of | Rob-ert Ford. To Coda in the gun of Robert Ford, a + = — =f + 7 - = — — ohm ; sae Ab BBE Da caposorinsir. —@ Codg——EE a A edb al Coda x ih = Like a child when his toys have been stepped on, ‘That's how it all seemed to me; burst the bubble that both of us lived in, ‘And I'm dammed if I'll ever get rid of this guilt that I feel. ‘And if looks could kill P'd be @ dead man, Your friends and mine don’t call anymore; Hell, I thought it was best but now | feel branded. Breaking up's sometimes like breaking the law: Breaking up’s sometimes like breaking the law. To Chorus“ I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES seen BERNIE TAUPIN and DAVEY JOHNSTONE Em ait alte 4 Em 2 = ~ Ei 7 a fe c : F Cc fF hi mre TE ee ae fait a ae E Don’twishit a-way, don’t look at it like it’s for - ev-er. Just stare in-to space; pic ~ ture myface inyour hands.— Yr rae Bm F a mR Be-tweenyouand me TeouldhOmestly say, that _thingscan on-ly get Live for_each se- cond with-out he-si - tagjgn, , and nev-erfor-get I'm your = co by 8 ¢. aie gen att sy nal Egat a bet ter. () And While ma - way man.— 23) Wait on——me girl, ig oppo 383 yng rig act. ngs toe Une ats amine oy esong USA. We Interaont Coprgi Seared” Al Ns Resend203 ee yi ante © bust out_ the de - mons_in - side, and it’ won't_be long * be-fore you and— me— cry in the night if__it — helps, butmore than ev-er I simp ly love. run,— to the place in__ our hearts, where we hide, you, more 1 love life. it - self And I guess that’swhy they call it the blues, Time on—my # hands could be time spent.with you, laugh - ing like chil- dren liv - ing— likeam, oe F DIE fg] ay ate a |" tov - ers, roll = ing_like thun-der_un- der_the con and I guess that’swhy they call_it___ the — blues. liv- ing likelov- ers,.and I guess that’swhy they call_ it _ the — blues, laugh-ing like chil-dren,_— tla at # ne as fat aI NEED YOU TO TURN TO Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN ce A Am a £ a Em E eo i 4 SS = SE =e You're nota ship, =f car = ry mye, you are nailed to my paint your sole “on, wel “I aala "anew, hat my reason for love— in man-y lon -ly nights. 1%e strayed fromthe cot-ta-ges, and liv-ing was for_ lov ing you. We're re -lated in feel - ing, but ‘ight forthe Unie tates nae neared by Song Of PolyGram Intrstory, Tristan Cop Seanee Alfie tna206 Am Em D ° 9, 000 ° x fie ut] HH uh found my - self for 1 need your love your love you're high a ~ a you're pure, and you're gen - te, with the grace pire e a. 00 lose con-trol, you're207 B7 Em Dsus 9000 ° oo a > > 5 cold. Wa. @ Ey} leo m ET208 I’M STILL STANDING Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and BERNIE TAUPIN Lively Rock Beat A. D/A You could nev - er know what it's your blood like win - ter free -zes Did you think this fool could nev-er Well, look = at’ = me. Im com- in Bm7/A D/A E just ke ice __ andthere's a cold lone -Iy_light that _shines_ from out wind, back a - gain— | got a taste of love in a sim - ple it you —— _wp like the wreck you be-hind_ that mask you use. Reed to know whiletm stil int you just. face. a - way. opto 198 9 gms ARM rns Capyagh scared Rar seeing209 %% Anz Am Em7 RE fat me Don't you know, Im stil stand - in) bet-ter than 1 ev - er did Dmg Fmaj7 — look-in’ like a true sur-vi - vor, feel like a lit = tle kid, — And tm stil stand - in) af - ter allthis. time omg Dm7 7 ous pick -in’ up the piec -es of _ my life with - out you on__ my _—mind.—i E7(e9) Am om7 tm — sti stand Ent OO am on HE To coda) it DS. al Coda (Verse 38 FE G a a He tm sti stand = an’ Am Om7 CODA fi = DSS. al Coders 0-© coverta er Repeat and Fade stil stana~ Verse 3 Once I never could hope to win You starting down the road Leaving me again, The threats you made were meant to cut me down And if our love was just a circus Maul hat hain 7 me,an KISS THE BRIDE Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN Moderate rock : m a ge 5 abla ; als A _E ae ae i on —s = i SSS SS Well she looked___ a peach_ inthe dress__ she made—when she was ea still her ma-ma’s lit- tle girl And when she walked down the aisle, how ev'ry And whenhe slipped on the ring 1 knew | down “her pret - ty face.22 tat tat bo-dy smiled at her in - —_no-cence and curls. And when the ——ev-"ty-thing——would never be the same a - gain, But if the Am Bb tag] fae prea-cher said, “Is there an - here got a reas - on whythey should-n't wed?’ groom would haveknownhe'dhavehad a fit a-bouthis wife and the things we did, I should havestuck up my hand. Andwhat I planned_ to say__ F c i HH neat & I shouldhave got up to = yeah on her wed-ding day,~ © Gauss this is what I well I thought it but— I = 1 wan-na kiss the bride,___yeah he 1 wan-na_ kiss the bride,.2a A Dm? op Long be - fore— ce F cir = le say “Bye bye bye» ____ let me kiss the a To Coda®Un-der - neath— 1 wan-na kiss the — bride, | 1 wan - na kiss the bride, wan-na_kiss 10 FADE ¢ age? 1 the bride, = —216 IN NEON Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN » b ae HS i din lth + a Dir ob Db Efe GE ill if Lipstick and wash-es, the trac-es of|star-dom, lit up on a bill-board so _ev-'ry-one sees them in Pic-tures and pat-terns,the touches of gla-mour, cut in-to fash-ionthat flash-es_a-bove ’em in Be-hind a count-er she staresout the win-dow,” ‘A hot cup of cof-fee, held in her fin- gers,” a p ‘enya © 1984 yg i uid smh te Ady ong An27 oy ey eH a up. at the bil -board tare 4 re-min-der inn - on} \she per fect com-plex-ion that lin-gers a-boveher in ne - on. Ab é sé hates how she feels butshe hangs like a mir-ror, may-be a stran-ger could walk in and see her in u fn Bi a aa For twocents of dan-ger she'd trust an-y - bo - dy, she'd ne - 08 {ors shot ‘atthe ‘ste, ssp’ in vo someting Bbm ef Hl EB cm Dr ERE — Ab Het smoke kee gun if it meantshe misht wind up} in ne aaa smoul-derlike ash-es if it meant she might wind upj 1 N° on.the dreamsin the light of a pro -mise that218 AbGh DHF AWED GR Ebausd a Ee shim-mer-ing ci- ty, a glim-mer of hope and a ne = on the name's gone, there's no rea-son why an - y eb AWG DyF AGES 5 a Heil ae if fi trust them and wind up a lockedDb ie In ne-on,the dreams in the light of a pro-mise that ts ACh DH AvEb 5 Ea ss, BEE a ah shim-mer-ing ci - ty, a glim-mer of hope and a20 INDIAN SUNSET Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN Slowly woke this eve - ning with the of wood-smoke eling-ing, Like a gen-tle cob-web hang-ing up - on a paint-ed tee-pee._ Oh I went to see_my chief-tain with.my war lance and my wom-an, For he told us that_the yel - low moon_ would ver-y soon_ be —leay ~ ing, ‘Al Rights for he Unite tte sa Canad Admin by Sas OF PoySram neato, ne Tnurstional Copyright seared Aig Raed22 This I can't be-lieve_ I said, I can't be-lieve_our Warlord’ dead. Abm/Eb Ebm? Ebms would not leave the cho-senones to the buz~zards_and the sol diers guns, fa-ther of the Ir - o-quois ev-er since. , ot ‘ Abm/Eb Ebm9 read the writ-ing of the smoke_and breast-fed on the sound of drums._222 Eom Edm? bmg Abm/E> Ebm9 rrun the gaunt-let of_— the Sloux,to make a chief-tain's daugh ~ ter mine. Ebm Ebmr Ebme red man's race_be slow - ly crushed! Ebm Abm/Eb Ebm9 kind of words_are these_to hear Yel-low Dog,_whom the white man fears?23 tag af. T take on-ly what is mine ‘Tram-pling down the prai-rie po- ny, my squaw,—_ and my child, I can't stay. Jeav-ing hoof tracks in the sand, Those who wish Em G/D c Am/D Em, D Be ef AR see you die a-long with my_tribe's pride. fol-low me I wel-come with my hands.228 I go to search_ for the yel-low moon Theard from pass - ing ren-e ~ gades. c/s. Em Amt Fa - thers of ______ our sons, where the red sun sinks — Ge-ron-i-mo_ was dead, hhe'd been lay-ing down — G Fe(add 9) Am, mn +H He fe Ee hills of — gold— andthe heal - ing Eee |e oem SHH arteh aad Bot fi i FR when they filled him full2s Am Di/A Am(add9) D/A 4ll con Ped, Now there seems_ no reason why. © cp Amt o/s Tshould ear - ry on, tn this land__ that once__ was my. land,226 Em, G/D Ste i AF I can't find It's lone- ly. and it's qui- et Am op horse sol - dier's are— com- ing, if ceased my sense less run long with my_ loved ones. G/B and I think it's tme_ I strung_my bow— soon I'll find the yel - low moon,— Am G/B fei Where the buf-f'loes graze ti clo “ver fields with-227 ¢ D Em ¢ op out the soundof guns. And the red sun sinks at last_ in - to the hills— of gold and Em HH ie] = | peace to this young war-ri-or___ comes with a bul-let hole, Emy/D cmaj7 Em o Emy/D omajz228 ISLAND GIRL Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN With movement lis als Om B/E [see your teeth flash + can on = ey so F a3 @ s down where Lex ~ ing=ton— for = ty soy - enth street om BO/F she’s standing six foot three opr © 1975 yg Pa Must sighs inte Bad sates nse ty teong USA me Teron Coy Seed Al Ree Rohe29 F 6 a» & tumn-ing tricks for the dudes in the big what_you_want = in’ _wid_de white man’s world is - land girl black boy want__ you in his is - land world. He wantto take you fromde rack-ct boss. He want to save Dbut de cause eS #6 \ =is - land gin, ig beet c7 Bb/F Eb/G = FT/A cd Toco gil a Guitar Tacet tell me what you want-in’ wid de white She's Gnstrumental nd time, om BF c/G F/R and she wrap___her = self a - round you like a well worn tire,a You feel her seratch.your back — just fone more gone, he one __ more john rz FI/A DSatgdam OH = — de mis~ take Bb/F 6/6 FLA F Ea 8 & Tell me what you want-in’ wid de white man’'s_ F BF F BHFTHE LAST SONG Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN Slowly, with care Fmaj9 Fmaj7 Eo mo | PPP ——_ »f Yes - ter - day, as light as straw s Dm Hy | - day, I weigh tess noms to Oe See Ah Intrstorl Cops secre iN Rested |shad-ow on the wall, win - dows 0 = pen. fear grows, come to - geth- er, hid - den truth s Won't you help me, To - night, f ney- er said please hold me no long - er = leave the234 7 this an - ger? I need your gen - tle spo - ken. shake things that were never Am ae on - ly thought. P'd win, nev - er dreamed. I'd feel __ be-neath my skin. ney - er thought you'éI guess I misjudged love HG > 3 Co hi Gass 6 | in236 LEGAL BOYS Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN aa B i oo & et Your ac - count-ant called'this mor - ing, there spring - time in his round the Jone -ly rooms T see ev = ‘ry - thing the Tot Td like to tell, you but I can't get ~—_—past__their ae couldn't wait to tell me how he'd same But ‘sud - den ~ ly it mat - (ers what was guards. I do__not speak their lan - guage and, F Bhs" Ebb ate CE aa EWG Pa si i =. ae a ay pulled our livs a - pat, And_ the let - ter from your ur. ~—schased in «so my =——sname,_ Whe-ther this or that was they hold all the = cards, T would rather call you 2 lies. un - op-ened on the paid for belongs to me or dar = ling than de -fen-dant in the miei aaa tha 08 Sinted by erng USA rrnnerat oye Scted A ane esened237 EbIC » s B Aap Sia It T maygeta-round to later to-day, Can the sev-en years to-ge-ther be di by two. But lov-ers left here andli-ents took their iy bmaj? but nothing much for us, — # that all we had to -ge - ther238 ma? The leg - al boyshave won a - gain, f =~ meals 7, Cm they can't tell us how it hap = ~—_—pened,— but they'll let us know the Ohthey'll let us know the cost, +. Bbe Eb239 It sayssomething for the leg - al boys but —no-thing much for 3 ae gy cms Ge aah Ga fiat that all we had to- ge - 1S so quick - ly end-ed thus. 6 Abinai? HE Dodo dododo do dodo do do do do do y Fms/ab le Bits dada dada da da da da da da da da dada dadada da dada da dada da240 Abmay? @ FE The leg -al boys hve won etn, , = Fms/Ab = oh andyouand =I have lost, ___ can’t tell us howit hap- 5 butthey'll let us know the cost. we i a | Oh they'lllet_us know the cost, oh yeah. — oy2a Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN or braves ian - an = ah 1. Some lie "bout who they love, some lie a-bout the truth, 2, Some lie in the face of _ death, some lie a-bout their fame, — ony © 85 lam A eng uted) an Hala AAP) ‘Anuptgaomniteres ya oe Cop ‘nto Copyight Secure Rags ved202 F om mr é 07 oreuss oF rat mo or Ema i i some lie to save their lives, — some lie a-bout their youth, — some kneel and lie to God, — some lie a-bout their name, — Some lic a-bout age and beau - ty, thecon - quest of sex, Some lic in words and speech-es, with ev-ery liv-ing breath, 6 most lie a-bout the night be-fore, woman lies for a par-ty dress. — the young lie with their gui - tars, old lie for a lit-tle res-pect, Svelied for a sto-len mo-ment, I've lied for one more clue, — [ve lied to lie with dan - ger, T've lied for adrug or two,243 a Gm é zn fam" tage T've lied a-bout most ev - ery-thing, T've lied a-bout most ev - ery-thing, ne - ver 07 Drsust oF ob F ze ff fi a street-car named de- sire om é F na = rs we lie, for that sweet bird of youth. om oveust 07 ors Teould be great____ like Ten-nes-see Wil - liams,om Drauss ay ie fa to Coda i: = —<——— ha — = = - . tate E ——= $= = = thing that sounds Tike he truth, = =F = | puree veut i = : = = ‘: eb 7 Bb * ie” t: os SSS = = __§-3 § FF 5 - Sj sae i or ‘ae = nie a ae ae Bt ie 2h =s = = =245 = * we is om (Bea) D& al Coda246 LEVON Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and BERNIE TAUPIN Moderately slow, with a beat Le-von wears his war wound like 2 crown— Le-von sells car-toon- bal" loons in town — Bb F cE th SS ‘cause he Tikes the name. He calls his child Jo. = Jesus. blows ‘up. bal - loons— all day. His fam -"Iy bushes thrives Bb Gm7 3 3 and he sendshim (0 the fin + est. school__in Sits. “on the porch swing — watch-ing them — _ifighs forth United stron cren dived by Song PayGraminentona nedp, le makes 2 Leave Levon Spends his days bal “eon a 4 — = —— = oe coxa ow in la Oy the, mo ‘or aaa wi, Lo LP? yon stow ry GE=4 as = = 5 pa =: - oe ws + # P ; i i = —————— — =] SSS + * a > m7 Am == == SS ee at was born a pau = per to a pawn on a oeae when the New York Times said God is dead and___ war's be = gun.— Christ -mas day. Al-vin Tos-tig has a son to- day. Sees And he shall be—— Le- ® uA i + Ge meee tf oe Ge — = Se a= = SS29 & & £ To Cod @ He shall be Le C7sus c. F Bie F FE Bo/F Cras oT, consetas a _—— eS je me Aas a 7 BOF F Bb250 LITTLE JEANNIE Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and GARY OSBORNE Moderately, with a beat Bb Eb/Bb Bb F/A z = _# Oh,— lit -tle Jeannie, much_ love, lit-tle Jean-nie, much time, ror ot Ww tir = © ts20) 299lit=tle Jean -nie. And you lit=tle Jean-nie Though you've Bb/F c/s it where it strikes __ and give it to the likes__ be-yond__ your years, you still retain the fears He ‘i oo On, little Jean-nie, On, it -tle Jean-nie, Instrumental sy ~~ —d! — =I Il F/A Hg F ay lit -tle she got so. much__ love, lit =e. you got so. much___ time, ____ TMI ~~! =I! 1 -- e252 Abs So 1 see But youre burn - ~~! =! Bb/F C /G if a Bowl You make me all __ aman search - ing for some last F/A 2 Able & “Bo 1 want you to be — my 1 want you to be myF/A jon.— there were oth Gn — there were otn VOR = Mere were oth 7 ie who would who would and I've known 253 veat___ you treat you quite “a you were al - ways some - one’s fool. 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