Piano * Vocal * Guitar Raina LTON JOH (CaCO s GT Db ten-der young Alice they All the young girls love Al- ten-der young Alice they All the young girls love Al- Eb7 Gb i i i aA = of = - ow —— © bb - i= — a e — —— — F say come ov = er and see me come ov - er and please. me say If 1 give you my num-ber will you prom - ise to call___ me ' 2 5 - — = * SSS SSS oc SS = £ |e is : =< = = == P55 = = — Bom Bom FR itt D.S. (with repeat) i i] and Fade —| ae eee Al-ice it's my turn to - day ill my hus-band’s a - way Additional Lyrics 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 or 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.‘Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and BERNIE TAUPIN 6 6 se @ 6a th ap Ga f ifn i ER 8 » 8 o 7 sin Bit * 1. You're cool litle one My — dark southern breeze 2 Look up that. pale ight swell she's wak - ing the tees Pm a ad & - _ A g Di - ie Damn Mag-nolia sweeps through my fingers and it a= ma = 2es me drifting in your hoo-doo andit a= ma - 2es me arnep keira by eng intr CpyrgnSecedl Rhs Reed» ob fia GE ERB your en-vy shelters me Lay down your bur-denmyste-ry of sate Och ook Gotta hold on me 1 got no Blucr to preach just Mississip-pi 8 hd ch o : & i 2 Ein E = bo-ny com=pan-y Andie a = ma= 20s me Oh ita = ma ~ xes me may-be the a Fon? eb bith could be this tune Wea - ma-ze me hae 73 cm ao a a a» ge. aoe Fe sim -ma - 2s me what drives me ery is that big fit yellow moon.® Ee fa a Ee moon And it A ~ ma - 20s me Ain'eno magic po-tion No Gri-gri on her side she's bound to my sal = va = tion FIA aR aE ie i - a ee - ty = = = f- Ree — = 6 te eS wz eo Swect lite Mima takeme down by the ever to = night a» & a» b re 2 7 . he EB 2 " BB neacu cova ai ES pS SS 2 And it a = ma = res. me, and it, a - ma ~ 2s me0 Moderately BAD SIDE OF THE MOON Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and BERNIE TAUPIN Guitar ——+D c (Capoup 72 290 Tire EE fits fet Keyboaré —>B> ¥ Ou se ma la, ou se ma la, (ge le Ki ED g Sn 2 = A : it } Hae iit Hie 4 Bb Db a _ Eb G _ Ae SS == >> SS fio 6 ore Eg a Hs Ht & ‘Db Bbm? a os 1 pee as — z ——— Fe ta Tes = —= == SF Z Z we # ee Cine > Giobm a a : Db/fbass Eb Ab/ebbaws stir your dregs— ve our life rnacles. k-ness still with - the out & main cause of our stay. tle spoon. aS + = Cee oa ect At apse ned ter annie Staton Coben Seed igh icy Sra of gram water neD ¢ Ha Eb Com-mon peo - ple live with me_ where the light has_ nev-er shown, and the Ex-iled here from other worlds; my sentence comes too s0on,— why Givbes ak ‘ADIED bass SSS =| SS J her-mits flock like hum-ming bieds,. to speak in a for-oign tongue, should I be made” to pay on the Bed Side” Of The Moon? from the peo-ple who make-me stay,— sit-ting on the Bad Side Of The Moon,Ousemala, ousemala, D c G D é 0,0 0 $ HE Hes iH Db ab Ey = == Ss F a; ' eS ousema la, ousema la, ousema la ousema la, ousema Ia, Eb Repeat and Fade ou se ma lalB BALL AND CHAIN Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and GARY OSBORNE A Si Ea He hang-ing. a= round my T got a ball_and chain heart, — ta F % SSS SS aS a ——S You were the one to blame, for tearing my world _a- part. — Bosuse Bb F » iH 5 fia] | T got a heart so true, yougot a heart-of ice. You had to tie me down— in-side a cage of doubt. T couldn't take your pain, — you couldn't take-my love. ony © 96 by 8a music unas Acne meray SA, Inco! Congr Seres Ai igs Rsa e oF ae Za 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 Sofim gon-na quit this__game ‘cause ba - by I've had— e - nou i= i——— Bb BFF eal GE zy af at BB got a ball and chain, hanging a - round my heart. Eb BbIF fda fe i ff maybe And if it’s all the same aeaned we should part. And I'm sing-ing A Bb Hit yeah. do do do do dodo dodo do. dol bl do do do do do do.6 ze 4 To Coda ® I'msing-ing do do do do___ do do— do do do— do do itil do Bb F do. GJ = Otic uA you tried to EB Eb Eb Bb/D &b BbIF OF Hin (el Ta AE Es hold me,— but youwere slow - ly driv-ing me in - sane.— Clo 5 o Gs I got a ball and chain,— You were the one to blame_ hanging a - round my for tear-ing my world a part. — I got a heart so true, = you got a heart_ of ice, ‘A. lit-tle more love from you, Eb DS. al Coda Bb could-'vebeen par - a-dise,—8 Bh a Ha : be ee cy ool I got a ball. and chain hanging a- round my heart. Eh DF OF. Ea ieee o —— [got a ball and chain, hang-ing a-round my heart. — And I'm sing -ing be dodododo_ do do do dodo do = dodododo = do_____yeah. Wilh doh dh Do Ab Bs e Eh d T'msinging dodododo_ do do. do do_do do iia db. bt do— dodo do.BELIEVE Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN J = 68 Coe ome ca Dewss —D Capos een ane om GeiF & be-lieve in loves. it’s all we've got, — love has be-lieve in love, it’s all we've got, love has 3. With-out love, T would-n’t "no boun-dar-ies,. costs no boun-dar-ies,__no be-lieve in a-ny-thing pe cm Dsus 0 om ji tt ome no-thing to touch. — War makes mo-ney,—— can -cer sleeps, bor-ders to cross. Love is sim-ple, hhate breeds— that lives and breathes, ‘With - out love. Td have no an - gery onyight © 1985p ita A Bong Lines) acl Hani) ‘Nini namin Ws We or Inwanatenal Copy secs. Alright Reseed» 2 ‘omiab curled up in my — father and that means some-thing tome. those who think differ ~ ence is the child of dis ~ case. — T would-n’t be - lieve __ in the right’ to stand here. a» cm covab Chur- ches and die - ta-tors, po - li- tics and papers, Fa - ther and son, make love and guns. With - out love. 1 would-n’t be - lieve I » Fm? Gras @ a gy to Coda ee = ry-thing —crum-bles won = er orn = ter, but fa - mi - liesto-geth - er xaill some - one ‘with-out could-n’t be-lieve in you____ and I would-n’t be-lieve. in me, _—_with-out cm mab » Graugs cm i ag B Hf foe ee eee) love20 Deus > om om love,an om mish a} ab G7augs * 7 ae I believe in love. en she sre repeat 1a fade a Dos cm one cs es i iBENNIE AND THE JETS Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN Slow tempo —— = = SSS Hey kids shake it loose lo-geth- er the spot He Kids ‘lug in- to. the faith = less may - 3rd time piano s010 S45 + Sf re Ad lib, solo 3rd time SSS SS SS SS SS 6 aa An? eS = ee = fe | t's hit-tingsomesthing thats pean nown tochange the weather WETLKill the a= sed af fo night— 19, suck 2 round aero ae ie Pah ga ee ee SS ee |G SS ee a = Ste —— = oS = [= SS 2S CS —— You're gon-na hear e = lee = tr of , sound Tong — ers Wr? ARE SSSR" obey Sut ig Whe stots. 15. tind who's night and who's wrong copyignto ‘napster ne unease 3g car sutra aod Siro neato ne(ard time vocal) Say— Can-dy and Ron - nie have you 2 * (no solo 3rd time) seen them ¢ = = == so spaced out Ben-nie and the Jets 6 > ge —* SSS sf But they're weird and they'rewonderful__ oh Ben nie She's real - eS Wy keen === She's got e - c. D Em Enz = 3 oS ea ee a ———se x — —— SSS — Troms boot mo-hair suit youknow | read it ina mag - a zine oh. er 1S ae == 3 :Ben-nie and the SF = copa z Fmay G7 Fmayr am. DS. (Piano solo) al Coda roa G7 Fm GT Fai’ G7 ‘wr Ans 8 @ fi Repeat and FadeTHE BITCH IS BACK Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and BERNIE TAUPIN, With a driving beat » ovias Ss Doras By os es == SSS = aes SS oes ee eae ral - it cane Topi in your eye Dy Db/Ab he 87 ab = — = Times are chang in’nowthe poor get fat__ but the fev-er'sgon-na catch you when the bitch gets back pane ey Bara a sano TM etek me slat concedes26 Db/Ab Eat meat on Fri = day that’s ean bitch the best at your so - Db Db/ay A BT Ae Db/Ay Ab cial do's_ get high in the eveningsniff-ing pots of glue Tm a bitch othe bitch is__back Stonecold so ber as 8 mat BT BT 8 B = bitch I can bitch ‘cause I'm bet-terthan you ‘It's the way that I move anda en- ter- tain. by_pick-ing brains sell my soul by drop-ping names 1 don’t like those!_My God, Db/Ay Ab Db/Ab De Do/Ay bh BT “EB s.atcom ___what’s that! Oh, its full_of nas-ty hab-its whenthe bitch gets back.— Do/A> Aer & Ds a7 D> AT ob Ae a bitch, bitch, the bitch is___ back.BITE YOUR LIP (Get Up and Dance) Words and Music by ELTON JOHN Rock and BERNIE TAUPIN aGEE 1. She slid down to the ci-ty lim-its Mon-key time in fit - teen min - utes Bite yourlip, 2. Instrumental solo ad lib. 38. See additional lyrics Bb F Bo F B F (a ae Gee ee al get_up and dance. conyigh 0197509 89 Ro Msc aunts Aaminiteres by ntevarg Se neal Copy sere Al Rahs Ree29 Don't let me down Please stick a-round Bite your lip, Bb : To Coda Hi He = getup, get up and dance. End of instrumental solo HEE 1&2, Strobe light on funk-y. feet, Soul child-ren in theGaAs Eire io aa BHD Be = ay & Move that muscles ' shake dis-co. heat, Bb i ae Di ° — that fat. Bite your lip get up, get up and dance,— D.S.al Coda CODA F Bo OF Bb OF F Bb Ls Bb He = ARGUE BUG GY ceae tok 2. Instr. Bite your lip es ~—,3 tt (19 times? e crescendo poco a poco) eet up, get up and dance. Bite your lip get up, get up and dance. Bite yourlip, [Repeat ad li F rad —- get up, get up and dance, dance, dance. [Tast time Chords tacet EE CMRI bb od oco0dG Bite your lip Additional lyries 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 o om co you're a child_ in my head, you have-n’t craves 07 Creust 7 ee oe walked yet, your first words have yet to be sid, oy 61985 wil A. org Lied) a Han SCA "Ninh aber by Wwe Mane Corp intartaonl opyigh secre. AB gh Reedhsus2 F © cum cum oc aE i le ies = you'll be blessed. cares E : "Fs: ° om am? ge ci 21 know you're still just a dream, your eyes_ might ee 31 need you, be= fore Pm too ol, to. have and crane cr ore at feel fer ‘ste sh noe gue BEE fl green, fr the blu - est that I've ever seem, a-ny-way— hold, to valk with youand watch you grow, and” know EF = ; = 1 Bhsus2 Csus4 c Csuss 8 : ae — you'll be. blessed. — that you’re____ blessed. oe34 » é tf a you, you'll be blessed,— you'llhave the best, 1 pro-mise you that. ° ms a] snCote® Tl pick a starfrom the sky, pull your name from a ha + mise you that,— pro. - mise you that, pro = mise you that, you'll be blessed,35 ome om | copa rn oi mise you that. you'll be blessed, | | | - you'll have the best, 1 promiseyou that. Tl pick a starfrom the sky,pull your name from a hat, = mise you om + mise you that, — ye o mise you that,= mise you that, pro = mise you that, pro - mise you that, you'll be. blessed.BLUE EYES nis ed CARY OSBORNE Hib aed ga emi Gall —s_EE Ee 3 a= by’sgot o Fo ola “rer {like a deep” blue sea Uiike “a clear blue sky— a Blue eyes, Blue,eves,— when the morn - ing when I’m by her é Sas Es = = s_+5e opygant © 1962 by 8a Pa Musi ‘avmghs forthe Goes aes tine by ons. Tsaenal Copy Seed Al as earn39 Dm Ea _GM| a ad yee —_ ape eee aye 1) Blue eyes holding back the tears = “will see 23} Blue Ges ttugheing in the sun, | as eS = =a E : i Pov ie | ul a= SS = 4 jae ‘Bhp Het holding back the pain laugh-ing in the rain blue— ‘and she’s a = lone. and am I home. ZT — Eb Ab__Gb__DbiF Ab/ED Lia Finell2ayic ATES BbIC pill BEL Gnet as Ge "ag ——at = ¢ DS. al Fine =e € (SSS Andam I home a- gainBLUES FOR BABY AND ME (Gnd time) Your old man— got___mad | when I told him we waslea ‘Saw your hands tremb - lingyour eyes op ~ened_in_ sur-prise He cursed — and_ he raved It’s nine-ty inthe shade babe swore at___ the cei. ~ He called you his child ain't a cloud inthe sky I called— you my _child ‘igh torte une tse ars Aire by Sng FelyGra nterationa ne * Tntmator! Copyrp Seid A igs Reseeda LS said hon-ey —getwise to__ his game_____ said hon nowthis is our game. - ble Iknow it those bums are all__ the same play. it and I'm hap-py to be home a- gain in the lane it'swait -ingfor us—ge SS SS } f i Disus4 D c Disus¢ C_—“dDsusd CDTsust C Drsus4 And it's all ov- er now don't you wor - ty no43 The grey — hound ie wait - ing and the ra~ nN hy = : : = Fa i = = = Ba = by and me ‘And the high like it'sthat trip to D.S.al Coda sing- ingBORDER SONG Slowly, with a beat Words and Music by ELTON JOHN, and BERNIE TAUPIN been re - moved. been de - ceived. lve in peace, - - _ ; = ee (oe ae = SS = c 6p ¢ Esus a ae T fave seen the spec - = t Now the wind has changed di ree - tion and 1 Let_us he has SS ‘been here— too, have. to leave, — # f a — 4 4 == lie, you please. ex. cise my frank ne ‘2 Faun _O= ver _ there Ei brand of peo ple who ain't ut yhat's his ‘cel its not my cup copyright © 96 ‘ARN for the United tates a cana “nematonal nyaort Fo/G ee oa | 2 Fo Fim 6/8 Fea ¢BURN DOWN THE MISSION Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and BERNIE TAUPIN Bb/c bass tell _me there's an an-gel in your —_ tree, 2, Deep in the woods the squirrels are out to - day, Bb. G/0 bass Aschbass ue i. did he say be'd come to call on me?. my wife cried when they came to take me a- way. z s Em7sus4 ee Se0 i For things are get-ting _des-p'rate in our home, ___ But what more could I do just to keep her warm, copy © 97 ik anes Mae ‘sighs forthe Unite tte ip Canad are Song Of Pla neal Interstar! Coppi Secured A igh ReseedChaim? Grows op S , Geum Am? GC 0,0 Hy t par-ish— of the restless folks T__ know. burn, burn, burn, burn down the mission walls Ey-'ry-bod-y, now, Go 900 Gi ff @eet —— ee bring your fam- ‘lies down_ to the riv-er-side, c G ys bass c 80, daa ook to the east to see wherethe fat stock hide. & 6/6 nae Bbc ban HE HE, | it's time we put the flame torch to their _keep..watch the black smoke fly to heav- en, see the red flame light the sky. miscsion, | pturn it down tostay ive, Eb/ab bast Bb Ab Db ae fe 2” on-ly chance of liv-ing,take all youBb/c bass Ebyr bass ¢ fe Ee E Eb pb/osen Ficoss Bb ge _ eee aes eae oe FCS Gypbas fi HEH RET Fe —_ ' Original tem Fe Db/ab bas Bm Bbmé —Fictan YA bas Bb/c bass i Hg GB GE Faster Repeat and Fade Bb Bb(add C) D. _ Coda Eb/F bass Bbye bass at Ee o Be‘CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT from Walt Disney Pictures’ THE LION KING Music by ELTON JOHN ee) Lyrics by TIM RICE BI PIA EG BF Eb BRD rim = & e ™ legato With pedal PAG Be 7 Cay ae Eb 2 f & oe (ee == |S ears — There’s a a sur-ren - der There’s a time for _ev- ’ry-one, Eb BoD Eb BoD = = 2 a to the rush. of — day, when the heat. of the roll-ing world — if theyon - ly — learn_ that the twist - ing ka. lei- do - scope— Bb/D = = i can be turned. a - way. ‘An en- chant - ed mo-ment, moves us all in turn._ There’s a rhyme and — rea-son — = 91984 Wonderiand Muse Cong Incentinal copys sce A ge ReseedEb B/D Eb Gm r 3 Rr me and it sees_ me through. I's e~ nough_ for this rest - less _war-rior tothe wild out - doors when the heart of this star-crossed voy-ag - er aa just to be with you, | beats in dme— with you And can you feel the love =o poco erese. Ws e- nough________for this pat = = = & = \3 i £ rs l= = = v 7 - + - - aB/D Eb Fisus ER & & -_ —- —— ——+ = the Sg ee FA Bb m7 i Eb F7sus Eb/Bb EE Ea SS te === kings. and vag-a-bonds_be-lieve the ver - y best. i. molto rit. ==56 CANDLE IN THE WIND Music by ELTON JOHN ‘Words by BERNIE TAUPIN Gently, reflectively B A ANGE Fim7 Ess E. 8 &# # FE Good-bye Nor - ma Jean, Lone- li - ness was tough, though I ney - er the tough-est role knew you at all you had the grace fo hold your - self — you ev - er played. Hol - ly-wood cre - at - ed a su = per star a — round_ you crawled. ‘They crawled out of the was the price you paid. E - ven when you capylgh 01973 Dames Muse Unites ‘Amit forthe Unita sate nf anacAsmnitere oy Sonar or PaySram international ‘iurnatonl Copygne Secured Al gh Aeseees37 wood.work and they whis-pered in t your brain. — died, oh, the press still — hound-ed you. 7 ‘They set you. on the tread = mill__ and they made you change. your name. __ All the pa - pers had__ to say was that Mar - i - lyn was found. in i> Hed > & Ey Te mate | Oe et er E Ea can - dle inthe wind, nev-er know-ing who to cling. to when thewas just E, Bsus ze B @ I would have liked — to have knownAG$ Fim? E, Ew (E. at> B BA B im — though I nev - er knew you at all you had the grace to E/G} A DIA ie & — —— hold your - self __ while those: a round_ you crawled, __60 E i e Good-bye Nor - ma Jean, from a young man in the Es = — who sees you assome-thing more than sex - ual, more than Asus A = a fe Mar-i- lyn Mon - roe. B a i lived your life wind, —= never know = inj who to cling to when the rain— e set in ‘And I would have liked_ to have known Cém you, but Twas just a kid, Your can - dle burned — out B Bsus A S a a & long be ~ fore your leg-end ev - er did, ___AGE FATE EIGE A Cin would have liked. tohave known you, whoa, but 1 Your can - dle bummed — out Bsus B OB eS Ee E. ae your leg-end ev-er diCANDLE IN THE WIND 1997 Music by ELTON JOHN Words by BERNIE TAUPIN Inaslow2 B fe SS 2 eS fi SS . t Good-bye, Eng-land’s rose; may you ev - er Love li - mess we've lost; these emp - ty days grow in our hears. You were the grace that plicead tacit + where with out" your smile; — This torch well always cary for “our lives were tom a - part You called out to our coun-try, nna - tion's gold - en child. And eventhough we try, seamen 7. ype nes acme Ans torte unite Sas a ee Truman neand you whis-pered fo those in pain. __ Now you be-long 0 ‘the truth brings us to_—tears, All our words can EGE A Asus and the stars spell out your name. the joy you've brought us through the years. heay -en, ‘not ex~ press And it seems to me — you lived your lifelike a can - dle in__ the wind,_ & = = ney-er fad-ing with the sun - set when the rain set in, —65 Bsus B A. x a = ‘And your foot-steps will al- ways fall____ here _ a long Eng-land’s green-est_ hills. ‘Your can - die’s burned out long —_be - fore — Bsus A wGg = Fam? your leg-end ever will66 A EGY Fim? E, B & F & FF & & E, E1GE A may you ev - er B/G? & —— You were the grace that placed it - self___— where lives. were tom =a ~ part.__ Eng-land’s rose, —or ETIGE & > —— from a coun-try lost with - out your soul, who'll miss the wings of your com - EGE Asus f> pas - sion more than you will ev - er know, copa igh> DS. al Coda And it ccan - dle’s burned out HGH Fim? EB. & HE . aS 8 > your leg-end ever willCAPTAIN FANTASTIC AND THE BROWN DIRT COWBOY Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and BERNIE TAUPIN Slow 4 Am Bm Se HS He He Cap tain Fan - ta5- ti, ralsed_and_. reg - i- mented This isa piano guide, to be interpreted at the discretion of the player. Hard -ly a Very clearly a case ccomn-flakes and clas-sies “Two teas both with sug - ar please” snes eauedly oan US Intnl opigh secre Al Nigh Radeb7 Em Ge BB Inthe back of an al - ley tumed brown in_ their sad - dles red ros - y ap ~ ples in Sweet sum-mer For it’s hay choclate bis- make and “Hey ent Hs While lit-tle Dirt Cow-boys cuits, And op? @ do the pa-perssay an-y-thing good”_. Are there chances in life for a ae 28 lit-tle_. Dirt Cow boys. Should | make my way out of ‘my home Bb a Hie S a inthe woods?— —- ———=— — Ly sais I eS 2d # still green and growing Cis tyeslck Cop = tain could behold - = That starve in the win-ter__— Bro-ken young chil-dren onn And the six-ty eight sum-mer fes - ti-val wall flowers are are hard -ly a home the range with a des-perate - sire for change_R We've thrown in thetowel too_ man-y times out for the count_ when we're down Cap tain. Fan-tas - tic and the Brown Dirt Cow-boy from the end ofthe world to_your town. Fo zz DS. al CoitaggB § g § 8. : ® Coda Bee ce ee We've thrown in the towel too_man-y times — out for the count. when we're down, ioe . eS oe — end of_ the world. to_your town, ‘And all this talk of Jesus ‘The captain and the kid Coming back to see us Stepping in the ring. Hm... mm... couldn't fool us From here on sonny For we were spinning out our lines It’s a long and lonely climb. Walking on the wire Hand in hand went music and the rhyme For cheap meals... ete, as before7 CARLA ETUDE = 104 B By ELTON JOHN chm aah EEE EE = = || = ae a8 a tempo a ag (706 sim)Esust es we (ped. sim)18 Moderately slow, in 2 ‘Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and GARY OSBORNE How come you're How you han You're the life un = der stand ~ dle what-you live —— that TT ding — through — ai - — 7 ce S Ge : = Ba Ba —— = 4 when 1 tell you all my lies, ———— T can nev = ‘er hope. 10. Jearn,———— when “T" eel like giv = in’ in, ‘aight 098 by 89 Fa Muse ted Sater admin by eaeserp USA. Tntsmatons! pyre Seaes ‘a Rs heed19 Bb tak: in’ all the pain. give you,— when the dreams. that I re - ly. on | and, pretend - in’ to be- lieve them,— see through all my al - i ~ bis? lov - in’ blind - ly in re- tum, start to wer ait’ tle thin. Bb FE E/E ‘And I need— you more. than ev- er. And I need— you more— than ev- ei Then I need— you more— than ev- er.fea ot what you gon = na do? ae ee i a What you gonna do —___ a bout2 CIRCLE OF LIFE Music by ELTON JOHN Lyrics by TIM RICE Moderately, with an African beat BbS Eb F African chant —.. 9 1934 wonderand Mui Compay, ne ign eseved, vied by Permision‘Same tempo, gently rhythmic SS = ——, oe ee ee ————— a = = ef (African chant continues)Fisus Bb Cm7/Bb FT = ££ #£4&® From the day we ar - rive on the plan Bb fi SSS == blink-ing, step in - to ice see than can os : = = = a3 0 $3 So ae. #: = fae = Bb Cm7/B> done. ‘There’s far too much_ to take in___ here,St sun roll - ing high __ through the sap - phi- re sky____keeps great and small on theend = - less round. It’s the cir - cle __ ofEb AbIEb Eb fe" ™ mz through de- spair and — through faith and — til we find GyBb Cm7/Bb p sweetly m7 Ab Fous F Bb Cm7/Bb BAincreasing Ab CmG Fous F Bb Eb/Bb = Ee Eg : ey = | I Its the cir - cle of Iie, rN va oe r = = o—- o = through de - spair and hope,89 Eb Fsus FE AbIEb through faith Absus AbT GbiD> DbCLUB AT THE END OF THE STREET Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and BERNIE TAUPIN aa a Yerse Daun 0 (31d time ins.) Eee ry 1. When the 2. From the (808) shades are fs drawn — where the and the of the moon is ban-ned_ walks gently sway light — a A 6 0 6 i if fe g } = — + — ts eS gee Se SSS — Tented yoo, and Ym. col cold, = ean Tea your ted Tm. cold cold, bm s Hf ae Oo pee ae qr SS = obiab on, ol onl 9 ol wl Kt iE ty 4 a.D8 al Coda F Hin igi’ ia = Oh— love hurts sofe ge fc m1 ts Te Tre101 COUNTRY COMFORT ‘Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN, Slow rock - double-time feeling % GBR +H (Ftm/cthas) | pines will be fall - ing ev-'ry - where, vil-lage | grandma yesterday down atthe store well, she's Ee] fa H And the Well, she chil- dren fight each oth-er for a real- ly go - ing fine for _eight-y_~ comoteetee in oe song menu anc Med mnt Pe ee102 HR (Dicedas) Dea - con Poor old six - 0 nine goes roar - ing past the creek, asked me if some time I'd fix her barn, Lee pre-pares his ser-mon for next week, girl, she needs a hand to run the Chorus? } ere (Diavasy(ctoy ry HEE good old Coun-try Com- fort in my bones. Just the sweet-est sound my ears have ev-er just an old_._ fash-ioned feel- ing103 Last time i ‘aot ges + ESE © = Coun. try any truck that’s go - “Aas Pe ——— ps. & for extra verses 3 =n #4 3, (own at the) 4] (Now the) Down at the well they've got a new machine, Foreman says it cuts manpower by fifteen, But that ain't natural, so old Clay-would say, He's a horse-drawn man until his dying day. (Repeat Chorus) Coda yg @ gone 4, Now the old fat goose is flying ‘cross the sticks, ‘The hedge-hog's done in clay between the bricks, ‘And the rocking chair's a-creaking on the porch, ‘Across the valley moves the herdsman with his torch, (Repeat Chorus) Ey A z iS Coun=try Com-fort's an-y truck that’s go-ing back home._,108 COME DOWN IN TIME Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN Moderately slow = cs Am D ant He EAE i Se a : ae aS. £ =e Inthe ques! - lent sec - onde I, 1 turned off the WaT atnt know fT Showa have heard nee —SSS — Se § SS 7 SSS a = = SS == =| 2 a Ey light_ switch and I, 1 came down to. meet you in the oop | yore bite a true love like_—__—ihers. copyght 1569 ie anes Musetinad [igh forthe Unite statna Coad ated ong 0fPlGramInterstoral Intarstons Coppigh Seid A igh Rese105 Dm E Dyrebas — Eycthae Am? 0. 00 HR OHH BE ge ——— 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, cmaj? Dm ‘00 eae 3 A man-tle of bright light shone down from a room_ Tm get-ting to. think = in’ if she's comin’ at all_— : Bot Byotese Fai? a "Come Down In Time."Dm7 cmaj7 FE Em7 Dm maiz she AmT F "Come Down In Time,107 Dm? FE ic.) Ds Am. meet you half - way." eo es cB co Am? eo > 5 ‘There are wom - —en_and wom - en, and some D cmaj7 Bm? Am? BS ‘000 ono 9 Ht HEE von. FRG 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 13.7 res mem - ber when rock was young. 2 went by and Me and Su sie had do much fun —____ 3 8u Slo went and left “us” for some for> eign guy. Hold -ing hands. me Long. Took just die by ong Plyeam terion nt rege heaves coprigh yr Al ight for the Usted state rd Cade iniratanal Cont¢ # 109 a 944 2: d= > s a) ite “Syn by he ee an 5 SS gold Chev arcans—t! of ty" cher} nd my place of my own od" blue jeans But the But anaes une a Bape == Se called the croc -a- dile the coe 74> dile thing up ile the pth = er Ads were rook it round he Tearn -ing fast__"_"\ ti “the weeks went past wl FS SSS =o Sj SSS — Ss == = "to the croc-a- ile rock, Well fo dile rock would last,’ Wellay, Crocodile rock-in’ 8 some-thingshock- in’ when your feet just can’t keep never knew better time and I guess I new - er Fe cr Lawdy ma-ma those Fri - day nights Su- sie wore— her dres-ses__ tight the eroc-o - dil rock - in’Em CFF EFF EFF | | the years But1m CURTAINS Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN Bb7 eb Stow ay He I used toknow this old scare-crow he was my song My joy and a Casta-lone between the fur- rows no longer sown : ae i dan-de - tion that said the time has come to leave up-on_the wind =< 7 : = = == eS pe se 3 sa : 33 sr aaoisecs Son aya tenn igh secu A age eera EL Sa 60 hnead = ing for Spa ‘Oh and 1 can see Dan - er. secon Oh and hhe should “know. way - ing good bye God it looks — been there "e - nough— Must. be the clouds. nis Oh. 1 miss= on. Dan-iel_ my broth er you are the pain that_won't heal your you see Dan - ict you're In the face— of the £ by,123 DS. twice Ist DS. Instrumental, ad ib (small notes) 23nd DS. Ist lyric again ial Coda iors 7 F/G lookslike Dan ~ iet Must be the cloudsa DON’T GO BREAKING MY HEART Words and Music by CARTE BLANCHE ‘and ANN ORSON Moderately F BOF F Don’t go break -ing my heart py omen nee tried. (a0y)P°™" fra "no - body" told — us (Gr) “Cuuse no ~ bod - y showed” mf (Boy) Sri now!” ifs up vate ea ted te15 TT Ba - by you're not that — kind (Gir) Oh. think’ We can “make it. = F BF F Don't go break - ing my heart You take the weight off (Boy) so don't mis - un -" der - stand— me put the ‘ight in my nserumencal rd time) B F Bb a7 hon = ey when you knock at my door.— you put the" spark, fo the flame — 7 F/C o O00 1 gave you my key (Gi) ve got your Heart “in” my sights ———a6 a mz cote am. (Together) No-bod = y _knows— (Boy) But Bb al No-body Knows when T was down (Girl) 1 was your clown (Together) Oo nobody know - ows fe (BoyRight from the start___(Giri) I gave you my hear.Bb 2 (Boy)S0, don't g0 break-ing my heart (Girl) 1 won't go break-ing your heart. c7 = F To Coda. Ef Om Bs c7, 8 F & fa corral. = i (Together) Don’t go break-ing my heart = DS. al Coda F copa fF) ft S (Together)_.Don’t go break-in my = Repeat ad lib and Fade SS — Don’t go break- ing my Don't go break-ing my heart (Giri) |_won't go break-ing your heart__DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME ‘Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN, Slow beat 1 can’t_tight nomore of yourdark = ness Tm growing. tired and time stands still be-fogg Armor te Ure ees amnereyteng USA, ne9 Fro-zen here— On the lad- der of my to save my-self from life fall ing. IL took a chance and changed your wayof life But you misread my meagaige when 1 andleftme blind et. you. —by. the light Don’tlet the sun. go down on abthough I_search myself _it'sal-wayssome-one else I see. Pd just aMlow a frag-ment of; to wander free. los-ing ev-'ry thing is like Om C/E 6/8 F/G ro coag’ sun go-ingdown on me, Tean't find oh therightro - manctic line, —and see the way I feel cs a7 # & G7 CG fs Just be-cause.you think Don't dis-card me CE Gi 3 But these cuts_ 1 have oh they need — 1 mean_you harm x 7 ¢ & COPA ie os tohelp-them heal132 EGO ‘Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN Fim sit =e foes = = SI f i Hee ——— Toke a look at menow—"andTakea tte ofthe mon -—ey Take slovk at menow— and take look sty bil ing otake look gt menow=— and take atest ofthe mon = ey I'm not in it for the bread I'm in it forthe grav Kim not in it as an ex -tra— — V'm in it forthe kill Vim not in it for the bread—— I'm in it forthe grav ‘avn tobe Ue ns AncoStep on the thin, Inflatemye = Inflatemye —- ee light - ty and check outthe show—twice night - ly — go gen - tly go telithemheay - en sent me— go gen - tly go tell themheav - en sent me— the stage—— to-night and— ox: press ve and— 'm— ex-press ive and— 'm— = the price is right. I ob - sessed with my ob - sessed with> my A oD oe ¢ F Bb & Dsus # OE i Be Es = ey light, 1 crave message. Oo mess- age. Oo > < the light, mmm blind- Ing white— | need_the light to-night — in-form— the press, in-vite — the guests | need — the pres in-form the press, in-vite—— the guests | need— ‘the press —* Dsus £ F/G c/s g is ig aS to-night Do you re-mem - ber Am Giim am, G f fs f & " = 7 - ee —# ia Sard act-ing out__your youth, — 2 Ro- me-o— res» plen-dent_. fon an or ‘ange case. — Do you re-mem - ber SSS ae ee and how'd blow— my lines, and hide— ay face. Well may-be it was child - ish, fool iene rT o | EB ToCoas (9 Esus ii lose your cool - ish. — 1 had to grow and prove my eg and prove my ego. 1 had to. grow.136 EMPTY GARDEN (Hey Hey Johnny) Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and BERNIE TAUPIN Gentle rock “ What hap- pened here? New York sun - set dis. - ap- peared_ 1 foundanEmp - ty Gar = — — SS a-mong the flag - stones there. must have been a gar-den-er who cared Who weed -ed out the tearsand copy © 38 8g Pi Mus. ‘nigh for he Gl states hater by weesong USA, me Tron! Copy Sees A Ras Reseed137 good crop Now it all looks strange. It's fun-ny how. one little Emp-ty | Gar-den by The brown - stone™door?_ And in the cracks a = long the some say’ _he farmed_his. best in’ young “er years, but_ne'dhave “Said.'the root grows138 side - walk, noth - ing grows no more strong er. Hf on-ly he could hear, lived____ here? He must have been agar - den - er He —musthave been agar - den - er lived, there? weed-ed out the tears and weed-ed out the tears and — we're crip-pled and we're dazed. And with ev-'ry drop. that pours, Who cared = alot, who who cared = a lot who And we are so Now we pray for A gat-den-er like that. wer139 one, tio one can re- pace. ‘we hear your rame——— been knock + ing but no one, answers, And Pye been knock = ing. ‘most all the day. Oh, and I've been cal = ing oh hey, hey John ny, can’t you come40 DS. al Coda Can't you come out. come out to play? can'tyoucome out to play in your Emp ~ ! 2 DJGOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD vat ‘Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN Moderately slow, in 2 When are you gon- na come down When are you going 10 land, What do youthink you'll ~~ do then 1 bet that =" shootdown "your plane. 1 should have stayed — on the farm Should have list - ened to my—__ old man Ite" take you a cou ple of vod - ka andton - ics to set you on yourfeet a~ gain You know you can't hold me for- ev = e—— 1 did- n't sign up—— with you May -be you'll get_— a re - place - ment— there's plen- ty like me— to be found £ = Copy © 173 pice ames Msc utes Al ight for he United tte! an Cana Adgpnire by Song Fyrom ner tona interations| opyoh Sars A Ron esaves1a & & c7 F not a pre ~ sent for your friends to 0 = pen this boy's too young— to be mon - grels ‘who aint got a pen ny. Sing-ing for tit ~ bits like sing ~ ing — you e D> F & SE = Es= food bye ye Where the dogs of | s0-ci-et- y howl You can't plant me in your pent Ret EFTm go- ing back to. my plough the howl ing old owl. inthe woods Hunt-ing the hom y back toad ‘y de-cid - ed my fu -ture lies bbe - yond the yel-low brick 5FANFARE Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and JAMES NEWTON HOWARD 20 only145 = sa : Eb EBiloraz ts o Em7/A46 FRIENDS Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and BERNIE TAUPIN Guitar —> Em? Au peng eo Slowly, with a beat ee) Keyboard—>Gm?7 Gm7/C bax 1.1 hope the day will be— alight = er _high- 24It) seems to me a_crime that we —shouldage,— for _ friends___are found. on ev-'ry road.— ‘Can you these fragile mes shouldney ~ erslip us by. 4 Ene, aul > Ht HH it Gmc ass ev er think. of an - y bet - ter way. for the time you nev > er can_ or shall ¢ - rase— as 6 Gitex a7 ooo iE ee E>6 Bb bass C7 lost and wea - ry trav - el - lers to go? friends to- geth - er watch their child -hood fly. a Anis tote United sts ara Are by Song Fly neal ne “nasil Copy eat Al aga Reeur cadag Giotas cis «G D ae goo gee she, ? orus: Hy % ERE HAE} HY Bbaad9 TS Biirtan Boas Bb F - ony s 34 =e SSS ae = = ester i — Mak-ing friends for the world to see,— let the peo ple know a = you got what you need. With a friend at hand. —-youwill see the light if your friends are there thenev-ery-thing'sall right. 2 right. BbS:18 FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN Slowly and solemnly149182 GREY SEAL Words and Music by ELTON JO} and BERNIE TAU | Moderate Rock cp Dsus D Em D ee if a —=—S Why's it nev - er light. on my lawn, | __ why me - te- ors were fort — were wrought by an - cient ___men__ Why does it rain___ and ney -er_say____good - day a Ton - ly farmed— in schools that were so —_—— ‘The roots were formed by twisted roots, your roots were 2 to. the new - born eae SS | = ee congo 909 ane mainte [igh for the Ute states dh Cana ted by Sang OF PlGram ntemaert n insmatonst Copa Sees‘ igs hee153 Em D af Se —— sereen they shone us ‘sun But not_as bright — can cry then so can I Tread books be - fore all_life_ could die The Phoe-nix bird in life te one___ and draw life from EB 4 =a t = * fete aoe © Cc It's nev-er § quite__—s the: same __ as the real __ All my is draw = ings from_ If the nix bird can fly then _so__ See e can 1And tell me155 om [= it no chord I nev-er learned. ‘Your mis-sion bells —_ a i 4 no chord Tell me. Grey. Dysus D7 Dysus D7 br oe Beal eee how love can feel.™ GROW SOME FUNK OF YOUR OWN Words and Music by ELTON J BERNIE TAUPIN and DAVEY JOHNST Bright Rock tempo | Play 4 times §, be Verse 1.Well 1 looked at watch and it said quar-ter to five the head - lines soreamed that I was still a= ive. rs F & Am G/B FE ¢ § Am c. ef could-n't un-der-stand it, 1 thought T. died__ last e = copyiono 575499 ash rg Pe Irteraten Conyrin157 | When a-long came a Sen - or-i = ta, oF c/a D/A 2 | with my Eng - lish ee when her c a dee e & 6 Am G/B Hy brass knuck-led boy friend grabbed ___ me by the = arm__158 ‘And he said ‘Chorus grow some funk of your own, Asmi = go! Grow some funk of your own like to with the grin - go fight but there might. | eee ee ee159 As mi - got Grow some funk of your own Take my ad ~ vice, take the next__ flight and grow some funk — grow E Eg i To coded DS. a1 Coda your funk at home. CODA Repeat ad lib and Fade 2.4) dreamed I'd been in a border town 3. Well [Tooked for support from the est of my friends Ins tte cantina thatthe boys had found; For their vanishing tick they get fon out often: Tvas desperate to dance inet to ra Jatt dig the local sounds Just to sev he would comprehend: (To Verse 4.) When slong came a senris et. a8 above When slong came a senorita etc. as before To Chorus To Chorus160 HARMONY Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and BERNIE TAUPIN Slowly Dm c Hel-lo,__ba- by 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. iH —+— Hel-lo, I. said “Hel -1o'"_ Is this the on-ly place you thought to go? ‘hs tert te sed as rey go Poa teat neDm T the on-ly man you ev-er had?_ ay i tf Or am I just thelast sur-viv - ing se aL a> D Bm i 161 eee ge - ——_ SSS SSS Har- mo -ny and me —S- pret-ty good com - pa -ny . se —_= F = Look -ing for an is - land in our boat up-on___ the sea ___Har-mo-ny,— gee. I really loveyouand I want to love you for ev - er__ and dreamof the nev- er nev er, nev-er leav-ing har - mo-ny — -pen upyour heart and let your feel - ings flow__ You're not un-luck-y know - ing me Keep-ing the speed. real slow —___ roe163 Hy 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 Look-ing for an is Har-mo-ny, gee I_real-ly loveyouand I164 D Bm Em ar i aa i iH want to love you for - ev - er. and dream of the mev-er nev - er, nev-er leav-ing har-mo-ny Har- mo -ny— Har-mo-ny— 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 Om7 i Dm7 you're brag - Om7 o>16 Gsus Am. 1 guess this kind of thing's just It “gets so hard some-times to m7 caich___ me vi cious cir - cle's Dm7 Gsus in it takes the fire167 don't wan - na go feath - er | 1 aint mad, but 1 don't wan = na go on—with168 you lke Om7 &168 Dm7 im, i you like that. Woh.170 Dm7 C/E wan-na spreadit a-round, sis ter, that's just | don't wan-na_ sec-ond- hand - er i you wan - na hold some - one™ 6 E7/Gs # i DS. al Coda = dle of the night, ‘out the guards, out the lights.— coUA = Am Om7 3 Repeat ad ib. ‘and Fadem HAVE MERCY ON THE CRIMINAL ‘Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and BERNIE TAUPIN E56/B> cm Fast tempo “Silt cm 6/85173 Have you heara the dogs at right _ een the white teath gleam La E6/B> Fm/Ab ea _ & mG ie Chas- ing some poor crim-in = al And 1 You're tak- ing in’ the face of a onif- le butt While thewm they're out fens hold ‘Oh, there must be And you've nev = er. a on his feet a friend in’ years E4/B> Fm/A> in his eyes. heart to stone T s75 ‘Stumb- ling through the dev - il dark jump the walls and the dogs run free. (cine We: gee who is run-ning from the law176 ‘Are you blind A rere if “i Don’t you hear him an = y~ more Pray-ing Lord. you got- ta 1 am nev - er na sincms om B> ” round my legs Sweet Je - sus! be your Now have you8 HEALING HANDS Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN Brightly & io d & LS Re Ra £ F De? — = 11 ne=verdreamed 1 could ery so hard ‘That ain't ike a man 21 ne-ver knew lovelike poi = son That burned like a fire — & F woe oo & a aHE 8 Leould Ay likea bird, some. day. ada place where I could land Alley = er wanted wasa rea = son ‘To drown in your eyes ‘nvmens torent Stes admnbeta yen USA inert copa Seared Ras ete179 eae HB ae ae _ could havesworn we were all locked in___ = I never knew sleep so restless nt e ‘ HB HE I never knew it could hurt, Ain't that what you sid empty arms scold Thatsnot the = way isp im & ie ay Fay ie When the power of love— is dead But =pord. to be ‘ain't the spell Twas sold. giving in ~ coche night-time Ain't no cureforthe pain. You gotta wade in-to the wa-ter You gor-to180 lea to live a= gain And reach ot for her heal hands — hands Thete’sa ight, where the lark-nes ends Touch me now, and lee_me Ath time to Coda 3rd time DB Doo aa] #1 eae ER Bia C) 0 ee # Eg a a EE > imyourgen = ele hea = ling ands181 4! qi D8 al Coda Bur @cova cn 2 0 on 7 D&® Repeat Chorus to fide ¥ 50h...HEARTACHE ALL OVER THE WORLD ‘Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN, Driving c Dic = _ a | Well, Pm Tun-ning a - way fiom this house erick on” his col - la, she's got fish = _ onthe bill There’s a dev - il in ~ side, = nets on her legs [Tm at home and I've got nothin’, — Original Key: Db major. This edition has been transposed down one half-step to be more playable. ie. 1986 by Bg ite ‘Riots forthe Ue red by eriong US. me Tetra Copyright sacred al lhe Rese183 Csus ic Bbdim7 sit-ting on the win - dow - sill. And it’s a just a cold and ach - ing head. ‘There j i ¢ Cous c pic Lowild Fri - day night and 'm all ‘must be someshing dirt - y, just blame it onthe -mag - a - zines. on my own; = a p 7 SS; =. ay t= oped eee oo ee ee ne o — Tye knocked on ev ‘ry door in town thereain't one lit- tle girl _ Don't read that trash it'll drive ya cra - zy cos the cops in - C#aim7 G a —— that’s home. And ev ry-bod-y's vade your dreams, Oh, but ev- ‘ry-bod-y"'s got a date184 What the hell — cm ag hon - ey, when your heart's on G 0 can go from To-ky - 0 to Rome i & = but it looks. to me like the week-end means — Dut it seems. to me like the week-end means —185, Bbdim7 ache all 0 ver the world, Girls, girls, girls, Girls, gis.) have pity on___ me. (Ot te loose toe me cB Bbdim? like the week-end Diadd9) G Gy a & a = ache all © ver the world : ~~ He's got lip (Girls, girls, girls. Ooh, -Cc Csus Cc iE a a Guitar solo-ad ib To- ky 0 to Rome. (Vocals 2nd time only) pic Dsus DIC Bbdim7 1 2 DS. al Coda You can go from D EGE sil, Girls,have pit - yon ___ me. Oh it seems_ to = me_ gq aim —— like the week-end means heart - ache, heart E(adg9) 0 - ver the world. Girls, girls, Repeat and Fade Ach Bm? DE i ache, heat - ache all © = ver the world,HIGH FLYING BIRD Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN Ab Ab7sus4 Gb Db Gb Db a Ab7sust lit-tle cross of gold a~roundyour neck. whitewalls of your dress - ing room are stained in— scar ~ let red— You Tee Ue arent ir © t oan saw it as__ you flew be-tween my rea-son Like a tiled upon the cold stone likes” young man {; os aaa = t = a — cornea — = " Pe SS aH SS = ee Ab Eb Ceo 700 rer actin “Grternational Copyright Stead Al Rights Reserved= Lo s 4 fee SS = ra-ven in the night-time when you left__ Inthe for - eign field of death — chain up-on—— my wrist that bears. no would-n't it—— be wond = er - ful is heard you say_ = a SS Tos —— at night and learned_to love — SS = ' S s = —— SSS aS wore it ‘Andyou kept it inyour —_pil-low _all the_same_ day - light In - stead you moved a ~ way= fe ; $a = — My high fly - ing bird has flownfromout my a Pa eS — = thought meant her harm. hava ' = +_—— = =. pate pe SS arms_ I thought my-self— her keep = er She =t D> Ab Bbm? Ab Abisust GbDb_ Gb > E x high fly ~ ing Abe Gb Db Gb ob Ab high fly - ing ‘bird __ MyWords and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN 7 HONKY CAT Brightly, with spirit boy, must have been green, — | bop-pin’ ty, fish = in? in 1 ood fronted by ong Poca nteratorl n aon Copigheseares highs ese193 get back, hhon = ky. cat, bet-ter get back to the woods— well 1 ? quit those days______and___ my red = neck — Ways. ee a a oh, the change. is gon-na do me good.—198 get back, hhon -ky cat it-y aint where it's at, try'n_ to find ey — from a bot-tle of tiy’n'__ to drink whis -195 read— some books and I read some mag - a - zines a bout those Teans__ and all___ the folks back be = lieve in the Lord Bet- ter get back to the woods— well,196 quit those days__and___my red + neck ways. change— is gon-na do me good. ‘They said —= Az home,— boy, yougot-ta tend the farm liv-int inthe ig gonna break your heart17 But how. can you stay, when your heart says no, ah, ah, how can you stop. when your feet say go. copa. DS. al Coda > a: fo a, a wé FF Got + ky cat, Repeat and Fade et back,> I FEEL LIKE A BULLET (In the Gun of Robert Ford) Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and BERNIE TAUPIN ive i? — o SS 1 Like corm ina field «1 cut yom. down 2. See last page Big Misi al hb = pf (ulter 2nd tine) ce 1 threw the last__ punch too hard, os Eo ie oe years of go - ingstead-y, thought cst it was — time am? on throw in my hand for a new set of soreroson trams ome199 SS And I can’t take you dane - ing out on the week-end. fig-ured we'd paint-ed too much of this town \ ——— £9 tried not to look as I walked to. my wag -on___ And 1 knew then 1 had lost what should-Yve been found.knew then fal lost what shocid-"ve been found And 1 feel like a bulletin the gun ert Ford as apuid as sas - in is, YouknowI'm cold asa hired_-sword: Odin b7sus " en a fad es ay shamed. we patch it you know.ob Fm sae 5 er +s a= eae can't think straight no more. you make me feel like a bul-let, hon-ey in the a 2 a s To Cola® a gun in the gun of Robert Ford. ~ r = oom 5 Da Capo for inst. @ Coda HEH Coda - ‘ad tb, af = S = 2. 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 'd be a dead man, Your friends and mine don’t call anymore; Hell, I thought it was best but now I feel branded; Breaking up’s sometimes like breaking the law: Breaking up’s sometimes like breaking the law. To Chorus™ IT GUESS THAT’S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES BERNIE TAUPIN and DAVEY JOHNSTONE ¢ Em a: _ tt aay ae eas eae rar lp: c ale (3° Instrumental) Don’t wish it a-way, don't look at it like it’s for - ev-er. Just stare in-to space; pic - ture my face inyour hands.— Yr F fa § c REE EEE ‘could honestly say,— with-out he-si - tagion, that thingscan on-ly get Be-tweenyouand me and ney-erfor-get I'm your Live foreach se-.cond a gin stl ge ae a ah better. () And White Tm a - way man.— 23) Wait on me itl, fr a oprah © 183 by ig ha Ms te se by eriong USA. Ie Irterationa Eapyie Seared al gh feces203 © fn xp it fa i =" 1 ya = 2 2 ee x =e bust out the de - monsin - side, ‘and it won't_be long * beforeyou and— me— cry, inthe night If-——it ” helps, but more thanev-er T'simp~ ly love. to the place in__ our hearts more than, I love iF Bie ‘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guess that’sswhy they call_it the — blues. PS = b is blues, laugh-ing like chil-dren,— liv- ing like lov- ers,.and I guess that’s why they call_ it _ the —205 I NEED YOU TO TURN TO Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and BERNIE TAUPIN Slowly = io HE E a ° You're not a ship t car ry omy life, you are nailed to my paint your smile on, well I said I knew, that my reason for 2 EE Hy HE fi love— in. man-y lone - ly nights. 1We strayed from the cot-ta-ges, and liv-ing was for_ lov - ing you. We're re -lated in feel - ing, but = Ait forte Une ster ncaa aie Sons 0 ora eteratonal "seatonal Copy scamed Ai igs herec ff Hs found my - self you're high a and 1 here ove! need you for 1 need you're pure, lov and you're gen - Hist your love le, with the grace need you to207 B7 Em 9 0-009 my guard - ian an - gel, who keeps out the Wa. 2 EI leo 3 Em 200 o, 000 EFEEEI’M STILL STANDING Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN Lively Rock Beat A D/A E You could nev - er know whi your blood like wi Did you think this fool could nev-er Well, look at’ = mem com- A Bm7/A D/A just like ice and there's a cold lone -ly light that shines_from you __— yout wing. back a - gain— | got a taste of love in a sim - ple © way. and if you Fem o A Bm/A A : fig a a up like the wreck you hide be-hind _ that mask you use. need to know while tm stil! stand_ in you just face. a - way. te 1988 8g Ho ct tm forte Sats Admire oy sca USA Tnernons epyogh secured Au Nhs Rete209 2a — 7 a E fe 2 = — ot + Don't you know, I'm still stand - in’ bet-ter than | ev - er did — Yook-in’ like a true sur-vi = vor, feelin ike a lit = tle kid. — And. tm stil stand - iv af =~ ter allthis. time Dmg Dm7 ET = ick -in’ up the piec -es of _my life with - out you on my_—mind.—210 Im — stil stand-in Yea, yea, yea— To Codetta D'S. al Coda (Verse 3 $4,, Dm7 E7. F/E G E7ti9) 1 To Code €) f 4g Im stit stand-in, Yea, yea, yea Am Om7 E @ coonses ts a DSS. Coders Repeat and Fade stil stand Vorse 3 Once | never could hope to win You starting down the road LLeavigg me again, The threats you made were meant to cut me down ‘And if our love was just a circus You'd bers clown by now.an KISS THE BRIDE Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN ‘Moderate rock © F ¢ F G ae og a RSs ae agit a ce G OG ¢ F c F Gc GG REISE aE ae BY Ge avy ay Well she looked ___ a peach inthe dress she made—when she was —her veil [could see a tear tricking am still her ma-ma’s lit- tle git ___—~_ ‘And when she walked down the aisle, how ev'ry down her pret = ty face. ‘And whenhe slipped on the ring T knew Coys 0 1989 wy gr ascits Ais txt Wl ee sabe yang USA In Ineratona! py scared 28 gh Reseed212 & ti 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 ry a aa by prea-cher said, “Is there an - y-one here got_a reas - onwhythey 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__ cor ¢ a ce cna I shouldhave got up to stand,__ yeah on her wed-ding day, niis what 1 should have said this —_ | well I thought it but— I kept. | =| 1 wan-na kiss the bride, __yeah 1 wan-na_ kiss the bride,.Don't say “I ae ye cBycuibye =| bye and let_me kiss the — bride, ——— To Coda@215 c ¢ Hh the — bride—___yeah. 2 —_¢ ae ic cG og = 6. ee a GG c ne i a] [2 é Un-der - neath. 1 wanna kiss the — bride,216 IN NEON Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN Db rs if ea an a ge 5 DHF cb bs Ea aE Ha Ge Lipstick and wash-es, the trac-es ofistar-dom, lit, up on a bill-board so ev-"ry-one sees them in Pic-tures and pat-terns,the touch-es of gla-mour, cut in-to fash-ion that flashes a-bove ’em in 5 DyF ae 5B Ch ae Be-hind a counter she staresout the win-dow,? ‘A hot cup. of coffee, "held in her fin- gers, a yht.9 1984 Bigg une es ‘igs for 8 ea Ser named yong USA. neratonl Copy Scres ARs Reseeda o os & iat fi Ea | eee eee eee 2 en perfect com-plex-ion that lin-gers a-boveher in ne - on, hhates how she feels butshe hangs like a mir-ror, _ may-be a stranger could walk in and see her in i ee ay For two cents of dan-ger she'd trust @ shot at the ti -tle, she'd slip -y = bo- dy, she'd in - to some-thing, she'd ne = on, { For Bh il 5 a — Ab Cm Db ty smokelikea gun if it meantshe might wind uh smoul-derlike ash-es if it meant she might wind up| ne -on, the dreams in the light of a pro-mise that218 Ebsuse B Abie DE AED GH fa fH ih shim-mer-ing ci-ty, @ glim-mer of hope and a a i ES a ne - on the name’s gone, there’s no rea-son why an - y 5 D¥F AWES B Ht i Be a trust them and wind up a- lone, be-hind a locked219 Ray Eb Ab Db a os Fe In ne~on,the dreams in the light of a pro-mise that 5 AWG DYF AWE 5 fa is Ha as Ee shim-mer-ing ci - ty, a glim-mer of hope and a Abt Db eH20 INDIAN SUNSET Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN ning smell of wood-smoke cling-ing, Like a gen-tle cob-web hang-ing up ~ 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 ‘wlaights forthe Une Ser Canad Admire by Song OF PolyGram international, ‘risen! Cope sce Al gra Resewed21 "sh =i ESeSe SSS This I can't be-lieve_ 1 said, I can't believe our Warlords dead. Oh, he Abm/Eb Ebm? Ebms would not leave the cho- sen ones to the buz-zards_and the sol - diers guns, Oh, great ebm Ebm9 Abm/Eb Ebm9 ES. =a pe =| read the writ-ing of the smoke_ and breast-fed on the sound of drums.— Ive2 Ebm Ebmt Se learned to hurl the tom - a-hawk and Ebm9 Abm/Eb Ebm9 run the gaunt-let of the Siouxto make a chlef-tain's daugh - ter mine,— Ebm ebm Ebmo now you ask_that I__ should watch_the red man's race-be slow - ly crushed!— ebm Abm/Eb Ebm9 kind of wordsare these_to hear from Yel-low Dog,_whom the white man fears?223 gS Bm/Ft Em G/D T take on-ly what 1s mine_ Lord ‘Tram-pling down the prai-rie rose, po- ny, my squaw,— and my — ¢hfid, T can't stay. Jeav-ing hoof tracks in the sand, Those who wish Em, a/D © Am/D Em, D rt. at a ee you die a-long with my_ tribe's pride.. fol-low me T wel-come with. my hands.224 amt D ay 5 és et 2p = o SSS ES = 1 got search for the yel-low moon ————— and the Indird from peso z ing Pen~e~ gales = thers of __ our where the red sun sinks— Ge-ron-i-mo_ was dead, he'd been lay-ing down — ae 1G Fo(add9) Am, ¢ Fe hills of | gold— and the heal - ing (2. Gaus F6(add 9) AmT Bm? F Hi ui wea-pons— when they filled him full2s Am DI/A Am(adas) DIVA Now there seems_ no reason why. tn this land that once__ was my. land, Tshould car - ry on,226 It's lone= ly. c G/B Am. G/B atin + HAH + FAH horse sol - dier's are_ com- ing, and I think it's time_ I strung_my bow— and ceased my sense-less run - long with my_loved ont Where the buf-f'loes graze_ ii clo “ver fields with27 D Cc G/B a FI ARH eS a J=5 | “ out the soundof guns.— And the red sun sinks at last_ in - to— the hills_ of ol and peace to this_young war-ri-or Emy/D cm Em # Emy/D Comair 028 ISLAND GIRL Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPING With movement als ails. 1 see your teeth flash mf C76 F & ce Ey = down where Lex - ing-ton cross. for - ty sev - enth street om BL/F she's standing. six foot ats or es sone adn yong USA, ‘Mscanionl Copy Sees ARs essed23 F c/s. a turn-ing tricks for the dudes in the big it y, Is + land gik_______what_you_want -_in’_wid_de white man's world Be = El _———. =~ — black boy want you in his is - land world. is - land gil, == = BO/A 87 Hewantto wake you fomde racket boss He wantto sae you but decuse eac7, B/E GFA Be To coin Guitar Tact fell_me what you want-in’ wid de She's Gnstrumental cG FA and she wrap____her - self a - round you well wom tireYou feel her nail seratch.your back just like _ a one more gone, he one more john_— BoE Eb/G F/R F Tell me what you want-in’ wid de white F ab By/F232 THE LAST SONG Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN Slowly, with care Fmaj9 Fmaj7 Ht & Jo ‘Yes - ter - day, — SS a a a a! as light as straw and brit- tle as a bird. SS SSS eS SS te Ue re ame yen USA rotons ayn seaces i Rosh iheshad-ow on the wall, just one more win - dows 0 - pen. fear grows, — please hold me in your arms._ to - geth - er, hid - den truth no long- er haunt - ing me._ you we234 7 shake this an - ger? 1 need your gen - tle hands — things that were nev-er spo - ken. That kind ‘of un - der - stand - ing 3 ney - er thought - tempo on = ly thought. I'd win. er dreamed_ I'd be-neath my skin. I can’t be - lieve you feel _ I ney - er thought you'dI guess I mis-judged love FIG Gsus a236 LEGAL BOYS ‘Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN ge os oe fe gm Het mom - ing, there was spring - time —in____ his T see ev - ‘ty - thing— the T can't get —_past_their count-ant called this. round the lone -ly rooms Tot Td like to tell Your ac - you but v7 #4 le couldn't wait to tell me how he'd But sud - den - ly it mat - ters what was guards. 1 ‘do__not speak their Tan - guage and, - By6 "Ebi pola) CE rE eae El pulled our lives a = ‘And the let - ter from your ur == chased in my Whe -ther this or that was ey hold all the T would rather call you lies un - op-ened on the tray. aid for be-longs to me or you. lar - ling than de -fen-dant in - 7 — = = iS E 5 Al-vin Tos-tig has a son. to- day. SS Se SSS SS Bo F/R von in tra = di - tionwith the fam - "ly plan and he shall be— Le-é a eee = von ‘And he shall_be a good — man. : . Icrsus c F Bor F F Bb/F250 LITTLE JEANNIE Words and Music by ELTON JOHN ‘and GARY OSBORNE Moderately, with a beat Bb Eb/B> Bb F/A ey eB little Jean-nie, you got 0. much__ love, __ lit = tle Jean-nie, you got so. much time, — ror ot wf f oF copra. 0 190 by iF ct igh fre St Soar anere yreiong USA ne Intemational epg sce ahs Restedlittle Jean -nie. lit =tle Jean -nie. take it where it strikes _ and give itt ihe[ikese | | of | me grown be-yond your years, you still re -tai the fears of youth = F/A Bb Eb/Bb : 4 e — Qh, it -tle Jean-nie, == Oh, little Jean-nie, Instrumental ga =I I — I I Bb F/A lit -tle tte252 So 1 see you when} can But youre bun - ing it up so fast. ~~ ~~ Bb/F C/G me all__ a man + Ing for some last Ab/ED & “Bb And | want you to be my ac 1 want you to be my253 F/A Gm F aR ie — 7 = = ——— 2 * ———S + . ot 7 1 there were oth = ers. who would treat you cruel. there were oth ers Who woud treat you cruel — there were oth > ers, and Wwe known quite afew. — C/E B you were al - ways some - one’s fool ° CODA Eb/F DS. a Coda gh, fe wil al = ways be your__. fool (rm sti ll él254 Bb love — with you) You stepped in = to my life—_from_a_bad_ mak-ing the life that | Om7 sud-den -ly shin = y and new. — E> Eb/F 8 Repeat and Fade (tm so in love with you)ALLTHE GIRLS LOVE ALICE AMAZES ME BAD SIDE OF THE MOON Balt. 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