ELTON JOHN
01-YOUR SONG – C1 Re M
Elton John
It's a little bit funny
this feeling inside
I'm not one of those
who can easily hide
I don't have much money
but boy if I did
I'd buy a big house where
we both could live
If I was a sculptor,
but then again, no
Or a man who makes potions
in a travelling show
I know it's not much but
it's the best I can do
My gift is my song and
this one's for you
And you can tell everybody
this is your song
It may be quite simple
but now that it's done
I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind
that I put down in words
How wonderful life is
while you're in the world.
I sat on the roof
and kicked off the moss
Well a few of the verses
well they've got me quite cross
But the sun's been quite kind
while I wrote this song
It's for people like you that
keep it turned on
So excuse me forgetting
but these things I do
You see I've forgotten
if they're green or they're blue
Anyway the thing is
what I really mean
Yours are the sweetest
eyes I've ever seen
CHORUS (2x)
02-I GUESS THATS WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES – Sol M
Elton John
Don't wish it away
don't look at it like it's
forever
between you and me
i could honestly say
that things can only
get better
And while i'm away
dust out the demons inside
and it won't be long
before you and me run
to the place in our hearts
where we hide
And i guess that's why they call it the blues
time on my hands
could be time spent with you
laughing like children
living like lovers
rolling like thunder
under the covers
and i guess that's why they call it the blues
Just stare into space
picture my face
in your hands
live for each second
without hesitation
and never forget i'm your man
Wait on me girl
cry in the night
if it helps
but more than ever
i simply love you
more than i love
life itself
CHORUS
Wait on me girl
cry in the night if it helps
but more than ever i simply love you
more than i love life itself
CHORUS
03-CANDLE IN THE WIND – Mi M
Elton John
Goodbye Norma Jean
Though I never knew
you at all
You had the grace
to hold yourself
While those around you crawled.
They crawled out of the woodwork
And they whispered
into your brain
They set you on the treadmill
And they made you change your name.
And it seems to me
you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in
And I would have liked to have known you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did
Loneliness was tough
The toughest role
you ever played
Hollywood created a superstar
And pain was the price you paid.
Even when you died
Oh the press still hounded you
All the papers had to say
Was that Marilyn
was found in the nude.
CHORUS
Goodbye Norma Jean
From the young man
in the 22nd row
Who sees you as something
as more than sexual
More than just
our Marilyn Monroe.
CHORUS
04-GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD – C1 Mi M
Elton John
When are you gonna come down
When are you going to land
I should have stayed on the farm
I should have listened to my old man
You know you can't hold me forever
I didn't sign up with you
I'm not a present for your friends to open
This boy's too young to be singing the blues
So goodbye yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't plant me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough
Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Hunting the horny back toad
Oh I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road
What do you think you'll do then
I bet that'll shoot down your plane
It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics
To set you on your feet again
Maybe you'll get a replacement
There's plenty like me to be found
Mongrels who ain't got a penny
Sniffing for tidbits like you on the ground
05-ROCKET MAN – C1 Fa# m
Elton John
She packed my bags last night pre-flight
Zero hour nine a.m.
And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then
I miss the earth so much I miss my wife
It's lonely out in space
On such a timeless flight
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Till touch down brings me round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh no no no I'm a rocket man
Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact it's cold as hell
And there's no one there to raise them if you did
And all this science I don't understand
It's just my job five days a week
A rocket man, a rocket man
And I think it's gonna be a long long time...
06-HONKY CAT – Re M7
Elton John
When I look back
boy I must have been green
Bopping in the country,
fishing in a stream
Looking for an answer
trying to find a sign
Until I saw your city lights
honey I was blind
They said get back
honky cat
Better get back to the woods
Well I quit those days
and my redneck ways
And oh the change is gonna do me good
You better get back honky cat
Living in the city ain't where it's at
It's like trying to find gold
in a silver mine
It's like trying to drink whisky
From a bottle of wine
CHORUS
Well I read some books
and I read some magazines
About those high class ladies
down in New Orleans
And all the folks back home well,
said I was a fool
They said oh, believe in the Lord
is the golden rule
CHORUS
They said stay at home boy,
you gotta tend the farm
Living in the city boy,
is going to break your heart
But how can you stay,
when your heart says no
How can you stop when your feet say go
CHORUS
07-LITTLE JEANNIE – C1 La M
Elton John
Oh little Jeannie
you got so much love,
little Jeannie
and you take it where it strikes
(and) give it to the likes of me
oh little Jeannie
she got so much love,
little Jeannie
so i see you when i can
you make me all a man can be
and i want you to be my acrobat
i want you to be my lover
oh there were others who would treat you cruel
and oh oh Jeannie
you were always someone's fool
little Jeannie
you got so much time,
little Jeannie
though you've grown beyond your years
you still retain the fears of youth
oh little Jeannie
you got so much time,
little Jeannie
but you're burning it up so fast
searching for some lasting truth
and i want you to be my acrobat
i want you to be my lover
oh there were others who would treat you cruel
but oh oh Jeannie i will always be your fool
(instrumental)
and i want you to be my acrobat
i want you to be my lover
oh there were others,
and i've known quite a few
but oh oh Jeannie
i'm still in love with your
stepped into my life from a bad dream
making the life that i had seem
suddenly shiny and new
oh Jeannie
i'm so in love with you
stepped into my life from a bad dream
Repeat08-DANIEL – Do M
Elton John
Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane
I can see the red tail lights
heading for Spain
Oh and
I can see Daniel waving goodbye
God it looks like Daniel,
must be the clouds in my eyes
They say Spain is pretty though I've never been
Well Daniel says it's the best place
that he's ever seen
Oh and
he should know, he's been there enough
Lord I miss Daniel,
oh I miss him so much
Daniel my brother
you are older than me
Do you still feel the pain
of the scars that won't heal
Your eyes have died
but you see more than I
Daniel you're a star
in the face of the sky
Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane
I can see the red tail lights
heading for Spain
Oh and
I can see Daniel waving goodbye
God it looks like Daniel,
must be the clouds in my eyes
Oh God it looks like Daniel,
must be the clouds in my eyes
09-SACRIFICE – C1 Do M
Elton John
It´s a human sign
when things go wrong
when the scent of her lingers
and temptations come
into the boundaries
of each married man
sweet deceits come calling
a negativity lands
cold cold heart
hard done by you
somethings looking better baby
just passing through
but it´s not sacrifice
just a simple word
it´s two hearts living
into separated worlds
but it´s not sacrifice
it´s not sacrifice
it´s not sacrifice
at all
Misunderstanding, after the fact
sensitivity builds a prison
in the final act
we lose direction
no stone unturned
nothing to harm you
when jealousy burns
cold cold heart
hard done by you
something looking better baby
just passing through
but it´s not sacrifice
just a simple word
it´s two hearts living,
into separated worlds
but it´s not sacrifice
not sacrifice,
it´s not sacrifice
at all
10-CROCODILE ROCK – Sol M
Elton John
I remember when rock was young
Me and Suzie had so much fun
holding hands and skimming stones
Had an old gold Chevy
and a place of my own
But the biggest kick I ever got
was doing a thing called the Crocodile Rock
While the other kids were Rocking Round the Clock
we were hopping and bopping to the Crocodile Rock
Well Crocodile Rocking
is something shocking
when your feet just can't keep still
I never knew me a better time
and I guess I never will
Oh Lady mama
those Friday nights
when Suzie wore her dresses tight
and the Crocodile Rocking was out of sight
La, la, la…
But the years went by and the rock just died
Suzie went and left us for some foreign guy
Long nights crying by the record machine
dreaming of my Chevy and my old blue jeans
But they'll never kill the thrills we've got
burning up to the Crocodile Rock
Learning fast as the weeks went past
we really thought the Crocodile Rock would last
Well Crocodile Rocking
is something shocking
when your feet just can't keep still
I never knew me a better time
and I guess I never will
Oh Lady mama
those Friday nights
when Suzie wore her dresses tight
and the Crocodile Rocking was out of sight
La, la, la…
11-BELIEVE – C1 Fa# m
Elton John
I believe in love,
it's all we got
Love has no boundaries,
costs nothing to touch
War makes money,
cancer sleeps
Curled up in my father and
that means something to me
Churches and dictators,
politics and papers
Everything crumbles
sooner or later
But love, I believe in love
I believe in love,
it's all we got
Love has no boundaries,
no borders to cross
Love is simple,
hate breeds
Those who think diffeence
is the child of disease
Father and son
make love and guns
Families together
kill someone
Without love, I believe in love
break
Without love
I wouldn't believe
In anything
that lives and breathes
Without love
I'd have no anger
I wouldn't believe
in the right to stand here
Without love
I wouldn't believe
I couldn't believe in you
And I wouldn't believe in me
Without love
I believe in love
I believe in love I believe in lo