Someone Saved My Life Tonight
Elton John
1975
Created by: Randy Mosier [email protected]
Intro: (Do Twice) Capo 1st Fret
E[—3?-3————————0?-0———————]
B[—0?-0————————1?-1———————]
G[—0—0————0————0?-0———————]
D[—0?-0—0—2?-4——4?—2?-0—2?-2——0?-2?-3?-2——]
A[—2?-2————————3?-3?-3—————3—]
E[—3?-3————————3?-3———————]
Verse 1:
G C G
When I think of those East End lights
C
Muggy nights
G F C
The curtains drawn in the little room downstairs
F G
Prima Donna lord you really should have been there
F G C
Sitting like a princess perched in her electric chair
Cm
And it’s one more beer
A7
And I don’t hear you anymore
C
We’ve all gone crazy lately
C#dim G
My friends out there rolling round the basement floor
D
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Chorus:
C G Am G
And someone saved my life tonight sugar bear
C G Am
You almost had your hooks in me didn’t you dear
G C Bm7
You nearly had me roped and tied
C C#dim
Altar-bound, hypnotized
G
Sweet freedom whispered in my ear
C#dim
You’re a butterfly
C
And butterflies are free to fly
C#dim G Bm7 C
Fly away, high away bye bye
C Bm7 Am G F
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Intro: (do twice)
Verse 2:
G C G
I never realized the passing hours
C
Of evening showers
G F C
A slip noose hanging in my darkest dreams
F G
I’m strangled by your haunted social scene
F G C
Just a pawn out-played by a dominating queen
Cm
It’s four o’clock in the morning
A7
Damn it listen to me good
C
I’m sleeping with myself tonight
C#dim [x45650] G
Saved in time, thank God my music’s still alive
D
Ah ah ah ah ah ah
Back To Chorus ????????????????
(Then do Intro Twice Again, then go to Bridge)
Bridge:
Am G
And I would have walked head on into the deep end the river
Em7
Clinging to your stocks and bonds
C
Paying your H.P. demands forever
Am G
They’re coming in the morning with a truck to take me home
Em7 C
Someone saved my life tonight, someone saved my life tonight
Em7 C
Someone saved my life tonight, someone saved my life tonight
Em7
Someone saved my life tonight
C C#dim Bm7 C
So save your strength and run the field you play alone
Back To Chorus Again????????????????
(Then go to the ending)
Ending:
Do Intro throughout this part G & C——-6 times and fade
G C
Someone saved, someone saved, someone saved my life tonight????????
