Chords for Elton John - Blues Never Fade Away (Basel 2006)

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This is a song about _ losing people in your life too soon.
When people are taken from us _ suddenly or at an early age and we don't understand why
they've been taken. _
And I'm sure it's happened to most people out in the audience and it's certainly happened to me.
And the song is called Blues Never Fade Away.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Bb] Wasn't [Eb] famous but I sure did [Bb] love him.
I [Eb] got his picture in a little frame.
_ [Cm] He lost his life to a big [Bb] disease _ _ before it [Ab] even had a [Eb] name.
But there's [Fm] so many more and [Bb] I've lost count.
The [Gm] highs and the whys are [Cm] important now.
Oh [F] the matter that they came along and brightened up our [Eb] lives.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ She was 21 with her [Bb] life at stake.
You [Ab] don't have to know [Eb] her name.
_ [Cm] She breathed [Eb] the last on a cold stone [Bb] floor.
_ [Ab] Out of Hollywood _ [Eb] I came.
But [Fm]
fixed right hand [Bb] didn't always jump.
[Gm] Put a lot of pressure on your [Cm] faith and trust.
She [F] was just a little girl, [Bb] ain't that enough to rage against the [Eb] day.
_ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Ab] How did we get so [Eb] lucky? _ _ _
[Bb] Talkin' of the rivalry.
[Cm] _ _ _
[Ab] Who makes the call and [Eb] who gets to choose?
[Bb] Who gets to win and [Cm] who gets to lose?
Just [Ab] like a rolling dike in [Eb] the belly of the blues.
[G] And blues _ never fade _
[Cm] away.
All _ _ [Ab] the color of the [Eb] rain falls but [G] blues _ never fade _
[Cm] _ away. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Sun [Eb] so bright with a lust [Bb] for life. _
[Ab] Like the sun king died [Eb] of war. _
Smash the sun upon the [Bb] wall. _
[Ab] And the brim did [Eb] not supply. _
[Fm] And for reasons I [Bb] never understood.
[Gm] About the choice that made [Cm] the queen's father. _
[F] I've tried to figure out [Bb] why the pain never [Eb] goes away. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] How did we get so [Eb] lucky? _ _
[Bb] Talkin' of the [Cm] rivalry. _ _ _
[Ab] Who makes the call [Eb] and who gets to choose?
[Bb] Who gets to win [Cm] and who gets to lose?
[Ab] Just like a rolling dike in [Eb] the belly of the blues.
[G] And blues never fade [Cm] away.
_ _ _ [Eb] And can't you see how [Ab] the color of [Eb] the rain falls [G] but blues _ never fade _
[Cm] away.
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And the father, mother, _ [Cm] little one, mother,
[Gm] The love is being [Cm] prepared.
Trying [Ab] to raise their assets [Eb] on the rim.
How [Bb] the mess got left [Cm] behind. _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Ab] How did we get so [Eb] lucky?
_ _ [Bb] Talkin' of the [Cm] rivalry.
_ _ _ [Ab] Who makes the call [Eb] and who gets to choose?
[Bb] Who gets to win and [Cm] who gets to lose?
How [Ab] did we get so [Eb] lucky?
_ _ [Bb] Talkin' of the [Cm] rivalry.
_ _ [Ab] Who makes the call and [Eb] who gets to choose?
[Bb] Who gets to win and [Cm] who gets to lose?
[Ab] Just like a rolling dike in [Eb] the belly of the blues.
_ [G] _ And _ _ blues never fade _ [Cm] away. _ _
[Gm] And can't you see how [Ab] the color of the [Eb] rain _ falls but [G] blues never fade away.
Never fade [Cm] away. _ _ _
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