Chords for Elton John & Leann Rimes- The Today Show, March 26, 1999. Written in the Stars
Tempo:
63.625 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
Am
G
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] [F]
[C] [F] [Gb] [Ab]
[Bb] [C] We are [F] here to tell you [C] we can never [E] meet again.
[Am] Simple really, [C] isn't it?
[F] A word or [G] two and then, [C] a lifetime of not knowing where or how or [E] why or when.
[Am] You think of [C] me or speak of me [F] or wonder what [C] befell.
[Dm] You once loved so [C] long ago so [G] well.
[C] Never [F] wonder what [C] ills may be, [E] troubles bad.
[Am] If you don't have [C] to ask me, [F] then I need not [C] reply.
[G] [C] [F] Every moment of my [C] life from now [E] until I die,
[Am] I will think or dream of [F] you and fail to [C] understand
[Dm] how the perfect love can be [C] confounded.
[G]
[C] Is it the rain and the [Em] storms?
[Am] Are we paying for some crime?
[C] [F] Is that all that we are good [Am] for?
[Dm] Just a stretch of [C] mortal [G] time?
[C] This despised experiment [G] [Am] in which we have no [C] say,
[F] in which we're given [C] paradise [Dm] and [G] holy for [C] a day.
[Dm] [C] [F]
[C] [F] Can be altered [C] or there is nothing [E] to decide.
[Am] No escape, [C] no change of heart, [F] no any [G] place to hide.
[C] You are [G] all I [F] am [C] in this [E] I am tonight.
[Am] Sometimes, [C] the darkest [F] times, we should never [C] [Dm] learn
what it is to be in love and [C] have no [G]
return.
[C] Is it the rain and the [Em] storms?
[Am] Are we paying for some [C] crime?
[F] Is that all that we are good [Am] for?
[Dm] Just a stretch [A] of mortal [G] time?
[C] This despised experiment [Em] [Am] in which we have no say,
[F] in which we're given paradise [Am] [Dm] and [C] holy [G] for [C] a day.
Is it the rain and the storms?
Is that all that we are good for?
[Dm] [C]
This despised experiment [Am] in which we have no say,
[F] in which we're given paradise and [E] [Dm] holy for [C] a day.
[F] [C] [F]
[Gb] [Ab] [Bb] [C]
[G]
[C] [G] [Am]
[C] [F] [Am] [Dm]
[C] [F] [Gb] [Ab]
[Bb] [C] We are [F] here to tell you [C] we can never [E] meet again.
[Am] Simple really, [C] isn't it?
[F] A word or [G] two and then, [C] a lifetime of not knowing where or how or [E] why or when.
[Am] You think of [C] me or speak of me [F] or wonder what [C] befell.
[Dm] You once loved so [C] long ago so [G] well.
[C] Never [F] wonder what [C] ills may be, [E] troubles bad.
[Am] If you don't have [C] to ask me, [F] then I need not [C] reply.
[G] [C] [F] Every moment of my [C] life from now [E] until I die,
[Am] I will think or dream of [F] you and fail to [C] understand
[Dm] how the perfect love can be [C] confounded.
[G]
[C] Is it the rain and the [Em] storms?
[Am] Are we paying for some crime?
[C] [F] Is that all that we are good [Am] for?
[Dm] Just a stretch of [C] mortal [G] time?
[C] This despised experiment [G] [Am] in which we have no [C] say,
[F] in which we're given [C] paradise [Dm] and [G] holy for [C] a day.
[Dm] [C] [F]
[C] [F] Can be altered [C] or there is nothing [E] to decide.
[Am] No escape, [C] no change of heart, [F] no any [G] place to hide.
[C] You are [G] all I [F] am [C] in this [E] I am tonight.
[Am] Sometimes, [C] the darkest [F] times, we should never [C] [Dm] learn
what it is to be in love and [C] have no [G]
return.
[C] Is it the rain and the [Em] storms?
[Am] Are we paying for some [C] crime?
[F] Is that all that we are good [Am] for?
[Dm] Just a stretch [A] of mortal [G] time?
[C] This despised experiment [Em] [Am] in which we have no say,
[F] in which we're given paradise [Am] [Dm] and [C] holy [G] for [C] a day.
Is it the rain and the storms?
Is that all that we are good for?
[Dm] [C]
This despised experiment [Am] in which we have no say,
[F] in which we're given paradise and [E] [Dm] holy for [C] a day.
[F] [C] [F]
[Gb] [Ab] [Bb] [C]
[G]
[C] [G] [Am]
[C] [F] [Am] [Dm]
Key:
C
F
Am
G
Dm
C
F
Am
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _
[Bb] _ [C] We are [F] here to tell you [C] we can never [E] meet again.
[Am] Simple really, [C] isn't it?
[F] A word or [G] two and then, [C] a lifetime of not knowing where or how or [E] why or when.
[Am] You think of [C] me or speak of me [F] or wonder what [C] befell.
[Dm] You once loved so [C] long ago so [G] well.
[C] Never [F] wonder what [C] ills may be, [E] troubles bad.
[Am] If you don't have [C] to ask me, [F] then I need not [C] reply.
[G] _ [C] _ [F] Every moment of my [C] life from now [E] until I die,
[Am] I will think or dream of [F] you and fail to [C] understand
[Dm] how the perfect love can be [C] confounded.
_ [G] _
[C] Is it the rain and the [Em] storms?
[Am] Are we paying for some crime?
[C] [F] Is that all that we are good [Am] for?
[Dm] Just a stretch of [C] mortal [G] time?
[C] This despised experiment [G] [Am] in which we have no [C] say,
[F] in which we're given [C] paradise [Dm] and [G] holy for [C] a day.
[Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ [F] Can be altered [C] or there is nothing [E] to decide.
[Am] No escape, [C] no change of heart, [F] no any [G] place to hide.
[C] You are [G] all I [F] am [C] in this [E] I am tonight.
[Am] Sometimes, [C] the darkest [F] times, we should never [C] [Dm] learn
what it is to be in love and [C] have no [G]
return.
[C] Is it the rain and the [Em] storms?
[Am] Are we paying for some [C] crime?
[F] Is that all that we are good [Am] for?
[Dm] Just a stretch [A] of mortal [G] time?
[C] This despised experiment [Em] [Am] in which we have no say,
[F] in which we're given paradise [Am] [Dm] and [C] holy [G] for [C] a day.
Is it the rain and the storms? _ _ _
Is that all that we are good for?
[Dm] _ [C] _ _
This despised experiment [Am] in which we have no say,
[F] in which we're given paradise and [E] [Dm] holy for [C] a day. _
_ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
[Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
_ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _
[Bb] _ [C] We are [F] here to tell you [C] we can never [E] meet again.
[Am] Simple really, [C] isn't it?
[F] A word or [G] two and then, [C] a lifetime of not knowing where or how or [E] why or when.
[Am] You think of [C] me or speak of me [F] or wonder what [C] befell.
[Dm] You once loved so [C] long ago so [G] well.
[C] Never [F] wonder what [C] ills may be, [E] troubles bad.
[Am] If you don't have [C] to ask me, [F] then I need not [C] reply.
[G] _ [C] _ [F] Every moment of my [C] life from now [E] until I die,
[Am] I will think or dream of [F] you and fail to [C] understand
[Dm] how the perfect love can be [C] confounded.
_ [G] _
[C] Is it the rain and the [Em] storms?
[Am] Are we paying for some crime?
[C] [F] Is that all that we are good [Am] for?
[Dm] Just a stretch of [C] mortal [G] time?
[C] This despised experiment [G] [Am] in which we have no [C] say,
[F] in which we're given [C] paradise [Dm] and [G] holy for [C] a day.
[Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ [F] Can be altered [C] or there is nothing [E] to decide.
[Am] No escape, [C] no change of heart, [F] no any [G] place to hide.
[C] You are [G] all I [F] am [C] in this [E] I am tonight.
[Am] Sometimes, [C] the darkest [F] times, we should never [C] [Dm] learn
what it is to be in love and [C] have no [G]
return.
[C] Is it the rain and the [Em] storms?
[Am] Are we paying for some [C] crime?
[F] Is that all that we are good [Am] for?
[Dm] Just a stretch [A] of mortal [G] time?
[C] This despised experiment [Em] [Am] in which we have no say,
[F] in which we're given paradise [Am] [Dm] and [C] holy [G] for [C] a day.
Is it the rain and the storms? _ _ _
Is that all that we are good for?
[Dm] _ [C] _ _
This despised experiment [Am] in which we have no say,
[F] in which we're given paradise and [E] [Dm] holy for [C] a day. _
_ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
[Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
_ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _