Chords for Elton John - Someone Saved My Life Tonight (Old Grey Whistle Test 1982)
Tempo:
75.85 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Db
Bb
Eb
Bbm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Ab] [Db]
[Ab] [Db]
[Ab] When [Db] I think of [Ab] those East End [Db] lights, [Ab] muggy nights, the curtains drawn, and [Gb] the little
room [Db] downstairs, [Gb] bring me down, Lord, you [Ab] really should have been there, [Gb] sitting like
a princess [Ab] perched in her [Db] electric chair.
[Dbm] And just one more beer, and I don't [Bb] need you anymore.
[Db] We've all gone crazy, I'm [Bb] [Ab] the best one for you.
[Eb] [Db] Someone [Ab] saved my life [Bbm] tonight, Sugar Bear.
[Ab] [Db] To
[Ab] me, [Bbm] Dick Tudde, [Ab] you [Db] nearly had me [Ab] wrapped and tied.
[Db] [Bb] In the [Ab] tides with freedom, whispering in my ear, [Bb] you're a butterfly.
[Db] And butterflies are free to [Bb] fly, fly away, [Ab] hide away, bye [Db] bye.
[Ab] [Bbm]
[Db] [Gb] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
[Db]
[Eb] [Ab] I never realized the passing [Db] hours, of evening showers, [Ab] the snooze, and banging, [Gb] in my darkest [Db] dreams.
[Gb] I'm scrambled by a horn, [Ab] it's so husky, [Gb] just like a pawn, [Ab] I'm playing by the [Db] dominating
[Dbm] spot on the clock in the morning.
Damn it.
[Bb]
[Db] I'm screaming with, [Bb] singing in time, my music [Ab] still alive.
[Eb]
Someone [Db] [Ab] saved my life tonight, [Bbm] Sugar Bear.
[Cm] [Db] To [Ab] me, [Bbm] Dick Tudde, [Ab] you [Db] nearly had me wrapped [Ab] and tied.
[Db]
[Bb] In the tides [Eb] with freedom, [Ab] whispering in my ear, [Bb] you're a butterfly.
[Db] And butterflies are free to fly, [Bb] fly away, [Eb] hide away, [C] [Db] bye bye.
[Ab] [Bbm] [Ab] [Gb]
[Eb] [Ab] [Db]
[Ab] [Db]
[Bbm] Down the [Ab]
river, [Eb] playin' two sides to one, [Db] yeah, been beatin' that for forever.
[Bbm] Comin' down the morning [Cm] wind, it's [Ab] hard to take it home.
[Cm] Someone saved my life tonight, [Db] someone saved my life tonight.
[Cm] Someone saved my life tonight, [Db] someone saved my life [Cm] tonight.
Someone saved my [Db]
life [Bb] tonight, [Db]
[Ab] [Bbm] Sugar Bear.
[Cm] [Db]
[Ab] To [Bbm] me, Dick Tudde, [Ab] you [Db] nearly had me [Ab] wrapped and tied.
[Db] [Bb] In the [Ab] tides with freedom, whispering in my [Bb] ear, you're a butterfly.
[Eb] [Db] And butterflies are free to [Bb] fly, fly away, fly [Ab]
[C] [Db] [Ab] [Bb]
[Db] [Gb] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
away.
Someone [Db] saved my life [Ab] tonight, someone [Db] saved my life tonight.
Someone saved my life tonight, [Ab]
[Cm] someone [Db] [Ab] saved my life tonight.
[Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
[Db] Someone [Ab]
[Db] [Bbm] [F] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Eb] [Ab]
[Db] saved my life tonight, someone saved my life [Ab] tonight.
[Eb] [Cm] [Db] [Ab] [Cm]
[Db] [Eb] [Ab]
[Db] [Eb]
[N]
[Ab] [Db]
[Ab] When [Db] I think of [Ab] those East End [Db] lights, [Ab] muggy nights, the curtains drawn, and [Gb] the little
room [Db] downstairs, [Gb] bring me down, Lord, you [Ab] really should have been there, [Gb] sitting like
a princess [Ab] perched in her [Db] electric chair.
[Dbm] And just one more beer, and I don't [Bb] need you anymore.
[Db] We've all gone crazy, I'm [Bb] [Ab] the best one for you.
[Eb] [Db] Someone [Ab] saved my life [Bbm] tonight, Sugar Bear.
[Ab] [Db] To
[Ab] me, [Bbm] Dick Tudde, [Ab] you [Db] nearly had me [Ab] wrapped and tied.
[Db] [Bb] In the [Ab] tides with freedom, whispering in my ear, [Bb] you're a butterfly.
[Db] And butterflies are free to [Bb] fly, fly away, [Ab] hide away, bye [Db] bye.
[Ab] [Bbm]
[Db] [Gb] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
[Db]
[Eb] [Ab] I never realized the passing [Db] hours, of evening showers, [Ab] the snooze, and banging, [Gb] in my darkest [Db] dreams.
[Gb] I'm scrambled by a horn, [Ab] it's so husky, [Gb] just like a pawn, [Ab] I'm playing by the [Db] dominating
[Dbm] spot on the clock in the morning.
Damn it.
[Bb]
[Db] I'm screaming with, [Bb] singing in time, my music [Ab] still alive.
[Eb]
Someone [Db] [Ab] saved my life tonight, [Bbm] Sugar Bear.
[Cm] [Db] To [Ab] me, [Bbm] Dick Tudde, [Ab] you [Db] nearly had me wrapped [Ab] and tied.
[Db]
[Bb] In the tides [Eb] with freedom, [Ab] whispering in my ear, [Bb] you're a butterfly.
[Db] And butterflies are free to fly, [Bb] fly away, [Eb] hide away, [C] [Db] bye bye.
[Ab] [Bbm] [Ab] [Gb]
[Eb] [Ab] [Db]
[Ab] [Db]
[Bbm] Down the [Ab]
river, [Eb] playin' two sides to one, [Db] yeah, been beatin' that for forever.
[Bbm] Comin' down the morning [Cm] wind, it's [Ab] hard to take it home.
[Cm] Someone saved my life tonight, [Db] someone saved my life tonight.
[Cm] Someone saved my life tonight, [Db] someone saved my life [Cm] tonight.
Someone saved my [Db]
life [Bb] tonight, [Db]
[Ab] [Bbm] Sugar Bear.
[Cm] [Db]
[Ab] To [Bbm] me, Dick Tudde, [Ab] you [Db] nearly had me [Ab] wrapped and tied.
[Db] [Bb] In the [Ab] tides with freedom, whispering in my [Bb] ear, you're a butterfly.
[Eb] [Db] And butterflies are free to [Bb] fly, fly away, fly [Ab]
[C] [Db] [Ab] [Bb]
[Db] [Gb] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
away.
Someone [Db] saved my life [Ab] tonight, someone [Db] saved my life tonight.
Someone saved my life tonight, [Ab]
[Cm] someone [Db] [Ab] saved my life tonight.
[Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
[Db] Someone [Ab]
[Db] [Bbm] [F] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Eb] [Ab]
[Db] saved my life tonight, someone saved my life [Ab] tonight.
[Eb] [Cm] [Db] [Ab] [Cm]
[Db] [Eb] [Ab]
[Db] [Eb]
[N]
Key:
Ab
Db
Bb
Eb
Bbm
Ab
Db
Bb
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ [Ab] When [Db] I think of [Ab] those East End [Db] lights, [Ab] muggy nights, the curtains drawn, and [Gb] the little
room [Db] downstairs, _ _ [Gb] bring me down, Lord, you [Ab] really should have been there, [Gb] sitting like
a princess [Ab] perched in her [Db] electric chair.
_ [Dbm] And just one more beer, and I don't [Bb] need you anymore.
_ [Db] We've all gone crazy, I'm [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] the best one for you.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Db] Someone [Ab] saved my life [Bbm] tonight, Sugar Bear.
_ [Ab] [Db] To _
[Ab] me, [Bbm] Dick Tudde, [Ab] you [Db] nearly had me [Ab] wrapped and tied.
[Db] _ _ [Bb] In the [Ab] tides with freedom, whispering in my ear, [Bb] you're a butterfly.
_ [Db] And butterflies are free to [Bb] fly, fly away, _ [Ab] hide away, bye [Db] bye.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ [Db] _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] [Ab] I never realized the passing [Db] hours, of evening showers, [Ab] the snooze, and banging, [Gb] in my darkest [Db] dreams.
_ [Gb] I'm scrambled by a horn, [Ab] it's so husky, [Gb] just like a pawn, [Ab] I'm playing by the [Db] dominating _
_ [Dbm] spot on the clock in the morning.
Damn it.
[Bb] _ _
_ [Db] I'm screaming with, _ [Bb] singing in time, my music [Ab] still alive.
_ _ [Eb] _ _
Someone [Db] _ [Ab] saved my life tonight, [Bbm] Sugar Bear.
_ [Cm] _ [Db] To [Ab] me, [Bbm] Dick Tudde, [Ab] you [Db] nearly had me wrapped [Ab] and tied.
[Db] _
[Bb] In the tides [Eb] with freedom, [Ab] whispering in my ear, [Bb] you're a butterfly.
_ [Db] And butterflies are free to fly, [Bb] fly away, _ [Eb] hide away, [C] [Db] bye bye.
[Ab] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ [Bbm] Down the _ [Ab] _ _
river, [Eb] playin' two sides to one, [Db] yeah, been beatin' that for forever.
[Bbm] _ Comin' down the morning [Cm] wind, it's [Ab] hard to take it home.
[Cm] Someone saved my life tonight, [Db] someone saved my life tonight.
[Cm] Someone saved my life tonight, [Db] someone saved my life [Cm] tonight.
Someone saved my _ [Db] _ _
life [Bb] tonight, _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Bbm] Sugar Bear.
[Cm] _ [Db] _ _
[Ab] To [Bbm] me, Dick Tudde, [Ab] you [Db] nearly had me [Ab] wrapped and tied.
[Db] _ _ [Bb] In the [Ab] tides with freedom, whispering in my [Bb] ear, you're a butterfly.
_ [Eb] [Db] And butterflies are free to [Bb] fly, fly away, fly _ [Ab] _
_ [C] _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Db] _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
away.
Someone [Db] saved my life _ [Ab] tonight, someone _ [Db] saved my life tonight.
Someone saved my life tonight, [Ab] _ _
[Cm] someone [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] saved my life tonight.
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Db] _ Someone _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ [F] _ [Ab] _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _
[Db] saved my life tonight, someone saved my life [Ab] tonight.
_ [Eb] _ [Cm] _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Cm] _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ [Ab] When [Db] I think of [Ab] those East End [Db] lights, [Ab] muggy nights, the curtains drawn, and [Gb] the little
room [Db] downstairs, _ _ [Gb] bring me down, Lord, you [Ab] really should have been there, [Gb] sitting like
a princess [Ab] perched in her [Db] electric chair.
_ [Dbm] And just one more beer, and I don't [Bb] need you anymore.
_ [Db] We've all gone crazy, I'm [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] the best one for you.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Db] Someone [Ab] saved my life [Bbm] tonight, Sugar Bear.
_ [Ab] [Db] To _
[Ab] me, [Bbm] Dick Tudde, [Ab] you [Db] nearly had me [Ab] wrapped and tied.
[Db] _ _ [Bb] In the [Ab] tides with freedom, whispering in my ear, [Bb] you're a butterfly.
_ [Db] And butterflies are free to [Bb] fly, fly away, _ [Ab] hide away, bye [Db] bye.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ [Db] _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] [Ab] I never realized the passing [Db] hours, of evening showers, [Ab] the snooze, and banging, [Gb] in my darkest [Db] dreams.
_ [Gb] I'm scrambled by a horn, [Ab] it's so husky, [Gb] just like a pawn, [Ab] I'm playing by the [Db] dominating _
_ [Dbm] spot on the clock in the morning.
Damn it.
[Bb] _ _
_ [Db] I'm screaming with, _ [Bb] singing in time, my music [Ab] still alive.
_ _ [Eb] _ _
Someone [Db] _ [Ab] saved my life tonight, [Bbm] Sugar Bear.
_ [Cm] _ [Db] To [Ab] me, [Bbm] Dick Tudde, [Ab] you [Db] nearly had me wrapped [Ab] and tied.
[Db] _
[Bb] In the tides [Eb] with freedom, [Ab] whispering in my ear, [Bb] you're a butterfly.
_ [Db] And butterflies are free to fly, [Bb] fly away, _ [Eb] hide away, [C] [Db] bye bye.
[Ab] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ [Bbm] Down the _ [Ab] _ _
river, [Eb] playin' two sides to one, [Db] yeah, been beatin' that for forever.
[Bbm] _ Comin' down the morning [Cm] wind, it's [Ab] hard to take it home.
[Cm] Someone saved my life tonight, [Db] someone saved my life tonight.
[Cm] Someone saved my life tonight, [Db] someone saved my life [Cm] tonight.
Someone saved my _ [Db] _ _
life [Bb] tonight, _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Bbm] Sugar Bear.
[Cm] _ [Db] _ _
[Ab] To [Bbm] me, Dick Tudde, [Ab] you [Db] nearly had me [Ab] wrapped and tied.
[Db] _ _ [Bb] In the [Ab] tides with freedom, whispering in my [Bb] ear, you're a butterfly.
_ [Eb] [Db] And butterflies are free to [Bb] fly, fly away, fly _ [Ab] _
_ [C] _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Db] _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
away.
Someone [Db] saved my life _ [Ab] tonight, someone _ [Db] saved my life tonight.
Someone saved my life tonight, [Ab] _ _
[Cm] someone [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] saved my life tonight.
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Db] _ Someone _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ [F] _ [Ab] _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _
[Db] saved my life tonight, someone saved my life [Ab] tonight.
_ [Eb] _ [Cm] _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Cm] _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _