Chords for Rob Thomas - "Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters" (Elton John cover) - Atlantic City, NJ 1-15-17

covers in the night but _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ we _ _
_ [F] played this in soundcheck uh yesterday and we just realized
how much we love this song and uh _ we're gonna play it because it's just one of the greatest
songs ever written _ so _ i hope you appreciate it
_ _ [Bb] _
_ I thought I knew _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ This famous [Gm] Harlem line
[F] _ [Eb] Now it's just pretty _ [Bb] words to say _
[C] I _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ thought I knew
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
Now [G] I know [F] that rose [Eb] trees never grow
_ [Bb] _ _ _
New [Cm] York City _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
Subway's no [Bb] way
_ For [C] a good man to go [Bb] down
[Cm] _
_ [Bb] The [Eb] _ rich man can [Bb] ride
_ And [Cm] the hobo he [Bb] can drown
[Cm] _ _ And [Eb] _ I thank the [Bb] lord _
_ For [C] the people I have [Bb] found
[Cm] _ [Bb] I _ [Eb] _
thank the lord for [Bb] the people I [Cm] have found _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I'm Mona [Bb] _ _
Lisa's and [Ab] _ _ Manhattan's
Sons [Gm] of _ bankers, sons of [Bb]
lawyers
_ _ Turn around and say
The more the [C] _ truer [Eb] The moon
_ _ For _ _ _
_ _ [D] unless they see the [Gm] sky
_ [F] _ [Eb] But they can't [Bb] and that is [C] why _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] They know not if it's [F] dark _ _ outside [Eb] or late
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ See what's got me
_ _ _ [D] It's got a lot of [Gm] songs to [F] sing
[Eb] If I knew the [Bb] words I might [C] change
_ [Cm] _ _
And _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
I'll go alone
_ _ And _ [D] _ _ go by [Gm] all [F] my old [Eb] cities
Will be sold
[Bb] _ _ In New York [C] City
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ Until you've [Bb] seen
_ This [C] trash can dream [Bb] come [Cm] true
_ [Bb] And [Eb] _ _
stand at [Bb] the edge _
[C] While people [G] run you [Bb] through
[Cm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ I thank the [Bb] lord
_ _ [C] There's people [G] out there [Bb] like you
[Cm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ I thank the lord [Bb] there's people out there [Cm] like _ _ _ you
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I'm Mona [Bb] _ _ Lisa's and [Ab] _ _
Manhattan's
Sons [Gm] of bankers, sons [Bb] of lawyers
_ _ Turn around and say
The more [C] the [Bb] truer The moon
[Eb] _ _ _ For _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] unless they see [Gm] the sky
_ [F] _ But [Eb] they can't and [Bb] that is [C] _ why
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Eb] They know not if it's [F] dark _ outside [Eb] or late
I _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ know _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ It's [Gm] Spanish Harlem [F] _ monarch
[Eb] Just _ pretty [Bb] words to say
_ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] I thought [Bb] I knew _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ Now [Gm] I know that [F] rose trees [Eb] never grow
_ [Bb] _ In New [Cm] York City _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ Subway's [Bb] no way
_ [Cm] For a good man to go [Bb] down
[Cm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ Though rich man can [Bb] _
ride
And [Cm] a hobo he can [Bb] drown
[Cm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] And I thank the [Bb] lord _ _
[C] For the people I [Bb] have found
[Cm] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] I thank the lord [Bb] for the people I have [Cm] found
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ I'm [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Bb] Mona _ Lisa's and [Ab] _ _ Manhattan's
Sons [Gm] of _ bankers, sons of [Bb] lawyers _ _
Turn around and say
The more [Cm] the [Bb] truer [Eb] the moon _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] For unless they see the [Gm] sky _
[F] _ [Eb] But they [Bb] can't and that is [C] why _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] They know not if it's [F] dark _ outside [Eb] or late
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] They know not if it's [F] dark _ outside _ [Eb] _ or late
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _