Someone Saved My Life Tonight
Elton John
1975
Created by: Randy Mosier rmosier@click1.net
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
Cdim 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 Cdim
Altar-bound, hypnotized
G
Sweet freedom whispered in my ear
Cdim
You`re a butterfly
C
And butterflies are free to fly
Cdim 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
Cdim [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 Cdim 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……………………
