Elton John - Tower of babel
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TOWER OF BABEL
Year : 1975
Album : Captain Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboy
Writers : Elton John & Bernie Taupin
TAKEN FROM ELTON JOHN CHORDS WEBSITE
Am Bb/C - C7 Fdim C
Snow. Ce - ment and ivory young towers.
F/A Em/B C G#dim Am F G/D /D-/E
Someone called us Babylon - those hungry hunters tracking down the hours.
G/F /G-/A Eb/Bb Bb
But where were all your shoulders when we cried?
Chorded by David Bisese
Were the Fm/Abdarlings on the G7sideline dreaming Cmup such cherished lies -
F/A | Bb Cm7 | Bb/D Cm7 - Bb |
to whisper in your ear before you die?
CHORUS:
EbIt's party Eb7time for the guys in the Abtower of BbBabel.
CmSodom meet GoAbmorrah. Eb/Bb Cain meet Bb7sus A -
Instr: | E /G# /B | A /C# /E | /F /G-/A-Bb-/C | /G /Ab-/Bb-/C-/D |
| /Ab /Bb-/C-/D-/Eb | /D /Eb-/F-/G-Ab |
| /E /Gb-/Ab /A-/Bb /C /D /Bb |
Am Bb/C - C7 Fdim C
Junk. An - gel. This closet's always stacked.
F/A Em/B C G#dim Am F G/D /D-/E
Dealers in the basement filling your prescrip. for a brand new heart attack.
G/F /G-/A | Eb/Bb Bb
But where were all your shoulders when we cried?
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Bb7bel. Have a bFmall yCm'all. See the Abletches crawl with the cGall girls under the Cmtable. Watch them dig their gAbraves - Eb/Bb 'Cause Jesus don't save the gBbuys in the tower of CmBabel. Ab Watch them dig their gEb/Bbraves - 'Cause Jesus don't save the gBbuys in the tower of FmBabel. No. No. EbNo.Were the Fm/Abdoctors in atG7tendance saying Cmhow they felt so sick inside?
F/A | Bb Cm7 | Bb/D Cm7 - Bb |
Or was it just the scalpel blade that lied?
Repeat Chorus twice