Elton John – And The House Fell Down (Guitar)

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THE HOUSE FELL DOWN -- ELTON JOHN, "The Captain and the Kid"(2006) Exact chords tabbed out by ClassicalfreaK, 2015 ================================================================== INTRO Cm | Ab7 | Bb G/B | Cm
Cm9 | Ab7 | Bb G7 | Cm
                    ("ah-ha-ha-ha..."
(in time) Cm | Fm/C Cm | Cm | Fm/C Cm | VERSE
    Cm                                      Ab7
The sun is up and the shades are all pulled down

         Bb            G/B          Cm
I'm more paranoid with every little sound

         Cm                             Ab7
Like the leaf blower blowing the leaves around

      G7                                 Cm
And a siren wailing on the other side of town
VERSE
       Cm                                    Ab7
Oh the TV's on and the colors really hurt my head

           Bb                 G/B             Cm
If I could think straight I'd wish that I was dead

   Cm                            Ab7
Or curled up naked in my lover's bed

            G7                                      Cm
Instead I'm hanging over Hell suspended by a single thread
CHORUS
            Fm7                        Bb
And I don't recall who said it at this time

          Ab           Eb                 Bb
That your enemies grow strong on what you leave behind

           Fm7                     Bb
I built it up and the wolf he came around

              Ab                    Eb
He huffed and puffed, he huffed and puffed

              G7/D
He huffed and puffed,

              Cm             Fm7   G7   Cm
He huffed and puffed and the house fell down
INSTRUMENTAL Cm | Fm/C Cm | Cm | Fm/C Cm | VERSE
       Cm                                  Ab7
With a rolled up note I'm hovering on that line

      Bb               G/B          Cm
Three days on a diet of cocaine and wine

      Cm                               Ab7
And a little weed just to level me sometime

          G7                                                Cm
I put the clock in the drawer 'cause I've cancelled out the time
CHORUS
               Fm7                   Bb
And still that saying gets inside my head

          Ab           Eb                 Bb
That your enemies grow strong on what you leave behind

           Fm7                     Bb
I built it up and the wolf he came around

              Ab                    Eb
He huffed and puffed, he huffed and puffed

              G7/D
He huffed and puffed,

              Cm             Fm7   G7   Cm
He huffed and puffed and the house fell down
BREAKDOWN
         Am7b5
So don't knock on my door, don't try to call

    Ab7
I'm holed up in this room talking to the wall

               Am7b5
When you're as high as this you think you know it all

            Ab7                                   G G/A G/B G/A G7
When you're this deep in there's no place else to fall
INSTRUMENTAL
                   Cm | Ab7 | Bb G/B | Cm
"I'm bottoming out"
Cm | Ab7 | G7 | Cm CHORUS
            Fm7                        Bb
And I don't recall who said it at this time

          Ab           Eb                 Bb
That your enemies grow strong on what you leave behind

           Fm7                     Bb
I built it up and the wolf he came around

              Ab                    Eb
He huffed and puffed, he huffed and puffed

              G7/D
He huffed and puffed,

              Cm             Fm7   G7   Cm
He huffed and puffed and the house fell down

               Fm7                   Bb
And still that saying gets inside my head

          Ab           Eb                 Bb
That your enemies grow strong on what you leave behind

           Fm7                     Bb
I built it up and the wolf he came around

              Ab                    Eb
He huffed and puffed, he huffed and puffed

              G7/D
He huffed and puffed,

              Cm             Fm7   G7   Cm
He huffed and puffed and the house fell down

        Fm7   G7   Cm
And the house fell down
OUTRO
Cm | Fm/C Cm | Cm | Fm/C Cm
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Enjoy! Please tell me what you think in the comments. -ClassicalfreaK