Elton John – Leather Jackets (Guitar)

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Song : Leather Jackets Year : 1986 Album : Leather Jackets Tempo : 137.030705 (BPM) Writers : Elton John & Bernie Taupin [ Intro ] G F C G F C G F C G F C [ Verse 1 ]
G                           F           C                       F/G
Do you pray to someone new, when you're locked up in the rock

C/G      G              F/G                 C/G         F/G          G  F/G  C/G
  Is the golden age dead and gone?  Are the hands stuck on the clock

G                  C/G    G      F/G      C/G                   F/G  C/G
  Can you talk to Buddy's bones, when you spin a forty five?

    G                     F               C
The king ain't dead, he's just asleep. Somewhere in the after life
[ Chorus 1 ]
                     G   C/G     G
And look at them boys in leather jackets

F       C           F/C  C    G
Second skin, not far     a way

G                       C         G
Danger girls ___ love leather jack ets

C    G/B     Am7       Am7/D            G
Play back to back, and that'll be the  day

    C           G    C/G
Leather jackets, that ' ll be the...
[ Bridge ]
G       F  C
day.
G F C [ Verse 2 ]
G                                  F/G       C                                  F/G  C/G
We all need to smell the heat. You know that things go better with chrome

   G               F/G                C/G       F/G             G               F/G  C/G
Is Memphis real or just a song, three thousand  miles from home?

G                C/G            F/G     C                                       F/G  C/G
  Be a cool jerk ___ don't work    when fashion makes you change

G               F                       C
Keep the faith ___ don't waste another  nickel on another name
[ Chorus 2 ]
                     G   C/G     G
And look at them boys in leather jackets

F       C           F/C  C    G
Second skin, not far     a way

G                       C         G
Danger girls ___ love leather jack ets

C    G/B     Am7       Am7/D            G
Play back to back, and that'll be the  day

    C           G    C/G
Leather jackets, that ' ll be the...
[ Bridge ]
G       F  C
day.
G F C [ Interlude ]
F/C             C               F/C                          C
    And idolise twisted cars _________ Like taxi cabs and spiders

G                       D                  C/D                 D
    Eternity's just down the road, they're looking for more riders
[ Chorus 3 ]
                     G   C/G     G
And look at them boys in leather jackets

F       C           F/C  C    G
Second skin, not far     a way

G                       C         G
Danger girls ___ love leather jack ets

C    G/B     Am7       Am7/D            G
Play back to back, and that'll be the  day

    C           G    C/G
Leather jackets, that ' ll be the...
[ Bridge ]
G       F  C    G       F  C
day.                    Uh uh

    Bb/C        F/C     C
uh _____                Uh uh
Bb/C F/A Bb F/C C C/D C/D [ Chorus 4 ]
                     G   C/G     G
And look at them boys in leather jackets

F       C           F/C  C    G
Second skin, not far     a way

G                       C         G
Danger girls ___ love leather jack ets

C    G/B     Am7       Am7/D            G
Play back to back, and that'll be the  day

    C           G    C/G          G
Leather jackets, that ' ll be the day
[ Outro ] ( Repeat 8 Times & Fade ) F C/E G G