Elton John – Sweet Painted Lady (Guitar)

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Versions (2)

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Chords

[Verse 1]
            G 
I'm back on dry land once again 

     Gmaj7 
Opportunity awaits me like a rat in the drain 

Dm                   G7                     C 
   We're all hunting honey with money to burn 

       Cm                         G/B                   Am7   D   Daug
Just a short time to show you the tricks that we've learned 
[Verse 2]
       G 
If the boys all behave themselves here 

             Gmaj7 
Well there's pretty young ladies and beer in the rear 

Dm                  G7                       C 
   You won't need a gutter to sleep in tonight 

       Cm                        G/B           Am7   D   Daug 
Oh the prices I charge here will see you alright 
[Verse 3]
       G 
So she lays down beside me again 

   Gmaj7 
My sweet painted lady, the one with no name 

Dm                     G7           C 
Many have used her and many still do 

          Cm                       G/B           Am7   D 
There's a place in the world for a woman like you 
[Chorus]
Daug   G             F# 
Oh,    sweet painted lady 

F                          E7 
Seems it's always been the same 

Am7              D 
Getting paid for being laid 

G                            Am7   D
Guess that's the name of the game 

  G               F# 
Oh sweet painted lady 

F                          E7 
Seems it's always been the same 

Am7              D 
Getting paid for being laid 

G                            Am7   D   G   Daug 
Guess that's the name of the game, oh
[Verse 4]
                     G 
Forget us we'll have gone very soon 

        Gmaj7 
Just forget we ever slept in your rooms 

    Dm                           G7          C 
And we'll leave the smell of the sea in your beds 

      Cm                    G/B              Am7   D   Daug
Where love's just a job and nothing is said 
[Verse 5]
       G 
So she lays down beside me again 

   Gmaj7 
My sweet painted lady, the one with no name 

Dm                     G7           C 
Many have used her and many still do 

          Cm                       G/B           Am7   D   Daug
There's a place in the world for a woman like you 
[Chorus]
   G             F# 
Oh sweet painted lady 

F                          E7 
Seems it's always been the same 

Am7              D 
Getting paid for being laid 

G                            Am7   D
Guess that's the name of the game 

   G             F# 
Oh sweet painted lady 

F                          E7 
Seems it's always been the same 

Am7              D 
Getting paid for being laid 

G                            Am7   D
Guess that's the name of the game, oh
G F# F E7 Am7 D G Am7 D G F# F E7 Am7 D G Am7 D G