Elton John – Tower Of Babel (Guitar)

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Year : 1975 Album : Captain Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboy Writers : Elton John & Bernie Taupin [Verse]
 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?

         Fm/Ab           G7                Cm
Were the darlings on the sideline dreaming up such cherished lies -

   F/A                          | Bb   Cm7  |  Bb/D  Cm7 - Bb  |
to whisper in your ear before you die?
[Chorus]
Eb         Eb7                      Ab       Bb
It's party time for the guys in the tower of Babel.

Cm           Ab       Eb/Bb             Bb7sus4 - Bb7
Sodom meet Gomorrah.          Cain meet   A    -  bel.

        Fm   Cm             Ab                      G                   Cm
Have a ball y'all.  See the letches crawl with the call girls under the table.

                      Ab
Watch them dig their graves -

Eb/Bb                              Bb                  Cm
      'Cause Jesus don't save the guys in the tower of Babel.

Ab                          Eb/Bb
      Watch them dig their graves -

                             Bb                  Fm           Bb/D  Eb
'Cause Jesus don't save the guys in the tower of Babel.  No. No.  No.
[Instrumental] |E E/G# E/B |A A/C# A/E |F F/A G| G/B Am| | Am/C Dm| Dm/F |E E/G# |E/B F/C Dm E/B| (Bass line |E G# B |A C# E |F G A B C G| A B C D A| | B C D E D| E F G A |E F# G# A |B C D B | ) [Verse]
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 prescription for a brand new heart attack.

G/F   /G-/A | Eb/Bb                                   Bb
                   But where were all your shoulders when we cried?

         Fm/Ab        G7              Cm
Were the doctors in attendance saying how 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) Chorded by David Bisese