Elton John - Blues Never Fade Away

blues never fade away

Cm

D# A#
he wasn’t famous but i sure did love him
G# D#
i’ve got his picture in a little frame

D# A# G# D#
he lost his life to a big disease before it even had a name
Fm A#
but there’s so many more and i’ve lost count
Gm Cm
the hows and whys aren’t important now
G# A#
all that matters is they came around
G# D#
and brightened up our lives

she was twenty one with her life ahead
you don’t need to know her name
she breathed her last on the cold stone floor of a hollywood arcade
but fate’s right hand isn’t always just
puts a lot of pressure on your faith and trust
she was just a little girl , ain’t that enough
to rage against the day

chorus :
G# D#
and how did we get so lucky
A# Cm Cm/B
targets on the rifle range
G# D#
who makes the call and who gets to choose
A# Cm
who gets to win and who gets to lose
G# D#
it’s like a rolling dice in the belly of the blues
G Cm
and blues never fade away
Cm/B G# D#
hey hey hey , colors run when the rain falls
G Cm
but blues never fade away

he shone so bright with a lust for life
like the sun king that he was
his passions hung upon his walls and were printed onto cloth
and for reasons i never understood
about the choices made between the bad and good
i’ve tried to figure out why
the pain never goes away

[ repeat chorus ]

G Cm
and there’s marble markers and little white crosses
G Cm
along the beaten path
G# D#
and i’ve spread their ashes on the wind
A# Cm
and i miss john lennon’s laugh

[ repeat chorus ]