Elton John - Someone Saved My Life Tonight

“someone saved my life tonight” ( capo : 4th . fret )

_____intro :

E/B A ( 2 times )

_____verse : 1

E/B A E A
when i think of those east end lights , muggy nights
E/G# D/F# A
the curtains drawn in the little room downstairs
D E
prima donna , lord you really should have been there
D E A
sitting like a princess perched in her electric chair
Am F#
and it’s one more beer and i don’t hear you anymore
A
we’ve all gone crazy lately
F#/A# E/B B7
my friends out there rollin’ round the basement floor . ooh______

_____chorus :

A E/G# F#m7 E/G#
and someone saved my life tonight , sugar bear ( sugar bear___ )
A E/G# F#m7
you almost had your hooks in me , didn’t you dear
E/G# A E/G#
you nearly had me roped and tied
A F#7/A#
altar – bound , hypnotized ,
E/B
sweet freedom whispered in my ear
F#/A#
you’re a butterfly
A
and butterflies are free to fly
F#7/A# E/B G# A
fly away , high away , bye bye
E/G# F#m7 E D

_____intro :

E/B A ( 2 times )

_____verse : 2

E/B A E A
i never realized the passing hours of evening showers ,
E/G# D/F# A
a slip noose hanging in my darkest dreams
D E
i’m strangled by your haunted social scene
D E A
just a pawn out – played by a dominating queen
Am
it’s four o’clock in the morning
F#
damn it! listen to me good
A
i’m sleeping with myself tonight
F#/A# E/B B7
saved in time , thank god my music’s still alive , oh________

_____chorus :

A E/G# F#m7 E/G#
and someone saved my life tonight , sugar bear ( sugar bear , sugar bear___ )
A E/G# F#m7
you almost had your hooks in me , didn’t you dear
E/G# A E/G#
you nearly had me roped and tied
A F#7/A#
altar – bound , hypnotized ,
E/B
sweet freedom whispered in my ear
F#/A#
you’re a butterfly
A
and butterflies are free to fly
F#7/A# E/B G# A
fly away , high away , bye bye
E/G# F#m7 E D

_____intro :

E/B A ( 2 times )

_____bridge :

F#7 E/G#
and i would have walked head on into the deep end of the river
C#m/G#
clinging to your stocks and bonds
A/E
paying your h . p . demands forever
F#m7 E/G#
they’re coming in the morning with a truck to take me home
C#m/G# A/E
someone saved my life tonight , someone saved my life tonight
C#m/G# A/E
someone saved my life tonight , someone saved my life tonight
C#m/G#
someone saved my life tonight
A/E F#7
so save your strength and run the field you play alone

_____chorus :

A E/G# F#m7 E/G#
and someone saved my life tonight , sugar bear ( sugar bear , sugar bear___ )
A E/G# F#m7
you almost had your hooks in me , didn’t you dear
E/G# A E/G#
you nearly had me roped and tied
A F#7/A#
altar – bound , hypnotized ,
E/B
sweet freedom whispered in my ear
F#/A#
you’re a butterfly
A
and butterflies are free to fly
F#7/A# E/B G# A
fly away , high away , bye bye
E/G# F#m7 E D

_____intro :

E/B A ( 2 times )

_____coda :

E/B
someone saved , someone saved
A
someone saved my life tonight ( someone saved my life tonight ) ( repeat coda to fade )