tower of babel
year : 1975
album : captain fantastic & the brown dirt cowboy
writers : elton john & bernie taupin

taken from elton john chords website

Am A#/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 D#/A# A#
but where were all your shoulders when we cried?
Fm/G# G7 Cm
were the darlings on the sideline dreaming up such cherished lies –
F/A | A# Cm7 | A#/D Cm7 – A# |
to whisper in your ear before you die?

chorus :
D# D#7 G# A#
it’s party time for the guys in the tower of babel .
Cm G# D#/A# A#7sus – A#7
sodom meet gomorrah . cain meet A – bel .
Fm Cm G# G Cm
have a ball y’all . see the letches crawl with the call girls under the table .
G#
watch them dig their graves –
D#/A# A# Cm
’cause jesus don’t save the guys in the tower of babel .
G# D#/A#
watch them dig their graves –
A# Fm D#
’cause jesus don’t save the guys in the tower of babel . no . no . no .

instr : | E /G# /B | A /C# /E | /F /G – /A – A# – /C | /G /G# – /A# – /C – /D |

| /G# /A# – /C – /D – /D# | /D /D# – /F – /G – G# |

| /E /F# – /G# /A – /A# /C /D /A# |

Am A#/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 prescrip . for a brand new heart attack .
G/F /G – /A | D#/A# A#
but where were all your shoulders when we cried?
Fm/G# G7 Cm
were the doctors in attendance saying how they felt so sick inside?
F/A | A# Cm7 | A#/D Cm7 – A# |
or was it just the scalpel blade that lied?

{repeat chorus twice}

chorded by david bisese