A lovely song from Elton's newest album 'The Diving Board' - I'm a little amazed no one has tabbed it yet to
be honest with you.
I've had a go at notating the intro - I'm more of a pianist than a guitarist so I haven't tabbed it, but I
think my system is pretty easy to work out - listen to the record for the timing. Vertical lines ( | ) are bar
lines.
[INTRO]
Notes Eb G | Bb C | Bb Eb F | G F Eb C C Bb Eb G | Bb C | Bb Eb F | G F Eb C C Bb F |
Chords | Eb Ab | Eb | Cm Bb | Eb Ab | Eb | Cm Bb |
[VERSE 1]
Eb Eb9 Ab Eb
I hung out with the old folks, in the hope that I'd get wise.
Gm Cm F Bb
I was trying to bridge the gap, between the great divide.
Eb Eb9 Ab Eb
Hung on every recollection, in the theatre of their eyes
Gm Cm F Bb
Picking up on this and that, in the few that still survive.
[CHORUS]
Eb
Call em up
Cm
Dust em off
D Gm
Let em shine
Ab Eb F Bb
The ones who hold onto the ones, they had to leave behind
Eb Cm
Those that flew, those that fell,
D Gm
The ones that had to stay,
Ab Eb
Beneath a little wooden cross
Bb Eb
Oceans away
REPEAT INTRO
[VERSE 2]
Eb Eb9 Ab Eb
They bend like trees in winter, these shuffling old gray lions
Gm Cm F Bb
Though snow white start to gather, like the belt around Orion.
Eb Eb9 Ab Eb
Just a touch of faded lightning, of the powerful design,
Gm Cm F Bb
Of the generation gathered, for maybe the last time.
REPEAT CHORUS
[BRIDGE]
F# Ab Bbm
Oceans away where the green grass sways and the cool wind blows across the shadow of their graves.
F# Ab
shoulder to shoulder, back in the day, sleeping bones to rest in Earth
Bbm Fsus4 Bbm
O - ceans away
F# Ab Bb
O - ceans away
[CHORUS]
Eb
Call em up
Cm
Dust em off
D Gm
Let em shine
Ab Eb F Bb
The ones who hold onto the ones, they had to leave behind
Eb Cm
Those that flew, those that fell,
D Gm
The ones that had to stay,
Ab Eb
Beneath a little wooden cross
Bb Eb
Oceans away
REPEAT INTRO
[OUTRO]
Eb
*Single note fading into the distance*
Hope you enjoyed, comments and corrections welcomed :)
