Someone Saved My Life Tonight
Elton John
1975
Created by: Randy Mosier  rmosier@click1.net

Intro: (Do Twice)  Capo 1st Fret

E[--3?-3------------------------0?-0--------------------]
B[--0?-0------------------------1?-1--------------------]
G[--0--0-----------0------------0?-0--------------------]
D[--0?-0--0--2?-4-----4?--2?-0--2?-2-----0?-2?-3?-2-----]
A[--2?-2------------------------3?-3?-3--------------3--]
E[--3?-3------------------------3?-3--------------------]

Verse 1:
G (320003@1)                    C (x32010@1)       GWhen (320003@1)I think of those East End lights
CMuggy (x32010@1)nights
G (320003@1)	    F (133211@1)               CThe (x32010@1)curtains drawn in the little room downstairs
F (133211@1)       		      GPrima (320003@1)Donna lord you really should have been there
F (133211@1)	  G (320003@1)   CSitting (x32010@1)like a princess perched in her electric chair
	  CmAnd (x3101x@1)it's one more beer
		      A7And (x02020@1)I don't hear you anymore
       CWe've (x32010@1)all gone crazy lately
    C#dim (3423xx@1)		  GMy (320003@1)friends out there rolling round the basement floor
            DAh (xx0232@1)ah ah ah ah ah ah

Chorus:
C (x32010@1)	G (320003@1)    Am (x02210@1)GAnd (320003@1)someone saved my life tonight sugar bear
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)         AmYou (x02210@1)almost had your hooks in me didn't you dear
     G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)                      Bm7You (x20202@1)nearly had me roped and tied
C (x32010@1)C#dimAltar-bound, (3423xx@1)hypnotized
	GSweet (320003@1)freedom whispered in my ear
	  C#dimYou're (3423xx@1)a butterfly
     CAnd (x32010@1)butterflies are free to fly
C#dim (3423xx@1)    G (320003@1)      Bm7 (x20202@1)CFly (x32010@1)away, high away bye bye
C (x32010@1)     Bm7 (x20202@1)           Am (x02210@1)  G (320003@1) FOoh (133211@1)ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

Intro: (do twice)


Verse 2:
G (320003@1)	C (x32010@1)    GI (320003@1)never realized the passing hours
COf (x32010@1)evening showers
   G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)      CA (x32010@1)slip noose hanging in my darkest dreams
     F (133211@1)	        GI'm (320003@1)strangled by your haunted social scene

F (133211@1)  G (320003@1)          CJust (x32010@1)a pawn out-played by a dominating queen
CmIt's (x3101x@1)four o'clock in the morning
	  A7Damn (x02020@1)it listen to me good
CI'm (x32010@1)sleeping with myself tonight
C#dim (3423xx@1)[x45650]				       GSaved (320003@1)in time, thank God my music's still alive
	  DAh (xx0232@1)ah ah ah ah ah

Back To Chorus ????????????????

(Then do Intro Twice Again, then go to Bridge)

Bridge:
Am (x02210@1)			    GAnd (320003@1)I would have walked head on into the deep end the river
Em7
Clinging to your stocks and bonds
	     CPaying (x32010@1)your H.P. demands forever
Am (x02210@1)		       GThey're (320003@1)coming in the morning with a truck to take me home
Em7				  CSomeone (x32010@1)saved my life tonight, someone saved my life tonight
Em7				  CSomeone (x32010@1)saved my life tonight, someone saved my life tonight
Em7
Someone saved my life tonight
C (x32010@1)			      C#dim (3423xx@1) Bm7 (x20202@1)CSo (x32010@1)save your strength and run the field you play alone

Back To Chorus Again????????????????

(Then go to the ending)

Ending:
Do Intro throughout this part G & C-------6 times and fade

G (320003@1)				  CSomeone (x32010@1)saved, someone saved, someone saved my life tonight????????