• Song:

    Tower Of Babel

  • Artist:

    Elton John

  • Album:

    Captain Fantastic - Del...

Tower of Babel- Elton John from the album Captain Fantastic and the brown dirty cowboy (1975)

If you are also a piano player, the song's sound will be better. But you must sing too!
W Elton John

I VERSE

EmSnow, (022000@1)
   Ccement (x32010@1)     F (133211@1)        G (320003@1)and ivory young towers
    F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)Someone called us Babylon
            F (133211@1)Those hungry hunters 
                 GTracking (320003@1)down the hours 

         Eb (x43121@3)                         BbBut (x1333x@1)where were all your shoulders when we cried 
                        FmWere (133111@1)the darlings on the sideline

             Cm (x3101x@1)Dreaming up such cherished lies 
      AbTo (xx1114@1)whisper in your ear  
           F (133211@1)            Fbefore (133211@1)you die 

CHORUS
     Eb (x43121@3)                   
It's party time for the guys 
    Ab (xx1114@1)        Bbin (x1333x@1)the tower of Babel
  Cm (x3101x@1)         Ab (xx1114@1)Sodom meet Gomorrah, 
  Eb (x43121@3)     BbCain (x1333x@1)meet Abel
       Fm (133111@1)Have a ball y'all 
 FmSee (133111@1)the letches crawl 
                           CmWith (x3101x@1)the call girls under the table 
              AbWatch (xx1114@1)them dig their graves 
           Eb (x43121@3)          Bb`Cause (x1333x@1)Jesus don't save the guys 
         Fm (133111@1)            AbIn (xx1114@1)the tower of Babel 
                         AbWatch (xx1114@1)them dig their graves 
             Eb (x43121@3)            Bb`Cause (x1333x@1)Jesus don't save the guys 
                   Fm (133111@1)       EbIn (x43121@3)the tower of Babel, no no no 

II VERSE
   EmJunk, (022000@1)
   C (x32010@1)angel, 
    F (133211@1)              Gthis (320003@1)closet's always stacked 
    F (133211@1)              CThe (x32010@1)dealers in the basement 
             FFilling (133211@1)your prescription 
             GFor (320003@1)a brand new heart attack 
        Eb (x43121@3)                           BbBut (x1333x@1)where were all your shoulders when we cried 
               FmWere (133111@1)the doctors in attendance 
           CmSaying (x3101x@1)how they felt so sick inside 
                               AbOr (xx1114@1)was it just the scalpel blade that lied.


ENJOY THIS. DON'T MEAN THE NOTES, BUT PAUSES BETWEEN THEM.          RAY
TRY ALSO "LIVE LIKE HORSES" IT'S MINE.

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