Sweet Painted Lady
By
Elton John
Album: Yellow Brick Road – CD Track:09
Guitar or Ukulele 

Note: Simple song with all verse chords the same as V1

V1
            G
I'm back on dry land once again
     Bm
Opportunity awaits me like a rat in the drain
      F                       C 
We're all hunting honey with money to burn
       Cm                         G                    Am      Bm|Bbm
Just a short time to show you the tricks that we've learned

V2
If the boys all behave them selves here
Well there's pretty young ladies and beer in the rear
You won't need a gutter to sleep in tonight
Oh the prices I charge here will see you all right

V3 
So she lays down beside me again
My sweet painted lady the one with no name
Many have used her and many still do
There's a place in the world for a woman like you

CHORUS
   G             Bm   F                          E7
Oh sweet painted lady seems it's always been the same 
Am7              Bm          G                            Am7    Bm 
Getting paid for being laid, guess that's the name of the game oh
   G              Bm  F                          E7
Oh sweet painted lady seems it's always been the same
Am7              Bm          G                            Am7  Bm  G |D7 
Getting paid for being laid, guess that's the name of the game Ooo oh

V4 
Forget us we'll have gone very soon 
Just forget we ever slept in your rooms 
And we'll leave the smell of the sea in your beds 
Where love's just a job and nothing is said 

V5 
So she lays down beside me again
My sweet painted lady the one with no name
Many have used her and many still do
There's a place in the world for a woman like you
CHORUS
G|Bm|F|E7|Am7|Bm|G|Am7|Bm
G|Bm|F|E7|Am7|Bm|G|Am7|Bm|G end