TOWER OF BABEL
   Year : 1975
  Album : Captain Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboy
Writers : Elton John & Bernie Taupin

TAKEN FROM ELTON JOHN  CHORDS WEBSITE

Am (x02210@1)  Bb/C - C7 (x32310@1) Fdim (1201xx@1)               CSnow. (x32010@1)  Ce  - ment      and ivory young towers.
F/A (x03211@1)   Em/B (012000@1)    C (x32010@1)             Abdim (1201xx@1)Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1)               G/D (4x3121@7) /D-/E 
Someone called us Babylon - those hungry hunters tracking down the hours.
G/F (120003@1) /G-/A  Eb (x43121@3)                            Bb (x1333x@1)            But where were all your shoulders when we cried?
         Fm/Ab (113111@1)         G7 (320001@1)              CmWere (x3101x@1)the darlings on the sideline dreaming up such cherished lies -
   F/A (x03211@1)                        | Bb (x1333x@1) Cm7  |  Bb/D (x1033x@1)Cm7 - Bb (x1333x@1)|  
to whisper in your ear before you die?

CHORUS:
Eb (x43121@3)       Eb7 (x32310@4)                    Ab (xx1114@1)     BbIt's (x1333x@1)party time for the guys in the tower of Babel.
Cm (x3101x@1)         Ab (xx1114@1)     Eb (x43121@3)           Bb7sus - Bb7Sodom (x13131@1)meet Gomorrah.          Cain meet   A (x02220@1) -  bel.
        Fm (133111@1) Cm (x3101x@1)           Ab (xx1114@1)                    G (320003@1)                 CmHave (x3101x@1)a ball y'all.  See the letches crawl with the call girls under the table.
                      AbWatch (xx1114@1)them dig their graves -
Eb (x43121@3)                            Bb (x1333x@1)                Cm (x3101x@1)     'Cause Jesus don't save the guys in the tower of Babel.
Ab (xx1114@1)                        Eb (x43121@3)     Watch them dig their graves -
                             Bb (x1333x@1)                Fm (133111@1)            Eb'Cause (x43121@3)Jesus don't save the guys in the tower of Babel.  No. No. No.

Instr: | E /Ab /B | A /C# /E |  /F  /G-/A-Bb-/C | /G  /Ab-/Bb-/C-/D |

| /Ab  /Bb-/C-/D-/Eb  |  /D  /Eb-/F-/G-Ab  |

| /E  /F#-/Ab  /A-/Bb  /C  /D  /Bb |



Am (x02210@1)  Bb/C - C7 (x32310@1) Fdim (1201xx@1)                      CJunk. (x32010@1) An  - gel.        This closet's always stacked.
F/A (x03211@1)   Em/B (012000@1)  C (x32010@1)      Abdim (1201xx@1) Am (x02210@1)     F (133211@1)                   G/D (4x3121@7)      /D-/E 
Dealers  in the basement filling your prescrip. for a brand new heart attack.
G/F (120003@1) /G-/A | Eb (x43121@3)                                 Bb (x1333x@1)                  But where were all your shoulders when we cried?
         Fm/Ab (113111@1)      G7 (320001@1)            CmWere (x3101x@1)the doctors in attendance saying how they felt so sick inside?
   F/A (x03211@1)                            | Bb (x1333x@1) Cm7  |  Bb/D (x1033x@1)Cm7 - Bb (x1333x@1)|  
Or was it just the scalpel blade that lied?

{Repeat Chorus twice}

Chorded by David Bisese