Ballad of the boy in red Shoes
Elton John
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Tom : Db
Intro: Db Ab Eb Db Ab
Eb
I'm stoned in the twilight
Ab/Eb
Screaming on the inside
Gb/Db Db Ab
Give me your water, help me survive
Eb
Gonna miss the sunlight
Ab/Eb
When I lose my eyesight
Gb/Db Db Ab Eb
Give me my red shoes, I want to dance
Db
They search for an answer
Ab/C
But that old man wouldn't listen
[Refrão]
Cm7
Back then I was handsome
Bb/F
Back then he was ignorant
Eb Ab/Eb
And shave off the years now, it's all inside my head
Db Ab Eb Bb/F
The boy in the red shoes is dancing by my bed
Eb Ab/Eb
Put them in a box somehere, put them in a drawer
[Próxima Parte]
Db Ab Eb Db Ab/C Eb Db Ab
Take my red shoes, I can't wear them anymo__________re
Had garlands in the wings back then
All the pretty little things back then
Calling out my name, oh what fame brings
After curtain calls and bows
I can't see the front row now
Hand me my red shoes just one more time
They pushed aside our presence
They refused to go the distance
Back then I was Sigmund
Back then he wouldn't listen
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Db
They pushed aside our presence
Ab/C
They refused to go the distance
Cm7
Back then I was Sigmund
Bb/F
Back then he wouldn't listen
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Próxima Parte]
Db Ab/C Eb Db
Take my red shoes, I can't wear them anymore.
Eb Ab/Eb
Put them in a box somehere, put them in a drawer
Db Ab Eb Db Ab/C Eb
Take my red shoes, I can't wear them anymo__________re.
Db Ab/C Eb
I can't wear them anymore.
Db Ab/C Eb
I can't wear them anymore.
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