You Can Make History (Young Again)
Elton John
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Tom:
intro: D - Bm - Em - C - G/A
D Em/D
I can feel the time closing in
A Bm
I can feel the years crawling through my skin
F# Bm
And if I doubt myself I can count on the rain
Em A
Em-sus
To cover the tears of this aging game
D Em/D
But I can count on you to play your part
A Bm
I don't miss a beat of your animal heart
F# Bm
And when you push from behind I know I can
Em A
Em-sus
Cover a mountain with the palm of my hand
D D/B Em
And oh babe, you can make history young again
A
You could rewrite, you could decide
D
The things that should or shouldn't have been
C B Em
You could look at me in the scheme of things
D/A E/G# G A D
Oh babe, you could make history young again
D Em/D
I can watch the weeks sweeping by
A Bm
I can recollect the hearts hanging out to dry
F# Bm
When the world shuts down I can touch my fears
Em A
Em-sus
I can hear lost youth ringing in my ears
D Em/D
But I lost nothing when I gained you
A Bm
You just blew me away with yesterdays news
F# Bm
When you run your fingers down my spine
Em Em A
It's like throwing a switch on the hands of time
G A/G
Ancient minds, ancient lives
D
Got a way of coming around
G A/G
If I knew then what I know now
D Bm C A
I'd make it back to you somehow
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