Chords for Elton John & Leon Russell - "Hey Ahab" 2/9 Letterman (TheAudioPerv.com)

[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ How about that?
Now, let me [Em] tell you something.
How [E] cool is this?
You have [D] Paul and that [Gb] fantastic band.
It's Al [Abm] Chesnight singing.
[Ab] _ You have all of these guys over here.
Look at this.
It looks [Abm] like a [E] closeout at Manny's.
[B] Wow.
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And fantastic [B] musicians and singers.
[E] Two pianos [G] and then [Eb] you have Leon [Fm] Russell and Elton John.
[E] Do you know how _ [D] cool? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] Okay, and now, performing [Abm] a song from their Grammy [Ab]-nominated collaboration,
The Union, here [D] are Leon Russell _ and Elton [C] John.
Gentlemen.
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_ _ _ Oh, getting up that hill, that change of God every day.
_ When you're hanging on to [C] a driftwood boat,
You pray a great white whale not to take [Cm] you away.
_ _ [Ab] No freeway in sight, they're gonna pull _ _ up.
[F] They say, let the mess fall apart. _
You [Ab] better turn _ _ _ down and let your _ [G] brother do _ _ _ _ _ _ the talking.
[Cm] Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Hey, yeah, tell me [Eb]
where.
_ [F] You _ lie, _ [Ab] I will.
Hey, [Cm] hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
_ [Eb] They say, you gotta [F] stand upright when you're [Ab] right.
_ _ _ _ [C] We're all _ _
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gay.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ And I promise _ that if you [C] were lost for days,
you'd be the broken [Cm] son of a fucking clown.
_ _ God like Jonah, holy father of [C] death,
he'll knock on the walls with hope [Cm] alive.
_ All [Ab] the perfect _ zealots, Tarzan, Thor,
_ [F] Popeye, Batman, _ _ Bruce.
_ _ And the [Ab] boys in the ring, it's time to go out
and _ [G] _ _ run through the _ halls.
Hey, [Cm] hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Tell me [Eb] where I _ [F] can't you lie to.
[Ab] Now, hey, _ _ [C] hey, hey, hey. _ _
[Eb] Holy damn, you got [F] to stand up straight when you [Ab] ride. _ _ _
[Cm] Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Hey, tell [Eb] me where I [F] can't you lie to.
_ [Ab] I'm gonna get very, [Cm] very, very hot
For [Eb] that's how you gotta [F] have sex with [Ab] hot, _ da, [Cm] way _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ [Ab] Thank _ you, Leon.
[E] Thank you very much. _
Aaron Russell, ladies and gentlemen. _ _ _
Elton John.
_ [Dm] Bob Blakey.
Thank you, everybody.
_ Leon Russell.
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I ought to tell you something.
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[Eb] 47 years [Abm] [E] ago, _ and then [G] every night [D] since, almost. _ _
Fantastic [G] [Eb] music in this [C] building, and it's [E] a thrill to [A] be here for stuff like this.
Thank you, [Dm] everybody.
[C] We gotta go.
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