Chords for Elton John - Roy Rogers (Live Rainbow Theatre 1977)
Tempo:
124.75 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
Bb
Dm
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [C]
[F]
[Dm] [C] [D]
[F] Sometimes you dream, [C] sometimes it [F] seems [C] there's nothing there at [F] all
[Dm] You just seem older [Am] than yesterday [Bb] and you're waiting for tomorrow [C] to call
You [F] draw to the curtains [C] and want things for certain
You're cozy in your little [F] room
[Bb]
[Dm] Coffee's so painful, [Am] God bless the TV
[Bb] Let's go shoot a hole in [C] the moon
Oh, [F] and the river's [G] riding tonight
[Bb] Returning to our silver screen
[F] [C] Coming for [F] characters never grow [G] old
Evergreen heroes whose [Bb] stories [C] we're told
Oh, the [Dm] great sequined cowboy [Am] who sings of the plains
[Bb] From roundups and rustlers [G] and home [C] on the [F] range
[C] On [Dm]
the TV, [Am] oh, shut out the light
Roy [Bb] Rogers [C] is riding [F] tonight
[Bb] [F] [D]
[F] [C]
[F]
[C] [C] [F] Nine o'clock mornings [C] and five o'clock evenings
I'd laugh in a vase if [F] I could
[Em] Oh, [Dm] I'd rather have ham and my [Am] sandwich and cheese
[Bb] But complaining wouldn't do any [C] good
I [F] lay back in my armchair, [C] I close eyes and think clear
I can hear who's beats [F] ahead
[Dm]
Roy and Trigger [Am] have just hit [A] the hilltop
[Bb] While the wife and the kids are [C] in bed
Oh, [F] and the river's [G] riding tonight
[Bb] Returning to our [F] silver screen
[C] Coming [F] for characters never grow old
[G] Evergreen heroes [Bb] whose stories [C] we're told
Oh, the [Dm] great sequined cowboy who [Am] sings of the plains
[Bb] From roundups and rustlers and [G] home on [C] the [F] range
[C] Turn
[Dm] on the TV, [Am] oh, shut out the light
[Bb] Roy Rogers is [C] riding [F] tonight
[Bb]
[G]
[N]
Alright, this next song is about a comic book character called Dandere
He used to be on the front of The Eagle
And this is from The Rock of the West Is Now
[F]
[Dm] [C] [D]
[F] Sometimes you dream, [C] sometimes it [F] seems [C] there's nothing there at [F] all
[Dm] You just seem older [Am] than yesterday [Bb] and you're waiting for tomorrow [C] to call
You [F] draw to the curtains [C] and want things for certain
You're cozy in your little [F] room
[Bb]
[Dm] Coffee's so painful, [Am] God bless the TV
[Bb] Let's go shoot a hole in [C] the moon
Oh, [F] and the river's [G] riding tonight
[Bb] Returning to our silver screen
[F] [C] Coming for [F] characters never grow [G] old
Evergreen heroes whose [Bb] stories [C] we're told
Oh, the [Dm] great sequined cowboy [Am] who sings of the plains
[Bb] From roundups and rustlers [G] and home [C] on the [F] range
[C] On [Dm]
the TV, [Am] oh, shut out the light
Roy [Bb] Rogers [C] is riding [F] tonight
[Bb] [F] [D]
[F] [C]
[F]
[C] [C] [F] Nine o'clock mornings [C] and five o'clock evenings
I'd laugh in a vase if [F] I could
[Em] Oh, [Dm] I'd rather have ham and my [Am] sandwich and cheese
[Bb] But complaining wouldn't do any [C] good
I [F] lay back in my armchair, [C] I close eyes and think clear
I can hear who's beats [F] ahead
[Dm]
Roy and Trigger [Am] have just hit [A] the hilltop
[Bb] While the wife and the kids are [C] in bed
Oh, [F] and the river's [G] riding tonight
[Bb] Returning to our [F] silver screen
[C] Coming [F] for characters never grow old
[G] Evergreen heroes [Bb] whose stories [C] we're told
Oh, the [Dm] great sequined cowboy who [Am] sings of the plains
[Bb] From roundups and rustlers and [G] home on [C] the [F] range
[C] Turn
[Dm] on the TV, [Am] oh, shut out the light
[Bb] Roy Rogers is [C] riding [F] tonight
[Bb]
[G]
[N]
Alright, this next song is about a comic book character called Dandere
He used to be on the front of The Eagle
And this is from The Rock of the West Is Now
Key:
C
F
Bb
Dm
Am
C
F
Bb
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[F] Sometimes you dream, _ [C] sometimes it [F] seems _ [C] there's nothing there at [F] all
_ _ _ _ [Dm] You just seem older [Am] than yesterday _ _ [Bb] and you're waiting for tomorrow [C] to call
_ You [F] draw to the curtains [C] and want things for certain
You're cozy in your little [F] room
_ [Bb] _ _
_ [Dm] _ Coffee's so painful, [Am] God bless the TV
_ [Bb] Let's go shoot a hole in [C] the moon
_ Oh, [F] and the _ _ river's [G] riding tonight
_ [Bb] _ Returning to our silver screen
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] Coming for _ [F] characters never grow _ [G] old _
Evergreen heroes whose [Bb] stories [C] we're told
Oh, the [Dm] great sequined cowboy [Am] who sings of the plains
[Bb] From roundups and rustlers [G] and home [C] on the _ [F] range _
_ [C] _ On _ _ [Dm] _
the TV, [Am] oh, shut out the light
Roy [Bb] Rogers [C] is riding [F] tonight _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] Nine o'clock mornings [C] and five o'clock evenings
I'd laugh in a vase if [F] I could
_ _ [Em] Oh, [Dm] I'd rather have ham and my [Am] sandwich and cheese
[Bb] But complaining wouldn't do any [C] good _
I [F] lay back in my armchair, [C] I close eyes and think clear
I can hear who's beats [F] ahead
_ _ _ [Dm] _
Roy and Trigger [Am] have just hit [A] the hilltop
[Bb] While the wife and the kids are [C] in bed
_ Oh, [F] and _ _ the river's [G] riding tonight
_ [Bb] Returning to our [F] silver screen _ _ _
[C] Coming [F] for characters never grow old
[G] _ Evergreen heroes [Bb] whose stories [C] we're told
Oh, the [Dm] great sequined cowboy who [Am] sings of the plains
[Bb] From roundups and rustlers and [G] home on [C] the _ [F] range
_ [C] Turn _
_ _ _ [Dm] on the TV, [Am] oh, shut out the light
[Bb] Roy Rogers is [C] riding [F] tonight
_ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Alright, this next song is about a comic book character called Dandere
He used to be on the front of The Eagle
And this is from The Rock of the West Is Now _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[F] Sometimes you dream, _ [C] sometimes it [F] seems _ [C] there's nothing there at [F] all
_ _ _ _ [Dm] You just seem older [Am] than yesterday _ _ [Bb] and you're waiting for tomorrow [C] to call
_ You [F] draw to the curtains [C] and want things for certain
You're cozy in your little [F] room
_ [Bb] _ _
_ [Dm] _ Coffee's so painful, [Am] God bless the TV
_ [Bb] Let's go shoot a hole in [C] the moon
_ Oh, [F] and the _ _ river's [G] riding tonight
_ [Bb] _ Returning to our silver screen
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] Coming for _ [F] characters never grow _ [G] old _
Evergreen heroes whose [Bb] stories [C] we're told
Oh, the [Dm] great sequined cowboy [Am] who sings of the plains
[Bb] From roundups and rustlers [G] and home [C] on the _ [F] range _
_ [C] _ On _ _ [Dm] _
the TV, [Am] oh, shut out the light
Roy [Bb] Rogers [C] is riding [F] tonight _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] Nine o'clock mornings [C] and five o'clock evenings
I'd laugh in a vase if [F] I could
_ _ [Em] Oh, [Dm] I'd rather have ham and my [Am] sandwich and cheese
[Bb] But complaining wouldn't do any [C] good _
I [F] lay back in my armchair, [C] I close eyes and think clear
I can hear who's beats [F] ahead
_ _ _ [Dm] _
Roy and Trigger [Am] have just hit [A] the hilltop
[Bb] While the wife and the kids are [C] in bed
_ Oh, [F] and _ _ the river's [G] riding tonight
_ [Bb] Returning to our [F] silver screen _ _ _
[C] Coming [F] for characters never grow old
[G] _ Evergreen heroes [Bb] whose stories [C] we're told
Oh, the [Dm] great sequined cowboy who [Am] sings of the plains
[Bb] From roundups and rustlers and [G] home on [C] the _ [F] range
_ [C] Turn _
_ _ _ [Dm] on the TV, [Am] oh, shut out the light
[Bb] Roy Rogers is [C] riding [F] tonight
_ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Alright, this next song is about a comic book character called Dandere
He used to be on the front of The Eagle
And this is from The Rock of the West Is Now _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _