Chords for Elton John - Your Song (Million Dollar Piano)

_ _ _ I've been writing with Bernie Taupin, my lyricist, for 46 years this year.
_ _ _ _ And it's been an amazing partnership.
_ And some of you will probably know how we write, but most of you probably don't.
I get a lyric from him.
_ In the old days it was handwritten, and then it was typed, and then it was faxed, and now it's emailed.
_ _ _ _ _ And I go into another room _ and I write the song.
We've never been in the same room ever _ when we've written a song. _
And that's led to many happy memories because, you know, it's so exciting when you finish the song and you really think you've done a great job to the lyric,
and you call him in and he really likes it.
And that's never faded from the minute we first started writing up to the present day.
_ And there are many memorable songs that I can remember writing.
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me in Colorado at 8 o'clock in the morning.
I always remember that one, and hauling him out of bed to go and listen to it.
But the one that sticks in my mind most is when we were living with my parents in North London, in their flat, their apartment.
And he gave me this lyric.
This was very early on in our relationship.
_ _ And we'd written some songs before, and we'd written some nice songs, but not really any great ones, I didn't think.
Anyway, he gave me this lyric, and I went into the living room, sat down at the piano and read the lyric,
and was blown away by the fact that a 17-year-old could come up with something so poignant and so beautiful.
And I wrote the song really quickly.
And I would not have had the life I've had, [Eb] the career I've had,
I wouldn't be here talking to you about it if it wasn't for this song.
_ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ It's a little [Ab] bit funny, _ [Bb] this _ feeling [Gm] inside
_ [Cm] I'm _ not one of those who can _ _ easily [Ab] hide
I [Eb] _ _
don't have [Bb] much money, _ _ [G] but boy if I [Cm] did
[Bb] I'd [Eb] _
buy a [Fm] big house where [Ab] we both [Bb] could live _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ If I was [Ab] a sculptor, _ [Bb] but then again [Gm] no
_ [Cm] Or a man who makes potions in a _ _ travelling [Ab] show
_ [Eb] I _ does not [Bb] much, [Gm] but it's [G] the best I [Cm] can do
_ [Gm] _ [Eb] _ My gift is [Fm] my song and [Ab] _ this one's [Eb] for you
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
You can [Eb] tell _ everybody [Fm] _ _
this is [Ab] your song
_ [Bb] It may be [Eb] quite simple, but [Fm] _ _
now that it's [Ab] done
_ [Cm] Hope you don't mind, hope you don't mind
I'm tired of putting down [D] in the world
[Fm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] How wonderful [Ab] life is while [Fm] you're in the [Bb] _ _
world
_ I _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
sat on [Ab] the roof, _ _ [Bb] _
I kicked up [Gm] the moss
[Cm] Well a few other verses, oh they got me quite [Fm] cross
_ _ [Eb] _
But this done's been [Bb] quite _ kind, [G] well I've wrote them [Cm] down
[Bb] _ [Eb] It's for people [Fm] like you that [Ab] _
keep it turned [Bb] _ on _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ So excuse me [Ab] for getting _ [Bb] with _ these [Gm] things I do
_ [Cm] You see I've forgotten [Gm] _ [Cm] if they're green [Ab] or they're blue
[Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ Anyway the [Bb] thing is, what I [G] really mean
_ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ You're not [Fm] the sweetest dice _ [Eb] I've ever seen
_ But _ _ _ [Bb] _
you can [Eb] tell _ everybody [Fm] _
this [Ab] is your song
_ [Bb] _
It may be [Eb] quite simple, [Fm] but now that [Ab] it's done
_ _ [Cm] Hope you don't mind, hope you don't mind
I'm tired of putting [Ab] down in [D] the world
_ [Fm] _ _
How [Eb] _ wonderful [Ab] life _ is while you're in the [Bb] _ _ _
world
_ _ _ [Cm] _ Hope you don't mind, hope you don't mind
I'm tired of putting down [Ab] in the [D] world
[Fm] _ _ How _ [Eb] wonderful _ [Ab] life is _ while you're in the [Eb] world _
_ [Ab] That's _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ your song _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _