Your Song
Elton John (w/Bernie Taupin, 1970)
Swiss Army Strum
4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
1 2 & & 4 &
Fingerpicking (SAS Rhythm)
|-------I---------|
4 |---I-------I-----|
4 |-T-----------M---|
|-----T-----------|
1 & 2 & - & 4 -
Intro
| [D] | [G] | [A] | [G] |
| [D] It's a little bit | [G] funny, | [A] this feeling in- | [F#m] side |
| [Bm] I'm not one of | those who can | easily | [G] hide |
| [D] I don't have much | [A] money, but, | [F#m] boy if I | [Bm] did |
| [D] I'd buy a big | [Em7] house where | [G] we both could | [A] live | [A] |
| [D] If I was a | [G] sculptor, | [A] but then again, | [F#m] no
Or a | [Bm] man who makes | potions in a | travelling | [G] show
I | [D] know it's not | [A] much but it's the | [F#m] best I can | [Bm] do
| [D] My gift is my | [Em7] song, and | [G] this one's for you | [D] | [D] |
Chorus
| [A] And you can tell | [Bm] everybody | [Em7] this is your | [G] song |
| [A] It may be | [Bm] quite simple but | [Em7] now that it's | [G] done |
| [Bm] I hope you don't mind, | I hope you don't mind, | that I put down in | [G↓] words
How | [D↓] wonderful | [Em7↓] life is while | [G] you're in the world | [A] | [A] |
| [D] | [G] | [A] | [G] |
| [D] I sat on the | [G] roof | [A] and kicked off the | [F#m] moss
Well a | [Bm] few of the | verses, well it | got me quite | [G] cross |
| [D] But the sun's been | [A] quite kind, | [F#m] while I wrote this | [Bm] song |
| [D] It's for people like | [Em7] you that | [G] keep it turned | [A] on | [A] |
| [D] So excuse me | [G] forgetting, | [A] but these things I | [F#m] do |
| [Bm] You see I've for- | gotten if they're | green or they're | [G] blue |
| [D] Anyway, the thing is, | [A] what I really | [F#m] mean | [Bm] |
| [D] Yours are the | [Em7] sweetest eyes | [G] I've ever seen | [D] | [D] |
Chorus
| [A] And you can tell | [Bm] everybody | [Em7] this is your | [G] song |
| [A] It may be | [Bm] quite simple but | [Em7] now that it's | [G] done |
| [Bm] I hope you don't mind, | I hope you don't mind, | that I put down in | [G↓] words
How | [D↓] wonderful | [Em7↓] life is while | [G] you're in the world | [A] | [A] |
| [Bm] I hope you don't mind, | I hope you don't mind, | that I put down in | [G↓] words
How | [D↓] wonderful | [Em7↓] life is while | [G] you're in the world |
| [D] | [G] | [A] | [G] | [D↓]
#Capo on 1st fret to play with original.
#Last Updated 11/11/19 JJ
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Elton John (w/Bernie Taupin, 1970)
Swiss Army Strum
4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
1 2 & & 4 &
Fingerpicking (SAS Rhythm)
|-------I---------|
4 |---I-------I-----|
4 |-T-----------M---|
|-----T-----------|
1 & 2 & - & 4 -
Intro
| [D] | [G] | [A] | [G] |
| [D] It's a little bit | [G] funny, | [A] this feeling in- | [F#m] side |
| [Bm] I'm not one of | those who can | easily | [G] hide |
| [D] I don't have much | [A] money, but, | [F#m] boy if I | [Bm] did |
| [D] I'd buy a big | [Em7] house where | [G] we both could | [A] live | [A] |
| [D] If I was a | [G] sculptor, | [A] but then again, | [F#m] no
Or a | [Bm] man who makes | potions in a | travelling | [G] show
I | [D] know it's not | [A] much but it's the | [F#m] best I can | [Bm] do
| [D] My gift is my | [Em7] song, and | [G] this one's for you | [D] | [D] |
Chorus
| [A] And you can tell | [Bm] everybody | [Em7] this is your | [G] song |
| [A] It may be | [Bm] quite simple but | [Em7] now that it's | [G] done |
| [Bm] I hope you don't mind, | I hope you don't mind, | that I put down in | [G↓] words
How | [D↓] wonderful | [Em7↓] life is while | [G] you're in the world | [A] | [A] |
| [D] | [G] | [A] | [G] |
| [D] I sat on the | [G] roof | [A] and kicked off the | [F#m] moss
Well a | [Bm] few of the | verses, well it | got me quite | [G] cross |
| [D] But the sun's been | [A] quite kind, | [F#m] while I wrote this | [Bm] song |
| [D] It's for people like | [Em7] you that | [G] keep it turned | [A] on | [A] |
| [D] So excuse me | [G] forgetting, | [A] but these things I | [F#m] do |
| [Bm] You see I've for- | gotten if they're | green or they're | [G] blue |
| [D] Anyway, the thing is, | [A] what I really | [F#m] mean | [Bm] |
| [D] Yours are the | [Em7] sweetest eyes | [G] I've ever seen | [D] | [D] |
Chorus
| [A] And you can tell | [Bm] everybody | [Em7] this is your | [G] song |
| [A] It may be | [Bm] quite simple but | [Em7] now that it's | [G] done |
| [Bm] I hope you don't mind, | I hope you don't mind, | that I put down in | [G↓] words
How | [D↓] wonderful | [Em7↓] life is while | [G] you're in the world | [A] | [A] |
| [Bm] I hope you don't mind, | I hope you don't mind, | that I put down in | [G↓] words
How | [D↓] wonderful | [Em7↓] life is while | [G] you're in the world |
| [D] | [G] | [A] | [G] | [D↓]
#Capo on 1st fret to play with original.
#Last Updated 11/11/19 JJ
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