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Version 1 Version 3Someone Saved My Life Tonight Elton John 1975 Created by: Randy Mosier Intro: (play twice ) G/D C E[--3--3------------------------0-0--------------------] B[--0--0------------------------1-1--------------------] G[--0--0-----------0------------0-0--------------------] D[--0--0--0--2--4-----4---2--0--2-2-----0-2-3-2--------] A[--2--2------------------------3-3-3--------------3---] E[--3--3------------------------3-3--------------------] [Verse 1] G C G When I think of those East End lights C Muggy nights G/B F/A C The curtains drawn in the little room down stairs F G Prima Donna lord you really should have been there F G C Sitting like a princess perched in her electric chair Cm7 And it's one more beer A7 And I don't hear you anymore C We've all gone crazy lately A/C# G/D My friends out there rolling round the basement floor D oo oo oo oo oo oo [Chorus] C G/B Am G/B And someone saved my life tonight sugar bear ( sugar bea -ea C G/B Am You almost had your hooks in me didn't you dear ear ) G/B C G/B You nearly had me roped and tied C A7/C# Altar-bound, hypnotized G/D Sweet freedom whispered in my ear A7 You're a butterfly C And butterflies are free to fly A7/C# G/D B7 C Fly away, high away bye bye G/B Am G F Oo oo oo oo oo oo oo-oo-oo [ play twice ] G/D C E[--3--3------------------------0-0--------------------] B[--0--0------------------------1-1--------------------] G[--0--0-----------0------------0-0--------------------] D[--0--0--0--2--4-----4---2--0--2-2-----0-2-3-2--------] A[--2--2------------------------3-3-3--------------3---] E[--3--3------------------------3-3--------------------] [Verse 2] G C G I never realized the passing hours C Of evening showers G/B F/A C A slip noose hanging in my darkest dre-eams F G I'm strangled by your haunted social scene F G C Just a pawn out-played by a dominating queen Cm7 It's four o'clock in the morning A7 Damn it listen to me good C I'm sleeping with myself tonight A/C# [x42020] G/D Saved in time, thank God my music's still alive D Ah ah ah ah ah-ah-ah ah-ah-ahhhh [Chorus] C G/B Am G/B And someone saved my life tonight sugar bear ( sugar bea -ea C G/B Am You almost had your hooks in me didn't you dear ear ) G/B C G/B You nearly had me roped and tied C A7/C# Altar-bound, hypnotized G/D Sweet freedom whispered in my ear A7 You're a butterfly C And butterflies are free to fly A7/C# G/D B7 C Fly away, high away bye bye G/B Am G F Oo oo oo oo oo oo oo-oo-oo (play twice ) G/D C E[--3--3------------------------0-0--------------------] B[--0--0------------------------1-1--------------------] G[--0--0-----------0------------0-0--------------------] D[--0--0--0--2--4-----4---2--0--2-2-----0-2-3-2--------] A[--2--2------------------------3-3-3--------------3---] E[--3--3------------------------3-3--------------------] [Bridge] Am G/B And I would have walked head on into the deep end the river E11 Clinging to your stocks and bonds C Paying your H.P. demands forever Am G/B They're coming in the morning with a truck to take me home E11 C Someone saved my life tonight, someone saved my life tonight E11 C Someone saved my life tonight, someone saved my life tonight E11 Someone saved my life tonight C A7/C# So save your strength and run the field you play alone [Chorus] C G/B Am G/B And someone saved my life tonight sugar bear ( sugar bea -ea C G/B Am You almost had your hooks in me didn't you dear ear ) G/B C G/B You nearly had me roped and tied C A7/C# Altar-bound, hypnotized G/D Sweet freedom whispered in my ear A7 You're a butterfly C And butterflies are free to fly A7/C# G/D B7 C Fly away, high away bye bye G/B Am F Oo oo oo oo oo oo oo-oo-oo (play twice ) G/D C E[--3--3------------------------0-0--------------------] B[--0--0------------------------1-1--------------------] G[--0--0-----------0------------0-0--------------------] D[--0--0--0--2--4-----4---2--0--2-2-----0-2-3-2--------] A[--2--2------------------------3-3-3--------------3---] E[--3--3------------------------3-3--------------------] G/D C Someone saved, someone saved, someone saved my life tonight ( someone saved my life tonight ) G/D C Someone saved, someone saved, someone saved my life tonight ( someone saved my life tonight ) G/D C Someone saved, someone saved, someone saved my life tonight ( someone saved my life tonight ) G/D C Someone saved, someone saved, someone saved my life tonight ( someone saved my life tonight ) G/D C Someone saved, someone saved, someone saved my life tonight ( someone saved my life tonight ) G/D C Someone saved, someone saved, someone saved my life tonight ( someone saved my life tonight ) ..fade