TINDERBOX -- ELTON JOHN, "The Captain and the Kid"(2006)
Exact chords tabbed out by ClassicalfreaK, 2015
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INTRO
E C#m | G#m |
E C#m | G#m |
E G#m
Nostradamus said I predict
C#m E/B
That the world will end at half past six
A G7 E
What he didn't say was exactly when
G A E
Was he listening to the radio?
C B7 E B
Was he listening to the government?
VERSE
E G#m
Well he got us spooked anyway
C#m E/B
We'd been running hot up until today
A G7 E
But a wind of change blew across our sales
G A E
We were coasting on a winning streak
G A E
We were kings until the power failed
CHORUS
D F#m
We've been living in a tinderbox
Bm D/A
And two sparks can set the whole thing off
G D/F#
Rubbing up together around the clock
F C/E
Lately we've been getting more roll than rock
Eb Bb C D F#m
You and me together in a tinderbox (tinderbox)
Bm D/A
Two sparks can set the whole thing off
G D/F#
Rubbing up together around the clock
F C/E
Lately we've been getting more roll than rock
Eb Bb C D
You and me together in a tinderbox
INSTRUMENTAL
E C#m | G#m |
E C#m | G#m |
VERSE
E G#m
Godzilla came in disguise
C#m E/B
Tore the building down right before our eyes
A G7 E
Kept the needle out of the red balloon
G A E
Was he worried we might go too far
G A E
Maybe wind up rhyming moon and June
VERSE
E G#m
The sun descends down in Mexico
C#m E/B
While a fancy car back on Savile Row
A G7 E
Shows the price of fame leads to overkill
G A E
Things are gonna have to change
G A E
Some holes along the road get filled
CHORUS
D F#m
We've been living in a tinderbox
Bm D/A
And two sparks can set the whole thing off
G D/F#
Rubbing up together around the clock
F C/E
Lately we've been getting more roll than rock
Eb Bb C D F#m
You and me together in a tinderbox (tinderbox)
Bm D/A
Two sparks can set the whole thing off
G D/F#
Rubbing up together around the clock
F C/E
Lately we've been getting more roll than rock
Eb Bb C D E
You and me together in a tinderbox
BRIDGE
F# G#
Pressure's gonna cook us if we don't unlock it
C#m C#m/B
Guns going off if we don't uncock it
F#m G#7
We've gotta climb out of the other one's pocket
C#m C#m/B A B
Or we're gonna burn, out on this beautiful rocket
CHORUS
D F#m
Tinderbox
Bm D/A
And two sparks can set the whole thing off
G D/F#
Rubbing up together around the clock
F C/E
Lately we've been getting more roll than rock
Eb Bb C D F#m
You and me together in a tinderbox (tinderbox)
Bm D/A
Two sparks can set the whole thing off
G D/F#
Rubbing up together around the clock
F C/E
Lately we've been getting more roll than rock
Eb Bb C D
You and me together in a tinderbox
OUTRO
E C#m | G#m |
E C#m | G#m B9 | E
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-ClassicalfreaK