{title: Idol}
{subtitle: Elton John}
Cmaj7/A
Bm7
Em
Cm/F
Bm7
E7
Cmaj7/A
He was a light star
Bm7
Tripping on a high wire
Abmaj7
Bulldog stubborn,
Ebmaj7
born
uneven
Eaug/B
A classless creature,
Bm-5+6/F
a man for all seasons
Cmaj7/A
But don’t bet them
They can’t
Bm7
take him to the very bottom
Because
Abmaj7
they made him
Ebmaj7
and they’ll waste him
Eaug/B
And I don’t believe
Bm-5+6/F
that I want to watch them
Cmaj7/A
Bm7
Amaj7
Ebmaj7
Bm-5+6/F
{soc}
`Cause the fifties shifted ou
Cmaj7/A
t of gear
G
C
D
He was an idol
D7
then,
G
now he’s an
C/A
idol
h
G7/B
re
C
But his f
D/C
ace has changed,
D/B
he’s not the s
Emsus4+5
ame no more
A7
And I have to sa
B7
y that I like the way his m
Bm-5+6/E
usic sounded before
{eoc}
Cmaj7/A
He was tight-assed
Dmaj7/B
Walking on broken glass
Abmaj7
Highly prized i
Ebmaj7
n the wallet size
Eaug/B
The number one crush in a sch
Bm-5+6/F
oolgirl’s
eyes
Cmaj7/A
But don’t pretend that it won’t e
Dmaj7/B
nd
In the depth of your despair
Abmaj7
You went from lame suits
Ebmaj7
right down to tennis shoes
Eaug/B
To peanuts
Bm-5+6/F
from the lion’s share
Cmaj7/A
Bm7
Amaj7
Ebmaj7
Eaug/B
Bm-5+6/F
{soc}
`Cause the fifties shifted ou
Cmaj7/A
t of gear
G
C
D
He was an idol
D7
then,
G
now he’s an
C/A
idol
h
G7/B
re
C
But his f
D/C
ace has changed,
D/B
he’s not the s
Emsus4+5
ame no more
A7
And I have to sa
B7
y that I like the way his m
Bm-5+6/E
usic sounded before
{eoc}
