Tower of Babel
Captain Fantastic (and the Brown Dirt Cowboy) · Elton John
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Am C7 G#m6(b5)/C C
Snow, cement and ivory young towers
F/ASomeone G/Bcalled us CBabylon
G#m(b6) Am
Those hungry hunters
F G/D /E /F /G /A
Tracking down the hours
Eb/BbBut where were all your shoulders wBbhen we cried
Were the Ab6darlings on the G7sideline
Dreaming Cmup such cherished lies
ToF/A whisper in your ear before you Bbdie Cm7 Bb/D Cm7 Bb/D
EbIt's party Eb/Gtime for the guys in the Abtower of BbBabel
CmSodom meet Ab6Gomorrah, Eb/BbCain meet BbAbel
/D /Eb Fm Cm
Have a ball y'all
See the Ab6letches crawl
With the G7call girls under the Cmtable
Watch them dig their Abgraves
Eb/Bb`Cause Jesus don't save the Bbguys
Cm /B Ab
In the tower of Babel
Watch them dig their Eb/Bbgraves
`Cause Jesus don't save theBb guys
In the tower of Cm6Babel, Cmno Bb/Dno Ebno
EAFGAmDmE
Junk, angel, this closet's always stacked
The dealers in the basement
Filling your prescription
For a brand new heart attack
But where were all your shoulders when we cried
Were the doctors in attendance
Saying how they felt so sick inside
Or was it just the scalpel blade that lied