The Scaffold
Empty Sky · Elton John
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DDF#/C#F#/C#C#C#
F#In Orient where wise I was to G#please the way I live.
Come G#m7give the beggar chance at hand his life is on his F#lip.
Three score a thousand times where G#once in Amazon.
Where G#m7El Dorado holds the key no keeper holds my F#hand.
CHORUS:
UnBbm7chain the gate of Ebmsolitude, the ruler says you F#/C#run.
Run hard unto the Ab/Cscaffold high D7- your chance toF#/C# - jump the gun. C#
F#Oh, how high the scaffold grows - the C#7plant life of your F#widow.
In black lace curtains brought you near from C#7out the plate glass F#window.
F#Oh, how high the scaffold grows - the C#7plant life of your F#widow.
In black lace curtains brought you near from C#7out the plate glass F#window.
F#The Minotaur with bloody hands is G#- enraged by the sun.
G#m7Caged he by the corpses brought forth by the F#dawn.
In Orient is as I told the bG#uckshee hangman swears.
For G#m7open crypts to silence nylon knots to sway by F#prayer.
Repeat Chorus
F#In Orient where wise I was to G#please the way I live.
Come G#m7give the beggar chance at hand - his life is on his F#lip.
Chorded by David Bisese