#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 20:54:47 -0800 From: Laurence Byers Subject: Funeral for A Friend by Elton John # I see a TAB posting exists in OLGA for this song, with lyrics and chords tagged onto it. My version # is a quick and dirty chord/lyric sheet. I see that I hear different chordings: I throw in a D9 accent, # also Esus4. I find the D-E-f# (lc "f" notation for minor chord) progression works well in barres. Title: Funeral for a Friend (love lies bleeding) Artist : Elton John Album : Goodby Yellow Brick Road Date : January 21, 1997 Posted by : Laurence E.J. Byers mailto : * chord chart * * use bar chords for ez changes and for power * 5 7 5 7 7 9 10 5 9 7 7 7 9 10 6 9 7 7 6 10 11 7 9 7 9 7 9 10 7 7 5 9 9 11 12 5 7 5 7 7 9 10 ----------------------------------------------------- A E D b- B7 C#7 D7 9 8 3 1 7 5 10 8 3 1 10 5 11 9 4 2 9 5 11 8 5 3 9 4 9 10 5 3 7 5 9 8 3 1 7 X -------------------------------------------- f#- C7 G F Fsus4 D9 | : A // B7 | C /// | G /// | F // G|A : | A E 1. The roses in the window box have tilted to one side. A D b- B7 Everything about this house was born to grow and die. A E B7 / / C#7 D7 It doesn't seem a year ago to this very day A E You said, "I'm sorry, honey, if I don't change the pace, D D / E f#- I can't face another day. refrain. f#- D E Esus4 E | E Esus 4 E And love lies bleeding in my hand. f#- D E Esus4 E | E Esus4 E It kills me to think of you with another man. A b- I was playin' rock and roll and you were just a fan A D D9 But my guitar couldn't hold you so I split the band. F#- E A Love lies bleeding in my hand. / B7 C | G / / / | F / / G | A (repeat) 2. I wonder if those changes have left a scar on you Like all the burning hoops of fire that you and I are passing through? You're a bluebird on a telegraph line, I hope you're happy now. Well, if the wind of change comes down your way, girl, You'll make it back somehow. (to ref. )