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Sacrifice

by Elton John · posted by pagan

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Tab
Words and Music by Elton John
And Bernie Taupin

  7  7  7  8   8
It's a hu-man sign
 -6    7    -8   -8
When things go wrong
 -7  -7   -7   -7 -7   -7  7   
When the scent of her lin-gers
 -6  -6   7  8       -8
And temp-ta-tion's strong
-7 -7  -7   -7  7 7
In-to the bound-a-ry
-6  -6    7  8   8
Of each married mind
 -7   -7 -7   -7    -7   7
Sweet deciet comes call-ing
-6  -6 -6 -6  7  8   8
And neg-a-tiv-i-ty lands
 -6   -6    -6      -6    7  -8  -8
Cold cold heart.... hard done by you
 -7   -7    -7   -7 -7  7  6
Somethings look bet-ter ba-by
 -6   -7 -8    -8
Just passing through

-8  -8   -8  -8  8  8   -8  7 
And it's no sac-ri-fice _____
 7   7  7  8   8
Just a simple word
  7   7    7    7  -8
It's two hearts living
-7  7  -8  7  -7   -8  
In two sep-er-ate worlds
 6   7   -8  -8  8  8   -8  7
But it's no sac-ri-fice _____ 
8   8  -9  8   8  7   
No sac-ri-fice ____
 7   7   7  -8  7    8   -8 7   7 
It's no sac-ri-fice  at _____  all

7  7   7  -8  8    8   -8
Mutual mis-un-der-stand-ing
-6 7  -8   -8
After the fact
-7  -7 -7 -7 -7   -7   -7  7 7
Sen-si-ti-vi-ty builds a  prison
-6 -6   7  8  -8 
In the final act

-7  -7  -7  -7  7 
We lose di-rec-tion
-6  -6    7   8
No stone unturned
-7  -7   -7  -7   7 
No tears to damn you
-6    -6  7  8    8 
When jea-lou-sy burns
 -6   -6   -6       -6    7  -8  -8
Cold cold heart.... hard done by you
-7   -7    -7   -7 -7  7  6
Somethings look bet-ter ba-by
 -6   -7 -8    -8
Just passing through

-8  -8   -8  -8  8  8   -8  7 
And it's no sac-ri-fice _____
 7   7  7  8   8
Just a simple word
  7   7    7    7  -8
It's two hearts living
-7  7  -8  7  -7   -8  
In two sep-er-ate worlds
 6   7   -8  -8  8  8   -8  7
But it's no sac-ri-fice _____ 
8   8  -9  8   8  7   
No sac-ri-fice ____
7   7   7  -8  7     8   -8 7   7
It's no sac-ri-fice  at _____  all

 7  7    7    8    8     8       8
Mutual  mis - un -der - stand - ing
-6  7   8   8
Af-ter the fact
-7  -7 -7 -7 -7   -7  -7  -7 -7  
Sen-si-tiv-it-y builds a prison
-6 -6  -7 8   8 
In the final act
-7  -7  -7 -7  -7 
We lose di-rec-tion
-6  -6   -7   8
No stone un-turned
-6  -6   -6  -6  -7
No tears to damn you
 -6  -6  -7  8   8 
When jea-lou-sy burns

-6   -6    -6      -6    7  -8  -8
Cold cold heart.... hard done by you
 -7   -7    -7   -7 -7  7  6
Somethings look bet-ter ba-by
 -6   -7 -8    -8
Just passing through


-8  -8   -8  -8  8  8   -8  7 
And it's no sac-ri-fice _____
 7   7  7  8   8
Just a simple word
  7   7    7    7  -8
It's two hearts living
-7  7  -8  7  -7   -8  
In two sep-er-ate worlds
 6   7   -8  -8  8  8   -8  7
But it's no sac-ri-fice _____ 
8   8  -9  8   8  7   
No sac-ri-fice ____
 7   7   7  -8  7    8   -8 7   7 
It's no sac-ri-fice  at _____  all

Reprat chorus and fade

Listen to the song
Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZvL2N0bXhE
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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