American Triangle chords by
Elton John

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Key: C minor

Intro 1

Gsus4

Verse 1
C C 
 
Seen
G G 
 
F F 
 
him playing in his backyard
C C 
 
Young boy just starting out
G G 
 
Am Am 
 
So much history in this landscape
Bb Bb 
 
So much confusion,
G G 
 
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G G 
 
C C 
 
so much doubt

Verse 2
G G 
 
Been there drinking on that
F F 
 
front porch
C C 
 
Angry kids, mean and dumb
G G 
 
Looks like a painting,
Am Am 
 
Bb Bb 
 
that blue skyline
Dm Dm 
 
God hates fags where we come
from
E E 
 

Verse 3
F F 
 
C C 
 
'Western skies' don't make it right
G G 
 
E E 
 
'Home of the brave' don't
Am Am 
 
make no sense
E E 
 
I've seen a scarecrow wrapped in wire
Am Am 
 
Left to die on a high ridge fence

Verse 4
Dm Dm 
 
It's a cold, cold wind
C C 
 
It's a cold, cold wind
D D 
 
It's a cold wind blowing,
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Am Am 
 
E E 
 
Wyoming
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
E E 
 
Am Am 
 
F F 
 
G G

Verse 5
C C 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
See two coyotes run down a deer
Hate what we don't understand
C C 
 
G G 
 
Am Am 
 
You pioneers give us your children
Bb Bb 
 
Dm Dm 
 
E E 
 
F F 
 
But it's your blood that stains their hands
C C 
 

Interlude 1

Verse 6
E E 
 
Am Am 
 
Somewhere that road forks up ahead
E E 
 
Am Am 
 
To ignorance and innocence
C C 
 
Am Am 
 
F F 
 
Three lives drift
G G 
 
on different winds
E E 
 
Two lives ruined, one life spent

Outro 1
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C C 
 
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F F 
 
Dm Dm 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
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Am Am

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