Blues Never Fade Away chords by Elton John, Ray Cooper

SimplifiedAm · G · C · F · Dm …

GuitarPianoUkulele

Verse 1
Am 
G 
C 
He wasn't famous but
G 
I sure did love him
F 
C 
I've got his picture in a little frame
G 
He lost his life to a big disease
F 
C 
before it even had a name
Dm 
But there's so many more
G 
and I've lost count
Em 
The hows and whys aren't
Am 
important now
D 
All that matters is they came around
G 
And brightened up our lives
C 

Verse 2
G 
She was twenty one with her life ahead
F 
C 
You don't need to know her name
She breathed her last on the cold stone
G 
F 
C 
floor of a Hollywood arcade
Dm 
G 
But fate's right hand isn't always just
Em 
Puts a lot of pressure on
Am 
your faith and trust
D 
She was just a little girl ain't that enough
G 
To rage against the day
C 

New- Play with audio & scroll
Upgrade to play 20,000+ songs ads free, and enjoy playing with music.
Get now
Verse 3
F 
C 
And how did we get so lucky?
G 
Am 
Targets on the rifle range
F 
Who makes the call and
C 
who gets to choose?
G 
Am 
Who gets to win and who gets to lose?
F 
It's like a rolling dice in
C 
the belly of the blues
E 
Am 
And blues never fade away
C 
Hey, hey, hey,
F 
C 
the colors run when the rain falls
E 
But blues never fade away
Am 

Verse 4
G 
C 
G 
He shone so bright with a lust for life
F 
C 
Like the Sun King that he was
G 
His passions hung upon his walls
F 
C 
and were printed onto cloth
Dm 
G 
And for reasons I never understood
Em 
About the choices made between
Am 
the bad and good
D 
I've tried to figure out but
G 
The pain never goes away
C 
F 
C 

Verse 5
F 
C 
And how did we get so lucky?
G 
Am 
Targets on the rifle range
F 
Who makes the call and
C 
who gets to choose?
G 
Am 
Who gets to win and who gets to lose?
F 
It's like a rolling dice in
C 
the belly of the blues
E 
Am 
And blues never fade away
Hey, hey, hey,
F 
C 
the colors run when the rain falls
E 
But blues never fade away
Am 

Verse 6
E 
And there's marble markers
Am 
and little white crosses
E 
Am 
Along the beaten path
F 
C 
And I've spread their ashes on the wind
G 
And I miss  John Lennon's laugh
Am 

Verse 7
F 
C 
And how did we get so lucky?
G 
Am 
Targets on the rifle range
F 
Who makes the call and
C 
who gets to choose?
G 
Am 
Who gets to win and who gets to lose?

Verse 8
F 
C 
And how did we get so lucky?
G 
Am 
Targets on the rifle range
F 
Who makes the call and
C 
who gets to choose?
G 
Am 
Who gets to win and who gets to lose?
F 
It's like a rolling dice in
C 
the belly of the blues
E 
Am 
And blues never fade away
C 
Hey, hey, hey,
F 
C 
all the colors run when the rain falls
E 
And blues never fade away