Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me chords by
Elton John
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Key: C major

Intro 1

C

Bb

F

C

F

Verse 1
G G 
 
I can't light
F F 
 
C C 
 
no more of your darkness
F F 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
All my pictures seem to
G G 
 
G G 
 
fade to black and white
G G 
 
I'm growing tired
F F 
 
C C 
 
and time stands still before me
F F 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
Frozen here on the ladder
G G 
 
of my life

Verse 2
G G 
 
Too late
F F 
 
C C 
 
to save myself from fall- ing
F F 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
I took a chance
G G 
 
and changed your way of life
G G 
 
But you misread
F F 
 
C C 
 
my meaning when I met you
F F 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
Closed the door
C C 
 
G G 
 
and left me blinded by the light

Chorus 1
C C 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Don't let the sun go down on me
Am Am 
 
Although I search myself,
D D 
 
it's always someone else I see
C C 
 
I'd just allow a fragment
G G 
 
C C 
 
Bb Bb 
 
of your life to wander free
F F 
 
But losing everything
Dm Dm 
 
Em Em 
 
F F 
 
G G 
 
is like the sun go  ing down on

Interlude 1

C

Bb

F

C

F

(me)

Verse 3
G G 
 
I can't find
F F 
 
C C 
 
Oh, the right romantic line
F F 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
But see me once
G G 
 
and see the way I feel
G G 
 
Don't discard me
Just because you think
C C 
 
I mean you harm
F F 
 
But these cuts I have
C C 
 
G G 
 
They need love to help them heal

Chorus 2
C C 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Don't let the sun go down on me
Am Am 
 
Although I search myself,
D D 
 
it's always someone else I see
C C 
 
I'd just allow a fragment
G G 
 
C C 
 
Bb Bb 
 
of your life to wander free
F F 
 
But losing everything
Dm Dm 
 
Em Em 
 
F F 
 
G G 
 
is like the sun go  ing down on

Interlude 2

C

Bb

F

Ab

Bb

(me)

Chorus 3
C C 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Don't let the sun go down on me
Am Am 
 
Although I search myself,
D D 
 
it's always someone else I see
C C 
 
I'd just allow a fragment
G G 
 
C C 
 
Bb Bb 
 
of your life to wander free
F F 
 
But losing everything
Dm Dm 
 
Em Em 
 
F F 
 
G G 
 
is like the sun go  ing down on

Outro 1

C

Bb

F

Ab

Bb

C

(me)

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