Eight Hundred Dollar Shoes chords by Elton John and Leon Russell
Verse 1
D
F#
Bm
G
A
D
You had your grand
A
illusion and wrestled with your fate
Em
The winter of your discontent came
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twenty years too late
Bm
If it was love and I was there
E
Em
I've forgotten where it lives
G
D
A
We both stepped off a frozen
G
rock onto a burning bridge
D
A
You came like an invasion all bells
Bm
A
and whistles blowing
Em
G
Reaping the rewards of
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F#aug
the fable you'd been sowing
F#
Bm
A
Bm
I saw you cross the landing and
E
G
descending marble stairs
D
A
Like Caesar crossed the Rubicon
G
you seemed to walk on air
Verse 2
D
F#
And yeah I've seen your movie
Bm
And I read it in your book
G
D
The truth just flew off every page
F#
Your songs have all the hooks
Bm
A
You're seven wonders rolled in one
D
G
You shifted gear to cruise
D
Em
Oh you came to town in headlines
G
D
And eight hundred dollar
A
shoes
D
F#
Bm
A
Verse 3
G
A
D
Oh the bellboys are crying and
A
moneys changing hands
Em
Your cloak and dagger legacy's gone
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F#
home to no man's land
Bm
The mar quee lights are flickering
E
Em
your poster's fading fast
D
A
Your being here just melts away
G
like ice cubes in a glass
Verse 4
D
F#
And yeah I've seen your movie
Bm
And I read it in your book
G
D
The truth just flew off every page
F#
Your songs have all the hooks
F#
You're seven
Bm
wonders rolled in one
G
Em
You shifted gear to cruise
G
D
G
Oh you came to town in headlines
D
A
D
And eight hundred dollar shoes
Verse 5
D
G
Oh you came to town in headlines
D
A
And eight hundred dollar shoes
Outro 1
D
F#
Bm
A
G
A
D
Eight Hundred Dollar Shoes
Elton John and Leon Russell
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