Sweet Painted Lady chords by Elton John (Official Version)
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Verse 1
I'm back on (G major) dry land once again
Oppor (G minoraj7) tunity awaits me like a rat in a drain
(G7sus4) We're all hunting honey with money to burn (C major)
Just a (C minor) short time to show you the (G/B) tricks
that we've learned (A minor7) (D6)
(Daug) If the
Verse 2
(G major) boys all behave themselves here
Well, there's (G minoraj7) pretty young ladies
and beer in the rear
(G7sus4) You won't need a gutter to sleep in tonight (C major)
Oh, the (C minor) prices I charge here will (G/B) see you alright
(A minor7) (D6)
(Daug) So she
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Pre-chorus 1
(G major) lays down beside me again
My (G minoraj7) sweet painted lady, the one with no name
(G7sus4) Many have used her and many still do (C major)
There's a (C minor) place in the world
for a (G/B) woman like you (A minor7) (D6)
(Daug) Oh,
Chorus 1
(G major) sweet painted lady (F sharp major)
Seems (F major) it's always been the same (E major)
(A minor7) Getting paid for (D major) being laid
(G major) Guess that's the name of the game (A minor7)
(D major) Oh, (G major) sweet painted lady (F sharp major)
Seems (F major) it's always been the same (E major)
(A minor7) Getting paid for (D major) being laid
(G major) Guess that's the name of the game, (A minor7) (D major) oh (G major)
(D major) Forget us, we'll have
Verse 3
(G major) gone very soon
Just for (G minoraj7) get we ever slept in your rooms
And (G7sus4) we'll leave the smell of the sea
in your beds (C major)
Where (C minor) love's just a job and (G/B) nothing is said
(A minor7) (D6)
(Daug) So as she
Pre-chorus 2
(G major) lays down beside me again
My (G minoraj7) sweet painted lady, the one with no name
(G7sus4) Many have used her and many still do (C major)
There's a (C minor) place in the world
for a (G/B) woman like you (A minor7) (D6)
(Daug) Oh,
Chorus 2
(G major) sweet painted lady (F sharp major)
Seems (F major) it's always been the same (E major)
(A minor7) Getting paid for (D major) being laid
(G major) Guess that's the name of the game (A minor7)
(D major) Oh, (G major) sweet painted lady (F sharp major)
Seems (F major) it's always been the same (E major)
(A minor7) Getting paid for (D major) being laid
(G major) Guess that's the name of the game, (A minor7) (D major) oh
Outro 1
(G major) (F sharp major) (F major) (E major)
(A minor7) (D major) (G major) (A minor7) (D major)
[Repeat and fade]
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