Sweet Painted Lady chords by Elton John (Official Version)
Verse 1
G
I'm back on dry land once again
Gmaj7
Opportunity awaits me like a rat in a drain
G7sus4
C
We're all hunting honey with money to burn
Cm
G/B
Just a short time to show you the tricks
Am7
D6
that we've learned
Daug
If the
Verse 2
G
boys all behave themselves here
Gmaj7
Well, there's pretty young ladies
and beer in the rear
G7sus4
C
You won't need a gutter to sleep in tonight
Cm
G/B
Oh, the prices I charge here will see you alright
Am7
D6
Daug
So she
Pre-chorus 1
G
lays down beside me again
Gmaj7
My sweet painted lady, the one with no name
G7sus4
C
Many have used her and many still do
Cm
There's a place in the world
G/B
Am7
D6
for a woman like you
Daug
Oh,
Chorus 1
G
F#
sweet painted lady
F
E
Seems it's always been the same
Am7
D
Getting paid for being laid
G
Am7
Guess that's the name of the game
D
G
F#
Oh, sweet painted lady
F
E
Seems it's always been the same
Am7
D
Getting paid for being laid
G
Am7
D
G
Guess that's the name of the game, oh
D
Forget us, we'll have
Verse 3
G
gone very soon
Gmaj7
Just forget we ever slept in your rooms
G7sus4
And we'll leave the smell of the sea
C
in your beds
Cm
G/B
Where love's just a job and nothing is said
Am7
D6
Daug
So as she
Pre-chorus 2
G
lays down beside me again
Gmaj7
My sweet painted lady, the one with no name
G7sus4
C
Many have used her and many still do
Cm
There's a place in the world
G/B
Am7
D6
for a woman like you
Daug
Oh,
Chorus 2
G
F#
sweet painted lady
F
E
Seems it's always been the same
Am7
D
Getting paid for being laid
G
Am7
Guess that's the name of the game
D
G
F#
Oh, sweet painted lady
F
E
Seems it's always been the same
Am7
D
Getting paid for being laid
G
Am7
D
Guess that's the name of the game, oh
Outro 1
G
F#
F
E
Am7
D
G
Am7
D
[Repeat and fade]
Sweet Painted Lady
Elton John
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