The Scaffold chords by
Elton John

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Key: F# major

Intro 1

Verse 1

In Orient where wise I was

To please the way I live

Come give the beggar chance at hand

His life is on his lip

Verse 2
D D 
 
Three score a thousand times
E E 
 
Where once in Amazon
Em Em 
 
Where Eldorado holds the key
No keeper holds my hand
D D 
 

Verse 3
F#m F#m 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Unchain the gate of solitude
D D 
 
The ruler says you run
E E 
 
Run hard unto the scaffold high
Bb Bb 
 
D D 
 
Your chance to jump the gun
A A 
 

Verse 4

Oh how high the scaffold grows

The plant life of your widow

In black lace curtains brought you near

From out the plate glass window

Interlude 1

Verse 5
A A 
 
D D 
 
The Minotaur with bloody hands
E E 
 
Is enraged by the sun
Em Em 
 
Caged he by the corpses
Brought forth by the dawn
D D 
 

Verse 6
In Orient is as I told
E E 
 
The buckshee hangman swears
Em Em 
 
For open crypts to silence
D D 
 
Nylon knots to sway by prayer

Interlude 2
D D 
 
F#m F#m 
 
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
E E 
 
Bb Bb 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D

Verse 7

In Orient where wise I was

To please the way I live

Come give the beggar chance at hand

His life is on his lip

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