Elton John - Ballad Of The Boy In Red Shoes

Intro: Db Ab Eb Db Ab

Eb
I'm stoned in the twilight
Ab/Eb
Screaming on the inside
Gb/Db        Db        Ab
Give me your water, help me survive
Eb
Gonna miss the sunlight
Ab/Eb
When I lose my eyesight
Gb/Db       Db       Ab        Eb
Give me my red shoes, I want to dance
Db
They search for an answer
Ab/C
But that old man wouldn't listen
Cm7
Back then I was handsome
Bb/F
Back then he was ignorant

Eb                         Ab/Eb
And shave off the years now, it's all inside my head
Db       Ab        Eb        Bb/F
The boy in the red shoes is dancing by my bed
Eb                          Ab/Eb
Put them in a box somehere, put them in a drawer
Db       Ab       Eb       Db        Ab/C        Eb        Db       Ab
Take my red shoes, I can't wear them anymo__________re

Had garlands in the wings back then
All the pretty little things back then
Calling out my name, oh what fame brings
After curtain calls and bows
I can't see the front row now
Hand me my red shoes just one more time

They pushed aside our presence
They refused to go the distance
Back then I was Sigmund
Back then he wouldn't listen

(CHORUS)

(INSTRUMENTAL VERSE)

Db
They pushed aside our presence
Ab/C
They refused to go the distance
Cm7
Back then I was Sigmund
Bb/F
Back then he wouldn't listen
Cm7
Back then I was handsome
Bb/F
Back then he was ignorant

Eb                         Ab/Eb
And shave off the years now, it's all inside my head
Db             Ab              Eb             Bb/F
The boy in the red shoes is dancing by my bed
Eb                         Ab/Eb
Put them in a box somehere, put them in a drawer
Db        Ab/C       Eb       Db
Take my red shoes, I can't wear them anymore.
Eb                         Ab/Eb
Put them in a box somehere, put them in a drawer
Db        Ab       Eb       Db       Ab/C       Eb
Take my red shoes, I can't wear them anymo__________re.
Db       Ab/C        Eb
I can't wear them anymore.
Db        Ab/C       Eb
I can't wear them anymore.