BALLAD OF THE BOY IN RED SHOES

Year: 2001
Album: SONGS FROM THE WEST COAST
Writers: Elton John Bernie Taupin

Db  Ab  Eb  Db  Ab

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

    Eb				  AbEb
And shave off the years now, it's all inside my head
    Db	       Ab	    Eb		  BbF
The boy in the red shoes is dancing by my bed
Eb			    AbEb
Put them in a box somehere, put them in a drawer
Db	Ab		   Eb		Db  AbC  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
       AbC
They refused to go the distance
     Cm7
Back then I was Sigmund
     BbF
Back then he wouldn't listen
     Cm7
Back then I was handsome
     BbF
Back then he was ignorant

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